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Travel + Leisure publishes annual ratings based on subscriber polls -- Anyone with a subscription can vote. Any city can boost its ratings by buying hundreds of subscriptions and voting for itself. How else could India have 3 highly-rated cities on list? Who cares? T&L is rubbish.

As a retired teacher, let me correct you, The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) is paid by the DOE to summarize state level education results but its simple work can be replicated by anyone. I could do a better job working 10 hours a week. AI can do this job in seconds. The Federal DOE NCES data is also extremely misleading regarding education -- it reports what percent of white/black students are officially graduated but ignores what percent of graduated students have met educational grade level objectives. This is political: Democrats prefer to indoctrinate & graduate rather than educate.

Great news. I support the TOTAL elimination of the US Federal Department of Education. After living in 5 US states and seeing education levels declining, I see no need at all for the Federal department. Plus, I am sure they are 99% Democrats. Under the U.S. Constitution, providing a public high school education is the responsibility of states. This is based on the 10th Amendment to the Constitution, which reserves powers not delegated to the federal government, nor prohibited to the states, to the states or the people. The Federal Department supports DEI hiring and mis-education and LGBTQ plus .

You were lucky to have a LAKE! There were a hundred and sixty of us living in a small shoebox in the middle of the road.

The One Chiang Mai Condo 266, San Sai Noi, San Sai District, Chiang Mai 50210, Thailand Behind Central Festival Mall.

You were lucky. We lived for three months in a newspaper in a septic tank. We used to have to get up every morning at six o'clock, clean the newspaper, go to work down the mill: fourteen hours a day, week-in week-out, for sixpence a week, and when we got home our Dad would thrash us to sleep with his belt! And you try to tell the young people of today that ... they won't believe you.

45?? Is this the price while the durian is still in the weighty shell? I pay 160-200 of the fully shelled price. This is more than 400 for the durian edible parts. Where did you see that price?

What nonsense. What percent of booze-selling stores follow any central regulations? My area has 4+ shops that sell booze anytime. Only 7-11 is hurt by these rules.

I hate these insurance company paid ads. It is profitable selling insurance... but not worth buying because the insurers will delay and deny paying a claim. My visa requires health insurance FROM A THAI COMPANY. They would not process my claims let alone pay them. NO WAY! Forcing farang to buy insurance from Thai companies is a scam.

The Samsung A35 5g is now below 9k on Lazada

So much cuter than the Moodeng pig. But what about my cats!

Good question. I moved to from Asoke BKK to Chiang Mai in 2024 and have been happily surprised by roads in great condition everwhere I ride. Lots of repaving work going on too all around the old city. What is wrong in BKK?

"a majority of Thai citizens perceive their country's economic situation as critical, necessitating urgent government intervention." When has the government actually helped the economic situation?

Maybe update list to 20? Unlicensed real estate promoters, some on YouTube, paid by legal agents meditation "teachers" Personal trainers drug sellers medication re-sellers (steroids, xanax)

"The new policy encourages Thai nationals to repatriate foreign income for domestic investment. " Invest where? The slow growth economy with unstable politics is hardly attractive.