Major issue that keeps you from Coming back to Thailand

[Lacessit]

51 minutes ago, sirineou said:

Me too, I heard there is a guy there who need help finding a normal girlfriend in Bangkok

That sounds to me like trying to find a pacifist in the NRA. Or a rapper in the Ku Klux Klan.

Edited November 13, 2019 by Lacessit

[CGW]

18 hours ago, PatOngo said:

the thing that gets to me is the general mentality of the population. The acceptance of the status quo, the general lack of ambition, the absence of intelligence,

One thing you have to give the Thai ruling class credit for is how well they manage to suppress the "lower" classes with the "education" (indoctrination!) system, it serves them well and they have no intention of changing it!

[madmen]

If you can afford elite visa you can afford double lung transplant. Relax enjoy

[sirineou]

2 hours ago, sirineou said:

Me too, I heard there is a guy there who need help finding a normal girlfriend in Bangkok

 After re-reading my reply, just to make it clear, I wasn't offering

Anyway I am not even that normal..  

[uhuh]

Two things may drive me out of Thailand:

 

Pollution.

 

Starbucks. They opened one 500 meters from my place,  I was shocked. 

Now there is another one 50 meters from my place. 

I didn't come to Thailand for the Starbucks experience. Bangkok is trying to become like Singapore. Good for people who like plastics and sterile boredom.  Thailand used to be not boring. 

 

 

Edited November 13, 2019 by uhuh

[Lacessit]

12 minutes ago, uhuh said:

Two things may drive me out of Thailand:

 

Pollution.

 

Starbucks. They opened one 500 meters from my place,  I was shocked. 

Now there is another one 50 meters from my place. 

I didn't come to Thailand for the Starbucks experience. Bangkok is trying to become like Singapore. Good for people who like plastics and sterile boredom.  Thailand used to be not boring. 

 

 

Be of good cheer. There are plenty of hole in the wall coffee shops whose drinkables are way superior to dishwater in Thailand.

As for pollution, just crank up the aircon and air purifier simultaneously. Works for me.

[Don Chance]

First of all the good thing is there are areas in south of Thailand that are not polluted. Krabi, Songkla, out on the Islands.

 

What puts me off are Thai people, they just do not seem to care.  I'm here in Kerala now and always amazed at how nice, friendly, genuine and people are. Not all of course. But people really have feelings here and look you in the eye. I don't find that so much in Thailand or SE asia.

Edited November 13, 2019 by Don Chance

[Beggar]

Major issue that keeps me from coming back to Thailand? The most important that I could find is that I have been living here already for very many years and so at the moment I don't have any option to come back ????

[MadMuhammad]

19 hours ago, gk10002000 said:

I am able to retire or semi retire in Thailand and for years my plan was always to do that.  However here are the recent changes that make it so much more un palatable for me.

 

1:  The elimination of the USA Embassy Income Verification letter/affidavit.  I have plenty of passive income in the USA.  I will leave my investments in the USA and would transfer or withdraw whatever I needed whenever I needed it.  The latest income transfers requiring monthly transfers and Thai bank accounts is just terrible.  Doable, but not desirable.  And I have no desire to tie up 800k baht in a Thai bank account when that money could be safe and sound and earning over 5% back in my USA investments.  The income method for me literally was what I geared my investment strategy for as I built up passive income. 

 

It’s approximately $1325 a year in lost dividends/income. Not worth the bother IMO

[olfu]

Main problem in Thailand?

--no 3 month visa on arrival.

--prices for chicks going up every year.

--Government blocks porno sites.

[bermondburi]

4 hours ago, sfokevin said:

Who among us came here looking for a high IQ Thai?... 

 

I'm sapiosexual. 

44 minutes ago, olfu said:

Main problem in Thailand?

--no 3 month visa on arrival.

--prices for chicks going up every year.

--Government blocks porno sites.

If I can watch porn with a vpn in Saudi, I'm sure you can manage it in Thailand. 

[Lacessit]

1 hour ago, olfu said:

Main problem in Thailand?

--no 3 month visa on arrival.

--prices for chicks going up every year.

--Government blocks porno sites.

A fair proportion of bars in the bigger cities are porno sites. Much better than a laptop screen.

[uhuh]

4 hours ago, Lacessit said:

 

As for pollution, just crank up the aircon and air purifier simultaneously. Works for me.

Yes, airtight sealing of doors and windows helps, too.

Might as well live on Mars.

 

[uhuh]

4 hours ago, Lacessit said:

 There are plenty of hole in the wall coffee shops whose drinkables are way superior to dishwater in Thailand.

Unfortunately,  Starbucks put 3 of my favorite hole in the  wall coffee shops out of business. 

[tomazbodner]

8 hours ago, nchuckle said:

An examination of the published list of IQ by country would soon disabuse Thais of that rosy picture of themselves. Then they could look at their position in the PISA educational tables for further corroboration.

http://worldpopulationreview.com/countries/average-iq-by-country/

 

Thailand isn't doing so bad at 91 average. Many of the countries with lower IQ don't have it lower because kids are born dumb, but because they simply don't have opportunity to learn or their education system stinks.

[tomazbodner]

4 hours ago, olfu said:

Main problem in Thailand?

--no 3 month visa on arrival.

--prices for chicks going up every year.

--Government blocks porno sites.

You come to Thailand to watch porn? Get a life!

[Blue Muton]

On 11/13/2019 at 4:49 PM, Dazinoz said:

I wonder how accurate are the published IQ figures for Thailand. Any IQ test I have done requires some form of reading and writing. As a considerable (???) percentage of Thais can't read nor write how do they fit into these figures? Of course some of those that can not read or write are probably highly intelligent but have never had the opportunity to show it. Whereas others, like my ex gf, have the IQ of room temperature.

Rather than put question marks against that old chestnut you might have done some research then you'd have found out that it is simply untrue. The overall literacy rate is 93%, but that is skewed by the number of over 65's. The rate among young adults (15-24 years old) is 98.15%, not much short of the rate in Australia, for example, which is at 99%.

 

http://uis.unesco.org/country/TH

 

Great point about those who have never had the opportunity to show their intelligence though, all too often people confuse education with intelligence.

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[beautifulthailand99]

7 hours ago, SheungWan said:

I would like to complain about those who complain about the complainers.

And those that complain about those that complain about the complainers....

 

 

[gk10002000]

4 hours ago, MadMuhammad said:

It’s approximately $1325 a year in lost dividends/income. Not worth the bother IMO

Not worth the bother eh?  Then you pony up a $1325 check.  It is the fact that the 800k baht would now be in Thailand and not at what I consider a much safer place in the USA.  I would not trust Thailand with any sizable amount of anything.  They have changed and can change things at a moment's notice.   Over the years I had enough issues with some USA financial institutions and errors.  Sure don't want to even be the least susceptible to such things in a foreign crooked country that has no courts favorable to foreigners, and whose institutions have no motivation at all to work with expats

[gk10002000]

6 hours ago, CGW said:

One thing you have to give the Thai ruling class credit for is how well they manage to suppress the "lower" classes with the "education" (indoctrination!) system, it serves them well and they have no intention of changing it!

Yes. Their propaganda is silent but pervasive.

[Lacessit]

7 hours ago, uhuh said:

Unfortunately,  Starbucks put 3 of my favorite hole in the  wall coffee shops out of business. 

On the basis of your two posts, it's obvious life is determined to dump on you here.

I suggest you go to Vietnam. Much less pollution, and the coffee is great.

[MadMuhammad]

7 hours ago, gk10002000 said:

Not worth the bother eh?  Then you pony up a $1325 check.  It is the fact that the 800k baht would now be in Thailand and not at what I consider a much safer place in the USA.  I would not trust Thailand with any sizable amount of anything.  They have changed and can change things at a moment's notice.   Over the years I had enough issues with some USA financial institutions and errors.  Sure don't want to even be the least susceptible to such things in a foreign crooked country that has no courts favorable to foreigners, and whose institutions have no motivation at all to work with expats

I have no issue whatsoever keeping an amount in a financial institution in the country I have chosen to reside in. I thought about what would be required to relocate and some of the compromises needed to make the transition smooth and stress free. Money in the bank here is just part of that process. 
 

You crow about being able to retire to Thailand then proceed to whinge about the ‘foreign crooked country’. If it’s so ‘unsafe’ why would you even consider relocating here? Or do just enjoy pointing out how superior your home country is? Furthermore, you then go on to complain you have had issues with your own financial institutions. 
I feel That you’re a serial complainer first and foremost. 

[onlycw]

The Guardidan had an article on New Delhi: 50 x the air pollutoion limeit. Why? Farmers burning fields.

 

Archaic poractices, ignorant environmental terrorists.

 

Here in Vietnam, some idiots burn stuff in small towns, ignoring the newborn next door. Anything goes. I saw farmers burn organic waste next to schools. With impunity. These idiots could get FREE fertilizer and Mother Nature will have an army of fungi and bacteria do the wwork, with a little help of rain.

 

One day in February, in Uttaradit province, a farmer chose a school day to burn the field next to the school. The smoke was unbelievable. I woulsdn't ant the experience, if they paid me $ 500. Poor kids and totally unnecessary!!!! g

 

Will Northern Thailand make their "farmers" stop their pollution? One day, these perps must be thrown in jail and get their vehicles confiscated.  Rant over.

 

 

[Caine]

Have you got a toilet roll and pencil I need to make a list. ????????????????

[gk10002000]

2 hours ago, MadMuhammad said:

I have no issue whatsoever keeping an amount in a financial institution in the country I have chosen to reside in. I thought about what would be required to relocate and some of the compromises needed to make the transition smooth and stress free. Money in the bank here is just part of that process. 
 

You crow about being able to retire to Thailand then proceed to whinge about the ‘foreign crooked country’. If it’s so ‘unsafe’ why would you even consider relocating here? Or do just enjoy pointing out how superior your home country is? Furthermore, you then go on to complain you have had issues with your own financial institutions. 
I feel That you’re a serial complainer first and foremost. 

I feel that you are a nut and a rude and crude person. So tit for tat.  I can retire and I always hoped to.  Then year after year Thailand kept changing the rules.  What originally was a simple income affidavit now for USA and a few other citizens has become a pain in the butt.   I am not pointing out how superior my country is, that is your ridiculous assumption.  I am saying my financial investments for sure are more secure in the USA than in Thailand. 

[thaibeachlovers]

On 11/13/2019 at 3:51 AM, Pravda said:

but the major thing that is holding me back is pollution. I just can't live with that.

Soooooo. go live somewhere there isn't any. It's still LOS.

 

You are lucky. I can't afford to. If I won lotto I'd be on the next plane back.

[kingdong]

On 11/13/2019 at 9:48 AM, natway09 said:

Cheerio & good bye.

On the plus side you will not even be missed.

Please stop blaming Thailand for the strong Baht. It is mostly attributable to the inability 

of our home countries to manage properly & the crazy nanny state social security payouts

 

A graphic reminder what can happen if you burn all your bridges.

[sirineou]

4 minutes ago, kingdong said:

A graphic reminder what can happen if you burn all your bridges.

We have enough smog in Khon Kaen without burning bridges 

[kingdong]

44 minutes ago, sirineou said:

We have enough smog in Khon Kaen without burning bridges 

I knew a Dutchman who met a ho off tinder,he burned his clogs and set off for a new life in the los 3 months later he was back in holland skint.

[swissie]

Well, there is only TWO major issue that keeps some of us from coming back.
It's a mathematical equasion:

- P*ssy is 100% more expensive than before.
- The quality of service is 50% less than before.
- The Ladies are 50% less attractive than before.
- The Thai-BHT is 30 % more expensive than before.

Given those percentages, no wonder some of us are not coming back. We are 230% worse off than before. Devastating mathematics!
None of my concern. I come here for the Temples, like most of us.