Northstar1

No one can tell me it’s comfortable in hot season!🤦🙅🏼‍♂️👎

Yet another quality Brit! 

7 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

I think the bottom line is that as many qualities as Chiang Mai may have, it's become unlivable. With the air quality being as bad as it is for so many months of the year, is it worth it? I don't think so, I think it's a no-go zone, at this point in time. Time to re-locate.

But the expats continue to argue that it is heaven on earth 

7 hours ago, csmith said:

Have been in Chiangmai for 22 years now … this is the worst air pollution I remember …

 

 

Wow! You really seem to be enjoying yourself! Wish I could retire to a place where I can where a gas mask!

BTW change your dirty shirt and get a haircut! We all know the real reason your there🤔🤔😂

Funny thing is, it’s the same people bitching about the smog every year, but they continue to live there!

quit the bitching and move!

problem solved!

13 hours ago, NorthernRyland said:

 I took this picture the other day to show to my wife as a good idea for her company to build. Thai people just don't care about public property. They made this nice place to put your trash and morons throw garbage outside it anyways. Every other bin around this reservoir is the same thing. Bins with trash strewn all over the place. These are university educated kids too. LOL.

 

The whole country is nothing but a garbage dump!

Who would want to live in Chang nobyl?

Free concert in Moscow, send him there

Thais are just filthy people that don’t care, it’s really quite sad!

the whole country is nothing but a garbage dump!

Great place to retire!😂🤦🤷🏻‍♂️
still  those that defend it. Must have made the mistake of buying there!

Vietnam has by far the friendliest people and accommodation and women are much cheaper than Thailand.

it’s a very beautiful country!

Great retirement destination 😉🙅🏼‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️🤦😂

Great news! Wonderful country and people!

It’s bad, and only getting worse!

9 hours ago, brewsterbudgen said:

The latter...

I thought you moved from bangkok because of the pollution?

9 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

 

Could you please explain how expats in Thailand are sacrificing their lives, or are you just engaging in nonsensical rambling? 

From the air pollution Einstein!

On 2/13/2024 at 3:25 PM, spidermike007 said:

Many of us really like it here. For a dozen good reasons. The The air is horrific. And nothing is being done about it. The regressive politics are annoying too, but these days I try not to think about politics much, as it tends to be a worldwide sewer.

 

Some of us have been fortunate enough to find an outstanding woman, who is delightful to be around, on a daily basis, always has our back, and is fun, smart, and lovely. For me, that likelihood of finding that back in the US, would be very low. So, that is a big factor for me. The second factor is just the quality of life. Sure, I miss alot of the culture back home. The theatre, independent film (which I can download here with no issues at all, and a super fast 1 gbps fiber optic connection, at under 700 baht per month!), stand up comedy, live jazz, etc. But I have a lovely home that I rent, for about 10% of what I would pay in California, I live very well on an income which is not huge, have access to great health care, at a tiny fraction of what it costs in the US, and do not have to put up with alot of the aggravation that I had to when I lived back there.

It is a very personal choice. I have friends who seem to be dropping like flies. I could be dead next year. You just don't know. I am not extravagant, but I live very, very well. A nice house, a new car every few years, new motorbikes for my gal and I every few years, a great art collection, plenty of good wine in the wine cooler, a new 77" OLED TV, a world class home theatre, plenty of international travel, etc. For me, it is a great lifestyle, that I could only dream of in the US. Well worth the expense and very easy to justify. Life is way too short. I have never been a person of extreme thrift. To each his own.

I used to have more issues than I do now. I worked on my attitude, which was getting in the way of appreciating Thailand for what it is, and was clouding my experience here. Used to stress over stupid stuff, as you can see from some of my past posts. Used to allow the politics to make me angry. Now it is not something I take seriously, just something I comment on, without anger or an emotional investment. Now, I just tend to laugh it off. Spent some real time back in the US recently, and it allowed some clarity and perspective, that I am very grateful for. Now, I just chuckle at most of the nonsense. Water off a duck's back, so to speak.
 

So your sacrificing your life?

that makes perfect sense!