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Just go to one of the government offices may it be the amphur or more like a city hall for ministry of foreign affairs, whatever else, and you suddenly see actual volumes of people that make you finally believe you are in a city with a large population. Is like everything you would expect to be walking around in city centers, to sit in restaurants and coffee shops, is actually always there. It just shows you how extremely bureaucratic it is here. To not even start about in depth details surrounding that aka slowness, needing endless papers, corruption etc etc. I really realized once again like today, needing to go with 2 taxi's and 7 people to the amphur to finalize something, that this is just like a industry lol, it almost made me happy to see so many Thais at once doing something productive, which is rare lol. The same time you see all hustling happening and what else not more.

Seems like another bunch of freshly minted EU/UK passport holders now arrived here. I guess it the problems existing there are now going to be a standard percentage of people who are 'tourists' as well. Of course mostly paid for with tax money.

If it was only allowed it would have been a thriving business already that in fact would help boost economy, force innovation to happen instantly much more, it would force Thais to level up their skills doing the same too etc etc etc. I could get a tour bus with polish workers here by the end of the month, if it was allowed. I would get super rich. Hmm wait, maybe that is why these elites today play exactly this game with the locals...

That's an entire different subject and complete BS. People do not want children anymore due to finance, that is a global problem aside from the fact that older generations told us from kids age BS that our planet has too many people, which is BS too. What really happens is that they try to re-culture and repopulate countries the way 'they like it'. Or in a country like this; to get even more control in fewer hands while seeing the rest as cattle.

They already provide plenty that comes similar to what you state, as well there is tax benefits of like 20-30K baht a year deductions per child alone already in place. To give a poor or minimum wage 1K for an extra child is just stupidity, it helps zero, just to buy proper milk costs a few K a month already let alone with diapers, wipes and a few other small things, that is the real problem. You can't expect people earning 12K a month each max, to get more babies costing minimum 5K a month each. If you want to promote having more babies give me like a 60-120K tax break and i consider one more. For the majority of locals and their salary, they already get enough exempted, as they can't earn more. As long Thailand keeps playing this game, pretending they not know the elite got this money, well nothing changes. With the little money they actually have, Thailand their system is actually quite good if you ask me. The entire issue is that the money is far from enough compared to those who need it but that in the same time is a result of keeping them uneducated and poor too. As if they were not they earned more + paid more taxes too. The elite is mainly the problem, and they obviously control the system. But the system as it is designed so far otherwise is actually really decent on many ends for what they can do with it on that level.

Only way to have a chance in this country, assuming you kind of start without family support in any significant way, middle class style, you simply need to both graduate, get like a nice office job or whatever in BKK, and then together you can actually reach that 50-60K a month income level easily, pay off a nice 1BR condo unit in the city etc. But if you then add pictures to the equation or plans, it all shatters right away already, unless grandmother now moves into the 45SQM condo as well, or the baby is like shipped off as if you just were a surrogate parent. I'm not blaming the Thais for not having a lot of kids, I always wanted 2 myself but have to stick to 1 due to International school costs. At the end, I am the same generation as they are in my early 30s.

You move to isaan never or when you somehow lost it and are retired. You not move their in working age as a westerner to do a business lol, then you simply lost your mind yourself.

Feels like it, it is not. Many short time girls I sometimes have also feel like family lol.

What is that like A class style ignorance lol? The Op is 100% right, it never been worse than this today since the Internet started and been in the business and sector. You want to tell people they have to be like techies now to find their way in a swamp of crap like most beta programmers etc also tell their customers.

Just found out in recent days, after doing some technical research for a client who in this social media and mobile game, that for some strange reason almost all platforms allow unverified sign ups when they use random 'proxy pools' which is like a VPN for the less technical amongst us. This allows them to spam insane amounts on all platforms for X days or weeks until their accounts get banned again. All this makes like zero sense from a algo programming perspective to fend off such bots and it was a conspiracy since like 2016-2017 of the 'dead internet theory' to state that these social media platforms willingly allow it and up to 60% traffic is bots to generate more ad revenue. Then add on the developments with AI today, these comments and posts will soon look as real as real ones, one does not even know what it reads anymore. You could think to read a recent experience of a person in Laos while it was just AI. And that's innocent. Like if you would want to create a real new identity, it usually would require a brand new phone with a sim card as well, as they else simply detect it is an alias of yourself. It makes no sense to then have that loophole. They sell <deleted>ty bots and the like to automate this further and then essentially milk people to go to either silly dropshipping websites, only fans website or whatever else could skim a few dollars of you. This while the big giant platforms earn on the users and traffic boost of it regardless too + it makes ads more expensive. Anyway, I guess that is why I stopped using it since like 5 years myself already. Is like the entire world became a scammer, they scam using fake profiles with cooperation of onlyfans models, they sell you products on webshops for 100% the price and so the list goes on and on.

''Karen retiree barricaded himself into a room after refusing to pay more or leave this month to month rented room'' I should tell gogo bars the same, I always paid less fro drinks and did month to month too.

What is so hard to even get from the very basic fact that you rent month to month, you have no right to stay, what a joke to even think this. Move along already or pay more. Have you even offered to stay while paying the new rate instead? If not, you are not even legally incorrect but also morally, to complain or ask about it here. Or are you indeed noisy and it is not about what you state? Left or right you have no rights on a monthly except for maybe that month, even then they could kick you out and refund, if they want to, or else it's civil court for you on that end too. Being part of the dusted living furniture does not grant rights either unless you were local on some land that nobody else claimed ownership over anymore since decade(s) up.

I think we stopped using them like 2 decades ago in my country lol.

They have these State apps nowadays for the digital RMB money where you can deposit using visa/mastercard as well. The thing is that they not work remotely so you just can get that done once you landed. It's called the E-CNY app but there is various I guess, I used to just transfer someone in THB to get CNY on WeChat.

It is all these small things that add up fast in Thailand for real. It is same I just went to Cambodia and you then realize more easily as the EUR/USD is near the same today compared to when you are in Thailand: 50 baht only here, 80 baht only there, 120 baht here and before you know you spend 20 USD already before it is 3PM. One can maybe own a condo and always cook at home, sure, that really makes those costs little but then there is reality and a life too. I feel sorry for those at retired age to be here on so little, like what was 40 years work worth then. Is the entire reason I decided to do it the other way around and came here young 14 years by now, my entire adult life. I would not be that sure I want to even be here at a old age.

Is a matter of time. I mean just with a Mac Mini and DeepSeek's Open Source version from today available alone you essentially already have this GPT as known online today so far, for yourself, isolated.

Not impressed with main dealer Yamaha? Which one you mean? You been to the maintenance shop in the old city? They are like the best there is and also the cheapest for all real parts. Like all body work, mirrors a seat is barely 3K there. They do seem to have new front-end staff recently that you usually initially deal with and these people where absolutely careless. I will complain if it happened again next time. Used to be top notch. Doubt the owner likes that behavior of staff.

As far I know it is mainly the combination of a too full passport + appearance and basic good story that gets their attention. As well just by random if having the female IOs depending wether they like the way you look and how they feel that moment. If you have money and just state you have a girlfriend here and are still looking around for permanent options it's usually fine.

The chiang mai visa run service now also offer same day again but became really expensive. Otherwise 2 nights stay, 10K proof and possible question for a airplane ticket out + other hassle. Friend of mine did over 10 back to back now but always stays out 2-6 days in different SE asian countries, never a issue with airport or landborder.

One wonders why a owner would leave this to walk around a road with pick up trucks in Isaan though... Sounds like tricky, it is deadly on the roads there daily.

Checks lol, the fact they still exist should be illegal to start with lol. USA stuck in the past big time on banking.

Oh they will sure make it a drama there to ensure they get 3 times the value of cow back.

Depends where you live, it used to be easy fly CM to Hanoi too with multiple daily flights while now it seems to only be airasia once a day and easily costs you 10,000 baht round trip excl visa, taxi, hotel etc. Started to think they do this intentional to avoid even more going there.

Just to visit abroad / back home once a year aside from some other stuff you don't think about right away adds like 120-150K a year already. Let alone if you are also older and have higher medical costs. I really don't understand people here talking about amounts under 50K a month, that would really be bare minimum. And that as a budget after insurance / flying back home etc costs. All those I see doing this usually look like they are half homeless and frustrated or sweaty. If there is no better options it might still be the best choice but I would suggest Cambodia then instead. These basic fixed costs or the cheaper months are not that hard but it is all the other things that add up quickly here. Like just needing a new phone as it broke, some small repairs on a bike and 1-2 dental treatments can easily set you back 30K alone. And that is like a peanuts thing, let alone if you have a girlfriend here too with relates that die etc. These 1-1.5K USD budget nonsense suggestions work only for the shorter term, like a few years sabbatical. Over time you will have things to pay for that really not fit within that budget. It goes wrong 99/100 times. So like just basic unexpected costs or replacement of items + 1 trip a year back home easily is 20k a month more. That's before rent, before visa, before 1 cup of noodles or 1 beer of chang spent. I even assume Europe with that, USA is likely even more.

From 180 days you are a tax resident so the limit would be 179. Technically speaking you can still be considered an economic resident too if you would be here for less than that but earn clearly here while also having your main economic activities here.