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Actually, they'd fit right in with the locals

So new fare starts Oct. That will make the rail lines even more of a mess than they are now.

TH does seem to attract a lot of the riff raff. I don't purposely avoid them, but certainly not looking for any friends. Met a few like minded, good folks, when at Udon, but many, I'm glad I'll never see again. Not much opportunity to meet any where we are now. None in the hood, and I don't frequent that many places, and the local expats seem to hang out at the only 2 places that cater to them, and the last place you'd see me at. Overpriced western & Thai food, that Thais do so much better.

https://www.imdb.com/video/vi1571014681/?playlistId=tt6300910&ref_=tt_ov_pr_ov_vi

Been lots of 'explosion' in housing market since I've been here. Single family, townhouse, condo, hotels, resports, villas, but non Asians foreigners aren't the ones buying them up. Most of the Euro ancestral foreigners I see here are tourist. IMHO

Not the happy ending type, and the others, 2X, relaxing, but that's about it. Wouldn't call either therapeutic. Sex is sex, and nothing world class about TH. P4P, transactional sex, no thanks.

Nice headline, but anyone living in the Land of Coconuts, knows it's not exactly accurate ...

Thought that was common knowledge. Do you really need a link, to find out what's been discussed so many times on the forum. Along with Google in less than 1 minute of searching, to show EV & ICE sales & market share numbers, and fire stats, that are easy enough for anyone to understand. Do you have a link for that ? ... has got to be the most annoying reply, and usually from lazy, ignorant people. It really is this easy ...

You forgot to add ... they pay for everything

Why would I not believe you ? 2 houses we sold were bought by a Yank, and a German. Probably because a Thai wouldn't touch them. But I'm not believing the implied line, that rich foreigners are flocking to TH to live here, with all the options elsewhere. Certainly wouldn't be my choice, and I don't have a lot of money. As stated, if not having a connection here, and being 70, I probably wouldn't be here, especially if having only $1M, and as others stated, $1M doesn't exactly count as rich anymore, just very comfy.

All the soi and free roaming dogs I see, are living pretty good. Most very well fed and actually well behaved. Sure more than a few bark at me and the dog, but would expect no less. When in the metros, I actually see more homeless, destitute humans in worse shape.

Do you really need to be a 'micro plastic' expert. I'm a retired expat, jack of many, master of a couple, none to do with plastic, tea, or medicine ... ... BUT ... no need to be a rocket scientist to stay informed. Oh yea, I never buy commercially 'bagged' tea, always loose, and use stainless steel and or glass for most water storage & heating. Just falls under common sense. Also only use natural fiber (cellulose) paper coffee filters, which shouldn't have micro plastic in them.

TX ... that's a surprise some idiot would even suggest that. Naming anything after a career criminal, well, other than politicians

Seems the USA doesn't really import much from TH ...

Another day, another Loaf ... 828 gr Yesterday was Lemon Turnover

They actually did that, at least here at PKK, last time they had a surge in rabies. All the soi dogs, had tags on them with plastic collars. Kind of impressive, actually. 👍

Next you'll tell me they are all being bought up by Yanks, Brits & EU folks ... got it. Maybe some non Thai Asians and Ruskies ... maybe. Topic is foreigners, and sorry, rich folks want a lot more than what TH has to offer. Been here 25 yrs, and yet to see anything, I'd call 'world class'. I love it here, and if I had only $1M USD, I don't think I'd be living here, especially if I didn't have a daughter, in which case, I probably wouldn't be here now, and I'm far from rich. I would have left a long time ago. Now setlled,too old, too lazy to uproot & leave. That window passed about 5 yrs ago, when I actually decided to stay here.

Take a cruise along Pranburi beach rd, there's got to be about near 20 within 2 kms stretch

Wow ... you figured that out, all out by yourself 🙄 NEWSFLASH ... Many of the active vocal members on AN are now gay, and or bi. Some still in the closet. All the talk of penis s and LBs didn't clue you in ?

I used to work for the airlines, 4 actually. Last one, 13 yrs prior to retiring here. Excellent, and FC damn near free, and wouldn't even take a flight if couldn't sit in FC. Talk about a snob in the making. Always by-passed security, though pre 9/11, so not that much of an inconvenience then anyway. Flew back as a regular customer in economy 2003 & 2006, after 9/11 of course, and just thought to myself, no holiday is worth this. 3+3 hrs for security, then crammed in a sardine cans. Last of the trips coming back home to TH, and the flights got screwed. They upgraded me to FC all the way, and rerouted me through EU instead of usually JP conx or LAX/BKK. 3 trips in economy ... never again. Fine in country, as took a few, but only 1-1.5 hrs flights, though still 2 ish hr check ins. Almost 4 hrs for less the 3 hrs in air ... WTF.

Living the Dream ❤️

NO, haven't bothered, as don't indulge much. Yes, not as pretty or packaged as nice, but, not silly priced either, and exactly the same potency as the higher priced from 'authorized' vendors online. I bought the same strains from both for comparison, and no difference at all, except the price being 20X more, if not more. Actually look quite the same, since not the very high end, colorful strains, all trimmed and packaged for 500 a gr & Up. As stated, no need to smoke more than 1/2 gr at one sitting. All the other strains advertise about the same strength, 20%. 5-10 baht vs 200-500+. Even stoned, the money looks a lot better in my wallet.

You got to tell the wife & family something, or they wouldn't let you come and have fun in the sun. My coworkers used to tell their wives, they go the TH for the tailor made suits, and come back with one. Funny they needed a new suit every 3 to 6 months Yet at work, the rarely talked about the suit, when rehashing their holiday 🙄

Wrong. Not a scam, and perfectly legal and very common. Enlighten yourself to how things actually work, instead of spewing BS about Ministerial Order aka Ministerial Regulation in TH. ... 'Issued by a specific ministry or department, under the authority of an existing law (Act).' ... ... 'Ministerial orders are secondary legislation. They cannot contradict the law from which they derive their power or other higher-ranking laws. Their authority is limited to the specific subject matter and scope defined in the enabling law.' ... Only takes a minute with Ms Google to not sound silly on forums.