Top 10 Places to be an Expat? Thailand isn't one of them.

[4675636b596f75]

https://www.internations.org/expat-insider/2019/top-expat-destinations-39855

 

Thailand is number 24.  Vietnam and Malaysia are in the top 10.  The USA isn't in the top forty.  

 

Have we been duped?  Thailand isn't in the top twenty.  

 

Why are we here?

 

[Ron jeremy]

Hookers, period! 

[Thaiwrath]

Because it's all about personal opinion, and what you make of life.

I am more than happy here, and have no intention of leaving. 

[Kwasaki]

8 minutes ago, 4675636b596f75 said:

Why are we here?

Horses for courses, depends where you are in Thailand and when you came IMO.

[StreetCowboy]

If your wife was Scottish, expatriating to Scotland might be attractive.

 

The Top destinations are not necessarily the best, and the best for others may not be the best for ...

 

 

OFFS ICBBB

[CGW]

Define the term "expat" it used to mean a working expatriate, as few of us actually work, least I don't, survey is meaningless as takes into account job prospects, expat package, etc.

[sammieuk1]

Looks like 25 to me????

[4675636b596f75]

Just now, sammieuk1 said:

Looks like 25 to me????

So it is.  Malaysia and Vietnam are 1 and 2 or is it 2 and 1? 

 

No matter.  I think we should all leave and thumb our noses at our hosts who are so interested in national security to the point where they <deleted> off their guests.

[riclag]

3 minutes ago, 4675636b596f75 said:

So it is.  Malaysia and Vietnam are 1 and 2 or is it 2 and 1? 

 

No matter.  I think we should all leave and thumb our noses at our hosts who are so interested in national security to the point where they <deleted> off their guests.

I've never been.If I ever get divorced again, I would defiantly consider it!

[wisperone]

29 minutes ago, 4675636b596f75 said:

Have we been duped?  Thailand isn't in the top twenty.  

 

These surveys etc come out all the time and they are all different. I wouldn't put much credence into any of them other than maybe as another reference. Everybody is different and wants/expects/needs different things in life. Its up to everyone to do their own research, and visiting the places you are considering and living there for a while to see if actually right for you. Gotta do the recon.

[sunnyboy2018]

Parts of Malaysia have a better girly scene than Vietnam. The food is good. 

[gunderhill]

36 minutes ago, Ron jeremy said:

Hookers, period! 

thats  disgusting????

[gunderhill]

37 minutes ago, Thaiwrath said:

Because it's all about personal opinion, and what you make of life.

I am more than happy here, and have no intention of leaving. 

Thai  authorities  might  think  otherwise unless  u  have PR and  even  then count on  nothing.

[Swedenlars]

https://www.internations.org/expat-insider/2019/top-expat-destinations-39855
 
Thailand is number 24.  Vietnam and Malaysia are in the top 10.  The USA isn't in the top forty.  
 
Have we been duped?  Thailand isn't in the top twenty.  
 
Why are we here?
 

This list is just BS. There are endless reasons why one expat would say the country he was choosing is the best and the other expat would say it is the worst. It all depends on so many things. OK, I guess on Nigeria everybody agrees this country is a sh......hole.

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[4675636b596f75]

1 minute ago, Swedenlars said:

This list is just BS.

BS?  I'm not sure what you mean.  

[from the home of CC]

59 minutes ago, Ron jeremy said:

Hookers, period! 

i guess that's why Bahrain is in the top 10 lol

[StreetCowboy]

27 minutes ago, gunderhill said:

thats  disgusting????

Sometimes, you need to know when to stop.  Full stop.

[CGW]

34 minutes ago, sunnyboy2018 said:

Parts of Malaysia have a better girly scene than Vietnam. The food is good. 

& a lot of Malaysia is Muslim & alcohol is banned, as Islam is the prevalent religion and becoming stronger the country is going to start to go backward!

Agree about the food, it is good, much preferable to Thai food as so much more variety, I lived in there for a few years.

[Thaiwrath]

3 hours ago, Thaiwrath said:

Because it's all about personal opinion, and what you make of life.

I am more than happy here, and have no intention of leaving. 

I find it quite humorous that a sad emoji is posted about a post, when someone says they are happy living here.

Maybe, it's more about the person than the actual place they live, or a bit of jealousy that they cannot find contentment in a place. ????????????????

[RoadWarrior371]

16 minutes ago, Thaiwrath said:

I find it quite humorous that a sad emoji is posted about a post, when someone says they are happy living here.

Maybe, it's more about the person than the actual place they live, or a bit of jealousy that they cannot find contentment in a place. ????????????????

[gk10002000]

3 hours ago, 4675636b596f75 said:

Thailand is number 24.  Vietnam and Malaysia are in the top 10.  The USA isn't in the top forty.  

 

Have we been duped?  Thailand isn't in the top twenty.  

 

Why are we here?

Poll results depend a lot on who and how polled.  I doubt you would not find Thailand in the top 5 if surveyed about sex, ladies, ladyboys whatever

[Puchaiyank]

Thailand was number one in the area of readily available illegal drugs and poon tang..

 

[PatOngo]

8 hours ago, 4675636b596f75 said:

Why are we here?

Who tied you up and dragged you here against your will?

[DannyCarlton]

8 hours ago, sunnyboy2018 said:

Parts of Malaysia have a better girly scene than Vietnam. The food is good. 

The food is nowhere near as good as Thailand, the native Malay are extremely unhelpful and unfriendly and the nightlife, apart from a couple of areas of KL, is terrible. I will never visit Malasia again. By far the worst country in S.E. Asia. Survey is complete nonsense.

 

 

Edited September 6, 2019 by DannyCarlton

[4675636b596f75]

1 hour ago, PatOngo said:

Who tied you up and dragged you here against your will?

Why are you here?

[PatOngo]

54 minutes ago, 4675636b596f75 said:

Why are you here?

Because I make a s#!tload of money! Have a family and kids.

[BestB]

This one must have surveyed people with a few million in the bank . Australia is number 17, putting aside visa, living in Sydney would cost an arm and a leg 

[VocalNeal]

10 hours ago, sunnyboy2018 said:

Parts of Malaysia have a better girly scene than Vietnam. The food is good. 

Indonesia is OK and it didn't even make the list. Lots of people though.

[watso63]

That's great news. Keep the riff-raff away

[Sujo]

9 hours ago, CGW said:

& a lot of Malaysia is Muslim & alcohol is banned, as Islam is the prevalent religion and becoming stronger the country is going to start to go backward!

Agree about the food, it is good, much preferable to Thai food as so much more variety, I lived in there for a few years.

Alcohol is not banned in a lot of malaysia.