28 minutes ago, Crossy said:

We are in a village on the outskirts on Bangkok, still pretty rural but within easy striking distance of the Big Mango.

 

It's not going to stay that way forever but our (ok Madam's) logic is that as we age the amenities will get closer. Not really such a daft idea.

 

Maybe she's thinking of getting you a commode ? My missus wanted to get one for herself...to use in the car on long journeys !!

4 minutes ago, Excel said:

Now what you mean when I can not drink anymore p$$s I just take it. Great fun

The number one British pastime 

Taking the P@@s

Its things such as this that make life great.

10 minutes ago, colinneil said:

 

Three or so years ago wasnt quiet, was like the wild west, not any more, one of the main culprits is dead, over dose, two others are inside, one for murder, one for dealings.

Now all you hear at night is a few dogs running around outside.

 

You must be the baddest dude in the village now??

33 minutes ago, Tanomazu said:

Not really, in any village you would not have the amenities you get in the cities. Quality of life would be too poor.

Your choice of quality is very different to those of us that live up here. A city has quality of life, you have to be kidding. We grow most of our vegetables and fruit, no chemicals, no smog that you always complain about, easy to move around and enjoy a climate that you only get from an air con.

I think I'll stay in the village of Pattaya.

16 minutes ago, Excel said:

Ok . Sensible question now. List 5 things that you consider is modern life for you and then list 5 different things you can not do in your village.

I live in a village, I'll list 5 things that annoy:.

- Almost impossible to find reliable/skilled ppl to work

- Over the weekend, the water was off for three days, nobody was told why or when it would be fixed. The reason for the delay is they don't work weekends, but actually they do when they want, just our community is not a priority and they let us know every opportunity they get

- Problems with neighbors such as vicious dogs, extreme noise, burning plastic or making charcoal.

- Isolation from lack of ppl capable of conversations

- Food, sure we can shop at Tesco and Macro, but restaurants are pretty <deleted> if you don't wanna eat Thai.

 

There are also no police, but that cuts both ways. The locals prefer it without them, it's certainly safe enough. I prefer it to Bkk, but it's worth knowing the pitfalls. The biggest one is reliable workers, don't move anywhere that needs more than the grass cut.

 

Villages are noisy, chaotic, dirty , smelly, dogs, cats, Cockrells  claustrophobic. Give me a quiet suburb anyday.

11 minutes ago, mancub said:

Maybe she's thinking of getting you a commode ? My missus wanted to get one for herself...to use in the car on long journeys !!

 

My parents, both now well into their 80's, have informed me that as one ages one never knowingly passes a toilet!!

 

Just now, Crossy said:

 

My parents, both now well into their 80's, have informed me that as one ages one never knowingly passes a toilet!!

 

Same back in the the days when I had IBS.

49 minutes ago, Johnny Mac said:

I'm not really talking about Covid, just generally.

 

I've had a decent run, can't complain too much, maybe time to take a back seat and let others go into battle. I've got 2 youngsters and feel sorry for them and fear for their futures in this world now.

Yeah, can it really be as bad as you are trying to make it? Why don´t you ask the ones you call youngsters, and listen to what they think about the world. Maybe they have it all under control, and are happy as it is. Fear has always driven parents to complain of changing times. The fact is that you probably heard your father say the same, and he heard your grandfather say exactly same. It´s a classic reaction that is hard to fight.

Just take a deep breath and look at the world. It ain´t that bad. As for your decision to move out in the country and a smaller village, I have nothing to say. All should go for what they like and feel. Myself is out in nowhere, and has been for over 10 years. However, if I like it very much? I don´t know. I mean it´s nice with peace and quiet, but sometimes you wish there was more to do and a wider selection of products, tools and restaurants as well as supermarkets.

I think it´s just the human reaction again. If you have too much of something you want to run away. If there is not enough you want to have too much. We are never really satisfied as whole person. That´s just how most of us are wired.

Live about 25 minutes from a large town that has pretty much everything one might need. Local village has 7-11 for convenience stuff. Look out over rolling fields to the Mountains beyond, nearest neighbout is about 200m everything and everyone is usually shutdown by 9pm except 7-11. Thats it then til around 4am market.

Been here 15 yrs, lovely quiet backwater with everything I need, suits me anyway. Only very occasional disturbance is the loud music for weddings or funerals ????

Until very recently Covid measureswas just something you encountered in the large town, recently though a person returned to the village from Bangkok,  was infected, and now we are in kind of 14 day lockdown, signing in and out of the village, deliveries stopped at checkpoints and you have to go there to collect etc.So its taken 18 months but it here amongst us now.

23 minutes ago, The Hammer2021 said:

Villages are noisy, chaotic, dirty , smelly, dogs, cats, Cockrells  claustrophobic. Give me a quiet suburb anyday.

Claustrophobic? Next you'll be telling us that the average rural village is more densely populated than Bangkok!

27 minutes ago, Smithson said:

I live in a village, I'll list 5 things that annoy:.

- Almost impossible to find reliable/skilled ppl to work

- Over the weekend, the water was off for three days, nobody was told why or when it would be fixed. The reason for the delay is they don't work weekends, but actually they do when they want, just our community is not a priority and they let us know every opportunity they get

- Problems with neighbors such as vicious dogs, extreme noise, burning plastic or making charcoal.

- Isolation from lack of ppl capable of conversations

- Food, sure we can shop at Tesco and Macro, but restaurants are pretty <deleted> if you don't wanna eat Thai.

 

There are also no police, but that cuts both ways. The locals prefer it without them, it's certainly safe enough. I prefer it to Bkk, but it's worth knowing the pitfalls. The biggest one is reliable workers, don't move anywhere that needs more than the grass cut.

 

That not what I asked is it ? 

1 hour ago, grain said:

I'm the sole farang in a very small village in a way-off-the-beaten track rice farming area. I'm not really the village type and previously lived in BKK & Pattaya and a couple of other major cities, but since covid started and I got locked in here I do feel safer. Of course the weak link is someone from outside bringing covid in but there hasn't been any returnees, if in fact there are any locals away in BKK or other provinces. 

Plus one.  Could not agree more!

No, I'd rather string myself up 

I think I could hack it for 9 months if I had decent internet, a nearby gym, a good selection of foodstuffs, and a decent cafe for coffee. I’ve found great cafes in Thailand, in the most unlikely places. I like to read so am happy living in my own head and I’m no longer interested in too much socialising. I’m not a drinker so the bar and nightclub scene has never appealed. But I also like big cities, malls, restaurants and cinema. So I couldn’t do it forever. I’m lucky with health but if I had a health condition I would prefer to be home or close to a first class medical hospital. So I’d only do it for a short while.

Any sightings of bar girls returning home? I might come and join you guys

I live just outside Luang Prabang (north Laos).  Since the monsoon rain washed away the bamboo bridge that crossed the river near my house, it's about a 4km walk to the next bridge to get into town.  I could use my motorbike, but prefer to walk.  (The bridge is washed away every year). Each day, I eat my lunch at the French cafes and meet my friends.

 

My location is rural and peaceful, with only one elderly neighbour.  No barking dogs, no loud music (except my own), only the numerous geckos, spiders and millipedes inside my old wooden house to keep me company. (I could live in a modern house in town, but I choose to live among the wonderful nature).

 

I have my big-screen TV and fast internet for all my 'media' interests.  As the world outside seems to get madder and madder, I'm very happy where I live.  I'd install solar panels to live off-grid' if it weren't that my leccy bill is only about $30 a month.

 

Quite frankly, solitude is very soothing, without any stress or worries.  But everyone to their own, and rural life is not for everyone ????

Phuket West Coast Village = YES (doing that)

Thai Farm Village = NO

 

I have a holiday house in Chaochoengsao, 80 kms from Bangkok, also 100 kms from Pattaya. Actually the Pattaya train goes past my house about 8.20 am? every morning. We're 20 minutes from the city. As it's a bit remote on a former prawn farm there's absolutely no action. I can't even go for a walk because of the dogs and reckless motor bike riders. I'm out of there after 3 days as the boredom really gets to me. To me thats what most farangs go through as most of us come from major cities. I must've watched every movie on youtube over the years.

Good topic !

Honestly ! I rather take my chances with the V then to live with roosters croaking all day and late into the night !

1 hour ago, Johnny Mac said:

But is there really much to do in BKK? I mean what do you do anyway, and it's always too damned hot and too much hassle to get anywhere anyway.

I lived in a small village 40 km from a small city for about 15 years. I enjoyed it quite a bit - we built a family compound and my wife has a great family. I think the biggest factor is having decent internet, which we did.. and i went in the city near every afternoon, got a massage, had lunch out w/friends and learned to speak Thai... there were a couple of farang around and I enjoyed their company too... all in all a good experience. 

After a few weeks, you will know each cow by her name and the soi dogs say hello too.

1 hour ago, bbko said:

...Three days is about all I can take before I need get back to modern life.

What do you call modern life ? bars, discotheques, cinemas ? 

I live in a small mooban ( about 15 houses ), 4 kms from the "civilisation" ( small Big C  and Lotus, 7/11 , post office, 2 banks   ...)  markets every day   and 20 kms from Tesco, Big C , Thaiwatsadu , Hompro  etc 

in front of my balcony, 700 meters of ricefields and trees, full south , sunrise and pretty often fantastic sunsets, many birds, Internet 1 Gb, books, games, park to walk or jogg , restaurants, beautiful river etc 

it's the life I like, and yes, problems of big cities are very far; I like to stay 2-3 days in Bangkok, but my life here is better 

It has never been appealing to me and it isn't appealing to me now.

52 minutes ago, simon43 said:

only the numerous geckos, spiders and millipedes inside my old wooden house to keep me company.

Sounds like heaven.

 

Throw in some moths and who could resist?

2 hours ago, Tanomazu said:

Not really, in any village you would not have the amenities you get in the cities. Quality of life would be too poor.

You probably won't believe this but in rural areas they have these things called vehicles that have two or four wheels and an engine that transmits power to those wheels. With these devices , even though your home is in the ar*e end of nowhere you can usually find a big Mall or provincial capitol within a reasonable distance to get of the exotic things you can't get in your village.

 

Medical facilities are not as thick on the ground as in Bangkok but tjays not a daily requirements.

 

Plus a lot of the go go dancers and ladies of the night etc are grown in the provinces so no need to worry on that score. You can score no worries.

6 minutes ago, Tanomazu said:

Sounds like heaven.

 

Throw in some moths and who could resist?

The fly's are  a nuisance while living in the moobarn

1 minute ago, Denim said:

You probably won't believe this but in rural areas they have these things called vehicles that have two or four wheels and an engine that transmits power to those wheels. With these devices , even though your home is in the ar*e end of nowhere you can usually find a big Mall or provincial capitol within a reasonable distance to get of the exotic things you can't get in your village.

 

Medical facilities are not as thick on the ground as in Bangkok but tjays not a daily requirements.

 

Plus a lot of the go go dancers and ladies of the night etc are grown in the provinces so no need to worry on that score. You can score no worries.

Sorry, if you're stuck in the middle of nowhere in rural Isaan there is no Siam Paragon "within a reasonable distance". You're dreaming.

 

When I check my Thai Friendly I don't see too many girls in rural villages. Just saying. Sure you can find girls there, but not the same number you can find in the cities. Come on. Stop kidding yourselves.

 

 

Location not that important. Its the people u live with.