The best time to be alive was before smartphones.
I feel sad for kids nowadays, just zombified 24/7, the same as their parents, probably. The same as their children will be, and their grandkids.
The advantages are obviously for those people not working here with work permits.
For those that live here without working, it offers a lifetime of ease whenever some desk clerk or officer says a Certificate of Residence is needed.
This seems to upset some people. I'm not sure why.
Registering vehicles and property, renewing both motorbike and car licenses (outside of Pattaya). 🙂
All require a certificate of residence which cannot be reused. 🙂