Citzofwrld2

I quite going to Thailand after four years there. Much more expensive, aggressive/violent Thais, visa headaches for long stays, etc, etc!

Billions still haven't figured out who their real enemy has been for centuries. So, they take their frustrations, anger out on the nearest person, their own kind, ruling class slaves.

Either way is a very immature way to prove your manhood. Way to much of that from mental midgets in the world.

Agree!! I feel, Thailands best days are behind it? I spent six months a year there for five years. I could almost see things declining for expats on a daily bases. By the time I left over two years ago, there were so many vacant units in our condo complex it looked like a ghost town. Even during holiday season I noticed the big drop in tourists. I got the feeling, the government is not expat friendly. They want you to spend your money, over a short period of time, and then leave. So glad I didn't buy!

I know a fellow American that married? had a baby with a Thai that already had two children. I said, You have a unique life as you get to see Thai's up close, get to know them. He replied, Not as much fun as you might think. We have nothing in common. So it's not easy!

I was talking to a couple last night in the Balkans about their two week stay in Thailand four years ago. Nothing good to say about taxi's, rude, high price, took them to wrong place, then took their baggage out of trunk and threw it on ground. I said, had similar experience with them and baht buses overcharging. I also brought up how rude small shop owners are if you touch merchandise and don't buy, or ask for a certain color and they wave you off, meaning, I'm to busy playing this computer game to look for you. After almost five years of living in Thailand I was so glad I didn't buy property there. Had a really bad gut feeling about the place.

More believable. Many expats foolish bought property in Thailand. Now, will find those properties in need of mold cleaning, etc upon return. I resisted the encouragement from Thais to buy in Thailand. Gut feeling. Plus the few long time American expats I talked to said, They wish they hadn't bought. To many headaches when it comes to staying long term, including irritated border control officers, after seeing so many visa extensions in passport.

More likely, ones leaving the frying pan (escaping), only to jump into the fire. Last hoorah!

Some people are so desperate to get back the fun, life, they had in Thailand that is no more, will never be again, to stay positive, interested in living, they will do anything to enter that illusion again.

I sensed that over the four years I lived in Thailand. Spend your money, then go home. We don't need more people moving here permanently. Got enough headaches with our own people.

Yes, very much so! As a 10yr old American the U.S., it's people didn't impress me much. I felt the country was a plastic, fake illusion that wouldn't last. So started planning my escape in my latter teens. Since 1977 I've been to over thirty countries, lived in six, including Thailand. Felt the Balkans fit me best. After retiring, moved here permanently 12yrs ago. Couldn't be happier.

Amazing what people, foreigners, will do to go back to, stay in a country that really doesn't want them, so makes it as difficult as possible.

Maybe you should have waited way back then for the $300 to be offered to you before opening a account.

Its seems, the poor of all countries, not just Thailand, should have caught on by now, no big money, you're not welcome anymore. Go back to where you came from, your small town, village in the jungle or wherever and die, out of sight of billionaires, millionaires. That includes those of meager incomes such as police, etc that really only deal with their own kind, the poor. People paying attention saw that starting in the U.S. right after, by design, not accident Katrina. Once out, make sure they don t return.