your cost of living is not reflective of reality with that kind of rent payment though.
cost of living in thailand is far cheaper than canada now. housing alone is brutal. in my city here in canada we are around 80k people and the average price for a house is near 700 or 800k cad.
rent for a 1 bedroom dirthole is about 1700 to 2k.
my 3 bedroom house in phuket is 500cad a month. a 3 bedroom house in my city here goes for around 3 or 4k a month. so about 75 to 100k baht a month compared to 15k or so baht a month.