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You might want to give TH a pass. It would annoy you to no end. Mask are now a fashion accessory, and never going to stop being so.

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Daughter earns at least 30k a month (up to 50k), and that's enough for her living expense. Condo (10k), no car payment, not much self cooking/eating in. Unless having a lot more than 50k a month, she wouldn't change her lifestyle much, just better restaurants & more entertaining with friends. Of course, up/down country folks, living 3 generation in a home don't need as much. Other's not living with family, need at least 15k each or 30k a month as a couple, if having a car payment and some comforts.

Location location location & time of day, when you ask, dictates the price vs meter use. Worst was ChinaTown at rush hours, and gave up after 5, and simply took the bus. Understandable, as I wouldn't want to be stuck on the other side of town, with no fare coming back in rush hour. People need to consider where & when. On a normal time of day, non tourist area or rush hour, and we never really had a problem. Of course never ask outside a hotel, standing / parked taxi, and always a 'working' taxi, looking for a fare. I don't even bother any more, if parking/mall nearby where we're going, then I'll drive, or simply take the bus, and preferred over driving. Avoids risk of accident away from home. Not a fan of BTS/MRT of late either, and would rather take the bus, rather than walk to, then up/down stairs to rail lines. No longer convenient or faster unless longer distances of 3 or 4 stations or more.

Yep, same as the western farangs that save all year for that 1 week of hooker sex in Patts ????

Only proves the elite have succeeded in crushing the middle class travelers' income with loss of jobs, and fake inflation the past 2.5 yrs. Hook, line & sinker ... ????

You'll be amazed, I was, how much more electric is used if the filters are a bit clogged. We had to clean ours (filter) every couple months, or the AC would run very inefficiently. Only takes a minute or 2, using the butt wash. Replace and back to chilly again.

Chrome user, since use G & Andoid everywhere. Never used IE / Edge ever since alternatives were available.

It is very well built & insulated. After the first house, learned very quick, and 2nd & present house were built with sun, shading, block, insulation as top priorities.

Can only think about upgrading hotel stays when O&A, though not sure I'd even bother. Don't use or need the amenities, they would offer, and Ibis, has damn comfy beds & pools. No need to spend more, as we don't hang out at hotels when O&A. Actually have more than I need now, if that's Nirvana, then oh joy. we save 30-50k a month now, so don't need more. Spend 20-30k a month on living expense. Suspect even less now, though next year, back to 30k a month. Really don't know what I'd do with more money, except give to the kid. If millions of USD more via PowerBall win, then live the Hi-So nomadic, travel/living in high end hotels, till bored, probably take about 6 months, or not, and never stop traveling. Though seriously would end up giving most away. As long as we have more than enough, I'm happy. Nirvana it is.

"There are more than 3,333 Café Amazon stores located around the world, making it the ... sixth largest ... coffee chain by number of outlets worldwide." - wiki Most located here: I'd say the contractor who built the retaining wall has a bit to answer for.

I seem to be the only person that used about the same amount of PEA units as the OP with our 1 AC'd small bedroom townhouse with about same m² of living area, and most, NOT AC'd. Now running 2 new inverter AC's, just a tad more space than OP's condo, and using about the same as OP, and a bit more most days, when both ACs going and the sun is out, most of the day. From the graph, you can see it's partly cloudy day, as not a solid arch, and lots of sun behind the cloud moments.

Really old. We rented a townhouse, not large, and only had 1 old AC in bedroom. Older house, no insulation, E&W wall exposure, neighbors not there or using AC, so their houses were hot inside. Our usage was about 550-700 PEA units. You're running 2 AC units (1 ancient), electric kitchen, so 750 units seems very realistic.

NO I rarely think about the ones still living.

6k actually sounds about right. Not hard to imagine you using 750 unit X 8 = 6000 PEA charge would be ฿4,097.31

I'd place blame on condo developer, not the city or rain.

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''get locals out of convenience to Krung Thep and weekending it''

We use Cafe Roma, arabica beans now, and past 10 ish years. Had Rock & Rosters at coffee shop last week, and think we'll give them a try. From the chains, I've only had Bon Cafe, and are fine beans. If you've been drink the worst instant available, anything would be an upgrade. Roasting is not the easiest task, so might want to give the green beans a pass. Have a coffee machine, French press, Moka pot and SS drip funnel thingy. The results are basically the same, with exception of we'll get crema from the machine, IF, using (I don't) the pressurized vs the naked portafilter. I actually use the drip funnel thingy of late, as easier for my large morning cuppa.

Thais, as myself, avoid farang infested areas ... is that really a big surprise. Patts, Cha-Am & Hua Hin get locals out of convenience to Krung Thep and weekending it. And only because they want the surf or imagined, fresher seafood.

That's as silly a saying NYC or Las Vegas is the same as all the USA Patts is the same as Patong & lower Suk rd area maybe, as a mango/mango comparison. Even that's a stretch.

Great info ... thank you ????

Why not just give the MB to her with a legal name / registration change. As you'll probably never use or see it again anyway. Avoids any legal issues down the road. Drivers are responsible for accidents, but, TIT, if someone wants to scam you when found out a 'farang' owns it ... wouldn't be unheard of.

You actually expect any new threads or sub-forums not to be noisy/ruined by the same folks that troll the already established thread & sub-forums. That's funny ...

If you have to ask those questions, then avoid investing in RE in Thailand. Invest in the USA, and use that income to live, rent, own in Thailand when the time comes.