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Lucky for you guys if the reports I am hearing are true, China is in a 10 year death spiral. If true the old Thailand may be right around the corner.

xenophobic 3 year olds running the country. Anyone else see the decline of China and Thai tourism on a linear scale. That should answer all the questions about the direction of Thailand. Other countries are filling the gap.

She said, "Sex! Sex! Sex! Free sex tonight!" I said, "Wow!" Then her friend said, "She means 666-3629."

I was there during the protests in BKK, Crazy times.

Must of cleaned up the garbage before police arrived.. Looks clean to me.

The US economy at record highs, the Chinese economy, which Thailand is joined at the hip with is at record lows! No other way to put it but a very poor business decision. Which is not going to go away in my lifetime. Basically from a US expats point of view, Thailand is dead.

With Thasksin if you are politically Ill you are physically ill.

40-45 baht to dollar, 90 day visas , Here is hoping.

I am in the US, and it is about that you posted here.

I keep a home in the US . My electricity bill has doubled in the last year.. Almost cheaper for me to live in a hotel in Asia or SA than pay the utility bills back home.. Same with food prices.

As a proud alcoholic I resent that.. I know I have had enough when crawling down the road on my hands and knees, and hit a speed bump... If I can get over it then I head for the next bar.. If I cannot I hail a cab...

I am also convinced my wallet will grow larger when I visit Thailand.. I would make a perfect TOT employee...

Now if they just give me the 90 days and can extend another 90 day's I will be one happy western tourist spending in Thailand. Chop chop Thailand..

Don't worry, the BIR project will bring the Chinese back.. Chop chop.. A billion baht loan here , a billion baht loan there.. no time at all China will be flooding back..

Every one in Thailand will be a " draft dodger " ;)

Wish they would lure one of my Thai neighbors back. Lowlife , filthy , bargirl married to an ex GI. She would not go back to Thailand if you paid her. Of course Thailand would not want her either. So, guess it is a wash.

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Phuket , Pattaya should be in Wiki , defined as tourist and expat rip offs. Definition: Phuket, Pattaya are slangs used to describe tourist or expat rip off's. As in, I was Phuket'ed last night. I was out last night and got Pattaya'd.

Well, Thailand should open up and give them 90 day free visa's. Free retirement visas . Be able to buy land and businesses in Thailand. The south of Thailand should be granted it's independance. And free for all Muslims to enter.

I am from the US. I used to go when things were easy for me to bang up a retirement visa. Now? Flight prices have gone crazy 30 days and then 30 day extension. I went through that a couple of times. Now, Thailand is on the bottom of my travel destination list. Thailand was always , if from the US you were a walking ATM. I personally did not mind it. But, after the government got involved it took it to a whole new level. Passsss Thailand shot themselves in the foot. Before Covid China was booming and the Thai government was like China in West out. Now, Po bear, has decimated the economy and Thailand is scrambling to adapt.. My opinion is S@rew em. my money goes elsewhere. Not only that but you can have the little Russia mafia that has taken hold.. Fond memories but things change. Luckily I don't have to put up with it..

Debt saps savings and retirement. It is a plague on modern society IMO.

Thai people that run the government don't want western tourists , or expats IMHO. Unless they bring in bags of money to hand over. Then they are considered suckers. Thailand wants Chinese.. Thailand thinks the Chinese are going to be the rulers of SE Asia. Maybe they are right , at this point it is pretty much do or die.. At this point with the Chinese economy in the toilet I imagine the PM and others are starting to have second thoughts. But to late to turn it around IMO.

Really the only way to stop it is do like China and don't let anyone post any negative comments. China does it now. Looks like Thailand will be next. Doubt if Thailand cares if any democratic countries complain at this point. The will just start censoring all comments or banning web sites like Facebook, X, anything that someone can post a negative comment on.

Guess we will see soon enough.

Read today this will affect all condo purchaches, house purchaches, bringing in large sums to buy land in wife's name. That will be easy to tax. Banks will turn that in. Also read that with this tax they could start nabbing sponsors and illegal land ownership thru companys.