Why did you guys chose to live in Thailand but not Australia?

[Lemonlime]

?

[cornishcarlos]

I didn't marry an Aussie !!

[Surelynot]

Have you been to Pattaya?

[Thailand]

Australia was too far.

[Tropicalevo]

Simple maths.

1999 I decided to retire (for the first time).

Australia  - 800,000 AUD in the bank please.

Thailand  - 800,000 THB in the bank please.

[AussieBob18]

11 minutes ago, cornishcarlos said:

I didn't marry an Aussie !!

I did once - my mistake.

[DrJack54]

Clearly hasn't seen many Oz chicks.

[Yinn]

Delicious food, warm weather, good music, dancing, not expensive, the Thai smile and lovely Thai people.

????

[Surelynot]

Just now, Yinn said:

Delicious food, warm weather, good music, dancing, not expensive, the Thai smile and lovely Thai people.

????

...........and they have beavers apparently.

[totally thaied up]

I prefer Australia for many reasons but I married a Thai that loves her home here. Maybe after her parents die I will spend more time in Australia but till then, Thailand is my home and I shall not complain about it. Thailand has been good to me. 

[beachproperty]

Why would I want to retire in Australia????

 

[cyril sneer]

Australian people 

[CharlieH]

Nice place to visit for awhile, wouldnt want to live there, I expect many feel the same about Thailand.

 

Couldnt afford and certainly wouldnt have the home/land and wife I have here, in Australia thats for certain. Much better standard of living here.

[madmen]

It used to be cheaper but not anymore. In oz only thing more expensive is housing 

Not a single Ozzie I know has health insurance

Edited April 15, 2020 by madmen

[Lacessit]

Where do I begin?

Car registration $80 instead of $700.

Traffic fines ( I don't get a lot ) $20, not $500 or worse.

Rent a condo with swimming pool for one month here, costs the same as one week in Oz.

A good pub-type meal costs $10 instead of $30. Even less if I eat Thai.

Scotch whisky half the cost of Australia.

Parking fines? What are they?

Internet about twice as fast as anything in Oz, half the cost to boot.

Electricity and water monthly cost about one fifth of what I used to pay in Oz.

My GF is 24 years younger than me, and never has a headache.

Enough said?

 

[Tarteso]

13 minutes ago, Yinn said:

Delicious food, warm weather, good music, dancing, not expensive, the Thai smile and lovely Thai people.

????

Except the “good” music... you’re right. 

[Boomer6969]

16 minutes ago, Yinn said:

Delicious food, warm weather, good music, dancing, not expensive, the Thai smile and lovely Thai people.

????

Agree that some fun is more affordable here, but there is a painful counterpart: the obnoxious Thai xenophobia,

[cornishcarlos]

18 minutes ago, Yinn said:

Delicious food, warm weather, good music, dancing, not expensive, the Thai smile and lovely Thai people.

????

 

All of the above apart from the music ????

[treetops]

The locals speak English better.

[Lacessit]

18 minutes ago, Yinn said:

Delicious food, warm weather, good music, dancing, not expensive, the Thai smile and lovely Thai people.

????

Sorry Yinn, Thai music sounds like cats in a mating frenzy.

[CGW]

Simple - Taxes! 

[cornishcarlos]

20 minutes ago, totally thaied up said:

Maybe after her parents die I will spend more time in Australia

 

Covid might be a blessing in disguise then !! 

 

Kidding before I get slammed ????

[Metropolitian]

The welcome starts at the border..

 

 

 

 

 

VERSUS

 

 

 

 

[bkk6060]

https://www.mylifeelsewhere.com/cost-of-living/thailand/australia

 

Aus. is so much more expensive then Thailand anyone that says it is not needs to manage their money better.

[talahtnut]

2 minutes ago, Boomer6969 said:

Agree that some fun is more affordable here, but there is a painful counterpart: the obnoxious Thai xenophobia,

Obnoxious Ozzy coppers a hell of a lot more pain

than Thai xenophobia.

 

[Kalorymetr]

I would choose Australia if I could get there without visa sponsorship...

Maybe after I get bored with Thailand I'll pursue this, or do uk citizenship first, which is easy for EU members.

(I am here on work visa, not a retirement visa)

[H1w4yR1da]

Too many African gangs and Religion of Peace in Oz.

[Kelsall]

I can speak Thai but not Australian.

[bkk6060]

4 minutes ago, H1w4yR1da said:

Too many African gangs and Religion of Peace in Oz.

Australia also has a big homeless problem.  Very sad.

 

https://www.homelessnessaustralia.org.au/about/homelessness-statistics

[1FinickyOne]

22 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

Sorry Yinn, Thai music sounds like cats in a mating frenzy.

try karabou...