KIngsofisaan

You left out your Ferrari's and Speedboats.

Don't see to many grown men bragging about living in their car. We have a word for that in the civilized world, it is called homelessness. If you think it is a minimum to have a decent life, sell up and go live in your car. Come back here in a year and let us all know how decent a life you have?

Compared to where I live in RURAL Isaan, Udon Thani is a city! There are some on this forum from Udon Thai, I believe? Where I live is not near any modern day conveniences what so ever Local family shop or noodle shop only I am able to drive, however, already been around everywhere 100 times each Streets roll up at dark, roosters have you up at 5 AM everyday

That is not living to 99.99% of the people. That is just barely surviving. I would not want to be living out of a car when I am an old man

The only people that claim that live in a shoe box with a fan and don't own anything

BAP (Busted Arsed Pensioners) You should trademark that!

I think you hit the magic answer. You reach a certain age, things all across the board just change. Great to join the chase when you are a young man, but when you get old and there is NO chase, a whole basket of new issues pop up with health being number 1. Starting to investigate better options

It is cheap for people who compare apple to oranges.

The good hotel room you mention 500 to 800 baht is certainly not the type they are after.

The education system will NEVER be retooled. An educated populice is the last thing the government wants. They want an uneducated populice to they can get away with their ridiculous corruption scams and not be questioned.

The education system will NEVER be retooled. An educated populice is the last thing the government wants. They want an uneducated populice to they can get away with their ridiculous corruption scams and not be questioned.

Agreed. False advertising is running rampid. There are NO resorts or holiday destinations that show the real photos, because if they did, there would be zero tourists.

No country can stay cheap forever. 30 years ago Thailand was cheap, not so much anymore unless you want to live like a pauper. No sure how many people lived in a single room with a fan in their home country before moving to Thailand full-time? Then use that as excuse that Thailand is cheap? Compare apples to apples. If you owned a decent home, cars, your own western food, in your home country and tried to replace that lifestyle in Thailand, it would not be so cheap. However, when you sell up in your home country to come spend your golden years in a 1 room flat with just a fan, no car and eat off the street every meal, that is the reason people think it is cheap. Thailand is not cheap, however, people can SURVIVE cheaply. Same as you could SURVIVE cheaply in any other country if you had to. Lots of folks stay in Thailand because they are financially trapped by the initial cheapness when they first moved here. Some pensions do not keep up with inflation and now there are some folks with no money and no where to move home to. What I would predict, if I could, is that cities and tourist areas WILL get expensive. Getting to Thailand via air will get expensive due to rising cost associated with fuel. Is the Thailand experience of increased air-fare and 4/5 star resorts going to be worth it? Tourist might come and be a one and done due to the cost and the experience not living up to the price due to all the reasons mentioned in this post? The only place I do not see increasing much is rural, backwards Isaan. Hard to raise prices when there are no jobs, no tourists and villages have people still working manual labor in the fields as their only source of income. PS Don't get rural Isaan confused with Khon Kaen or Udon Thani.

What percentage of the population of India are filthy rich?

You are only looking at half the coin. Has your Thailand property appreciated 200+% as it has in some places in the USA over the last 2 to 3 years? Our US property has appreciated US $325,000 since 2019. Smart people make it to retirement age with NO mortgage. With no mortgage, $0 a month housing is the same in your own country or in Thailand.

Exactly how many Indian's can afford club prices?

Are members aware Asean Now is posting our posts on their Facebook Page?

People die all the time.

That Donald Trump comb-over didn't do you any favors

I am unconcerned about color. I am very concerned about character!

Unattractive old men, talking about how attractive/un-attractive bar girls are. How ironic! You should realize you are unattractive, the first moment you have to pay for it!

The key word is Guest Room!

Guaranteed the FED will increase the rates again in August 2022

Hit the nail on the head with this one!

Totally off track. I do not think people have to lose a right to an opinion. My question is more about not being able to afford a 10 baht increase? Did these folks move to Thailand and NEVER think the prices would go up? The whole world is more expensive and it will continually to be that way. If person moved all the way to Thailand and did NOT think prices would increase over 20 years (When their pension is fixed), that is not loosing an opinion, that is just plain not thinking. I suspect the reason the govt subsidizes many products, is so that the low income Thai's can afford them, and then not bother when the government is stealing billions for their own pockets through corruption. Complaining about 10 baht increases give me the feeling that some folks are just barely scraping by and it prices continue to rise, they will be screwed as most have no money and no way/place to go home? No blame here, folks are all grown adults and made their own decisions to move here. If there were not smart enough to think that prices would never increase, they probably asked for it.