Is living in a Thai village in the middle of nowhere becoming more appealing now?

[Sparktrader]

1 hour ago, tonray said:

My preference would be to live inside IKEA if I could. Every day you can have a different living arrangement, girl watching as shoppers walk by and the restaurant is cheap enough.

Nice meatballs and apple pie. Watch tv naked during the day.

[scoupeo]

if you like dirty place with uneducated noisy people, you will adore any small village !

 

[Sydebolle]

If you live in the house of your dreams, have hobbies (gardening, cooking), access to internet (outside world) and can rock up for a beer or two in a pub/place within reach - perfect! 

 

[arick]

There is really no such thing as in the middle of no where in Thailand 

[kaneko86]

I really start to think that it's up to the girl and her family how you feel out in the sticks. 

 

I used to have a 4 years relationship with a bkk girl whose grandmom was living in Prachinburi. It was always awful everytime she asked me to go there a few days with her. Even one day was too much and very boring. Her family was also very judging and strict. Smoking or having a beer in the garden was a no go.

Now I am dating a girl from Surin - Esan whose mom is my neighbor in Pattaya but the girl is living with her 2 brothers in some small town near Surin as she is doing an internship as a teacher at a local school for her last year of university. 

It's always fun to be there as her brothers are just great. They like to barbeque with friends in the evenings and play music. It's always nice to make jokes with them and we even go on motorbike trips and camping together on weekends. 

It may be because she is living there alone with her 2 brothers without parents. But I never felt bored at all.

[Johnny Mac]

1 hour ago, Sydebolle said:

If you live in the house of your dreams, have hobbies (gardening, cooking), access to internet (outside world) and can rock up for a beer or two in a pub/place within reach - perfect! 

 

Yep, a simple no thrills life, but I do see the appeal. Add in a loving family and the odd trip then what more do you really need?

[Johnny Mac]

Just now, kaneko86 said:

I really start to think that it's up to the girl and her family how you feel out in the sticks. 

 

I used to have a 4 years relationship with a bkk girl whose grandmom was living in Prachinburi. It was always awful everytime she asked me to go there a few days with her. Even one day was too much and very boring. Her family was also very judging and strict. Smoking or having a beer in the garden was a no go.

Now I am dating a girl from Surin - Esan whose mom is my neighbor in Pattaya but the girl is living with her 2 brothers in some small town near Surin as she is doing an internship as a teacher at a local school for her last year of university. 

It's always fun to be there as her brothers are just great. They like to barbeque with friends in the evenings and play music. It's always nice to make jokes with them and we even go on motorbike trips and camping together on weekends. 

It may be because she is living there alone with her 2 brothers without parents. But I never felt bored at all.

Of course individual circumstances play a pivotal part,

[thaibeachlovers]

2 minutes ago, Johnny Mac said:

Of course individual circumstances play a pivotal part,

Indeed. My MIL hated me so it was not the best atmosphere to be living in. Add a ratbag nephew to the mix and it was quite toxic.

In the end the only solution was to leave.

[pookondee]

4 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Indeed. My MIL hated me so it was not the best atmosphere to be living in. Add a ratbag nephew to the mix and it was quite toxic.

In the end the only solution was to leave.

Let me guess..

The MIL usually hates you because you 

"give to little".

The ratbag nephew, continually asks for money which you know will be spent on YaBa, hence your answer .... off.

 

Been there done that myself.

 If you are in Isaan I doubt the circumstances ever change much.

[TigerandDog]

23 hours ago, worgeordie said:

Not if the workers in the village return from Bangkok with the virus.

its everywhere 

regards worgeordie

can't entirely agree with that comment. In the village where I live the villagers immediately notify the village head if anyone from the village returns from a major city or elsewhere in the country. Those returnees, if they have had a negative covid test are made to quarantine for a minimum of 7 days and it's impossible for them to break the quarantine as the resident villagers ensure that they comply. This may not be the case in all rural villages, but it has been extremely successful here. 0 cases in the village and only 9 for the district.

Edited July 21, 2021 by TigerandDog

[ignis]

Is living in a Thai village in the middle of nowhere becoming more appealing now?

 

Mostly all my life have lived somewhere out in the sticks, born on a Farm,  did live for 3 years in Berlin. and here on the outskirts of BKK while the house was being built in 2003..

 

living in a City or town has no appeal at all, being now in my 70's guess that will never change

[thaibeachlovers]

37 minutes ago, pookondee said:

Let me guess..

The MIL usually hates you because you 

"give to little".

The ratbag nephew, continually asks for money which you know will be spent on YaBa, hence your answer .... off.

 

Been there done that myself.

 If you are in Isaan I doubt the circumstances ever change much.

Actually I think she just hated farangs, but certainly I didn't give enough money to satisfy her wants, as I didn't give her any.

 

The nephew didn't ask me for money, probably because he knew I wouldn't give him any, but he was just a ratbag anyway. A few years later he did his best to ruin my homelife by inviting himself to stay every weekend and eating our food and taking up the entire lounge all day. Never picked up his rubbish either. I was always having arguments with my wife about him because she refused to tell him he couldn't come. I had to lock my food up, but he just ate hers and she had to pick up after him as I refused to.

I'd say he had quite a lot to do with the breakdown of our marriage.

 

Her village wasn't in Issan, it was near the Lao border in the north east.

[Radar501]

23 hours ago, Pravda said:

I know a pretty girl in her 30's with a pig farm

 

23 hours ago, Excel said:

Can you post some pictures and her LINE id please

You want pictures of the girl or the pig farm?

[JRG23]

No, not at all.

Living in Bangkok my and my family can isolate - and have access to all we need at a couple of clicks of a button.

 

Living upcountry, where we have a property, it is a case of everyone - mainly her extended family - coming and going as they please, usually looking for something to eat or talking about something to eat. People popping about all day with no work to do.

 

At a time when there is no safer strategy that keeping yourself to yourself, I know where I would rather be.

[Johnny Mac]

5 minutes ago, JRG23 said:

No, not at all.

Living in Bangkok my and my family can isolate - and have access to all we need at a couple of clicks of a button.

 

Living upcountry, where we have a property, it is a case of everyone - mainly her extended family - coming and going as they please, usually looking for something to eat or talking about something to eat. People popping about all day with no work to do.

 

At a time when there is no safer strategy that keeping yourself to yourself, I know where I would rather be.

You stay firmly behind them curtains, fella.

[Excel]

11 minutes ago, Radar501 said:

 

You want pictures of the girl or the pig farm?

The girl

[GreasyFingers]

25 minutes ago, JRG23 said:

No, not at all.

Living in Bangkok my and my family can isolate - and have access to all we need at a couple of clicks of a button.

 

Living upcountry, where we have a property, it is a case of everyone - mainly her extended family - coming and going as they please, usually looking for something to eat or talking about something to eat. People popping about all day with no work to do.

 

At a time when there is no safer strategy that keeping yourself to yourself, I know where I would rather be.

You did not set the rules for your house. It took a little while but all of the extended family know what my rules are. Sometimes it is pleasant for them to come round as it does not happen very often.

[simon43]

23 hours ago, Tanomazu said:

Sounds like heaven.

 

Throw in some moths and who could resist?

I'm an animal-lover, but not a tree-hugger.  Mozzies, centipedes and cockroaches get the chop.  There are no rats or mice - the feral cats sort that out for me.  Snakes in the garden (including cobras), frogs, moths, butterflies etc etc - I have no problem with them ????

 

I did have problems before in Thailand with certain members of the human species.  So I don't encourage human visitors to my house - I'll meet who I want to socialise with in town ????

[Tanomazu]

8 minutes ago, simon43 said:

I'm an animal-lover, but not a tree-hugger.  Mozzies, centipedes and cockroaches get the chop.  There are no rats or mice - the feral cats sort that out for me.  Snakes in the garden (including cobras), frogs, moths, butterflies etc etc - I have no problem with them ????

 

I did have problems before in Thailand with certain members of the human species.  So I don't encourage human visitors to my house - I'll meet who I want to socialise with in town ????

And what are the women like there?

[MrJ2U]

It's got its drawbacks and its plusses.

 

I'm enjoying it because I've got a family, fairly nice wife, and resort style house here in Issan.

 

I don't drink so I don't miss the bars.  But I miss the night life and myriad of eating options that city life affords.

 

We holiday every other month to some beach so that helps my longing for the oceanside.

[spoon1967]

Each to their own I suppose - but not for me.

 

I will retire to Thailand next year at age 55, was married to a Thai and have a child.  Prior to COVID I had 4 holidays a year to Thailand, had 48 trips since 2010 and a few before that.

 

I want to live close (walking distance) to the bars, restaurants, malls, hospitals, pharmacies, massage shops, barbers, etc, somewhere like Soi Bukhoew.

 

For me that is an easy life, everything on your doorstep.

 

[Sterling]

I can't believe nobody has linked to our esteemed @owl sees all136+ page Diary of a Farang In Isaan thread:

 

[ChrisKC]

I don't have any quarrel with this idea. Each to his own of course but objections raised by some may not mean the same to you or I.

 

In any event, I am open-minded and even if I decided in some kind of life-changing scenario, I would be happy in the knowledge that I would be prepared to make the adjustments necessary and move again in the light of my experiences!

 

For me, I would like to see out my days close to the sea but if I cannot for any reason, I won't be unhappy.

 

Good Luck with whatever decision you make

[BTB1977]

I live and a fairly large city and don't feel any of the doom and gloom your describing.  Where and what is bringing such negativity? Life is what you make of it.

[wolf81]

I live in a village right now, been living in a village for the past 3 years or so.

 

I hope to buy a condo in Pattaya or other seaside resort over the coming year. I prefer to have a condo with a swimming pool. Of course, my girlfriend prefers her farm. We have to find some way so each of us can get the life we want. Perhaps sell the farm + house in the village and buy one on the outskirts or Pattaya or something. 

 

The village is kinda boring. It's not too much a problem for me, since I spent most of my time working from home, behind the computer. However, the stuff to do in the weekends is little and kinda boring around here. Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai are both about a 2.5 - 3 hour drive from here, so we visit the city only a couple of times in a year.

 

For my daughter I believe the city will be better as well, higher quality schools most likely, though more expensive as well. And as she's the only luk-khrueng around here, she might fit in better in a school in the city with more luk-khrueng (though she isn't bothered by this right now and most people find my daughter quite lovely and beautiful). 

 

There's more entertainment in the city as well. I know my daughter likes to go to the beach and I like the walks on the beach road during the day. There's the cinemas (but probably closed right now), shopping malls (fun for my daughter and gf), waterparks, zoo's, hospitals, restaurants with western food, etc... Dealing with Jomtien immigration would be annoying again though, one of the nice perks of living in a remote village is that the 90-day reporting in local immigration office is done really quick and without hassle. No long queues. And with regards to food: I find the pork in our village mostly crappy. I believe most of the quality meats of the pigs are sent to the city, while people here eat the leftovers or something. Though the Thai people seem to enjoy the meat as far as I can tell, I find it often quite stringy. 

 

Finally I'd like to talk to people from Europe, USA, Australia and the like about stuff that concerns us and that most Thai seem to care or know very little about. Stuff like economics, politics, world affairs, etc... I'd like to talk with people with similar jobs as me on technology issues etcetera. 

[The Hammer2021]

11 hours ago, scoupeo said:

if you like dirty place with uneducated noisy people, you will adore any small village !

 

Such places and people exist in cities, poor suburbs,  ghettos, slums etc and are not confined to villages

[GrandPapillon]

On 7/20/2021 at 6:24 AM, Cake Monster said:

I live in a Village, and I love to wake up and see the Sky

There are very few pressures, and living close to a City, things I need are only a Short distance away.

 

living like a hobbit does have its advantages ????

[kiteman9]

       I have lived in both the city and in the boonies and have found that the vibe of people in the city are uptight, rude, and less friendly. Same as the kooks that want to defend there rat in a maze lifestyle in the big city. To me the city has it's purpose, to do business and get out.

[Titan1962]

We have a nice 3 bedroom home in a village up north,moms there now looking after the place.

it’s nice to leave the hustle a bustle of city life for awhile,go up there get some fresh air and veg out.

The biggest issues you face while living in a rural village are amenities if that’s what your used to. Plus the biggest one I have noticed is health care. Yes they do have some sort of basic hospital. But anything more than a fever and you have to travel to a bigger city with a bigger hospital. 
So that leaves transportation issues,find somewhere for the misses to stay while your in hospital.

Plus a lot of the time you might have to travel 2 to 3 hours just for a 15 minute appointment with a so called specialist. The. Only to be told come back in a week or two to see how things are. 
Also depends on what type of lifestyle you are used to,I personally can only handle it short term.

But horses for courses.

[hotchilli]

On 7/20/2021 at 5:23 PM, 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.

It depends what you derive quality in life from... amenities and convenience are not everything.