Name the top three countries you would want to move to if you left Thailand other than your home country

[GammaGlobulin]

1 minute ago, zzaa09 said:

Barbarous Occidental Savage.....

Snow was a nitwit. 

 

Pardon me for recalling him. 

[The Hammer2021]

1 hour ago, BritManToo said:

Cambodia, The Philippines, maybe France as they have really cheap rundown farm houses for sale.

France would have been more of a goer without Brexit.

Vietnam would have been above France if they didn't keep changing VISA requirements.

If you have sufficient funds Brexit has not affected retirement.

[banglay]

 (1) Cape Verde

 (2)  Curacao

(3)   USA      Alaska in the summer ( mozzies and all)    and The keys in the colder months)

[BritManToo]

2 minutes ago, The Hammer2021 said:

If you have sufficient funds Brexit has not affected retirement.

If I has 'sufficient funds' I'd be sailing in my yacht off the Bahamas.

Most of us on this forum are eking out our sunset years with the meagre funds our (former) western wife's failed to get during the divorce.

Edited October 5, 2021 by BritManToo

[swissie]

The question is: How much money you got. Some places mentioned so far would be too expensive for a majority of Farangs, currently living in Thailand.
Solution: Stay in Thailand, marry a Thai lady holding a "governement job". You will be set for life.

[toofarnorth]

1 hour ago, oceanbreeze851 said:

Philippines, Belgium and Vietnam. Cost and life style. Lived in Belgium for 6 years when in the military.

A close call to me. Philippines , Vietnam and France .

[GammaGlobulin]

3 minutes ago, swissie said:

The question is: How much money you got. Some places mentioned so far would be too expensive for a majority of Farangs, currently living in Thailand.
Solution: Stay in Thailand, marry a Thai lady holding a "governement job". You will be set for life.

Oh... 

Naples, FL? 

[The Hammer2021]

29 minutes ago, jvs said:

I did the France thing 25 years ago,bought ,fixed up and sold a few older farm houses.

Nothing really cheap left there.

Yes there is...Normandy has plenty of cheap places

[Jingthing]

58 minutes ago, malthebluff said:

Cebu phillipines cheap and easy lived there 2 years before thailand

Portugal never been but it's always in top 3 places to retire to

Costa rica cheap and easy to live

 

In recent years Costa Rica has the reputation as being expensive. 

[The Hammer2021]

People who come from Great Britain have a choice of  3 or 4 local countries. England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

[Jingthing]

10 minutes ago, banglay said:

 (1) Cape Verde

 (2)  Curacao

(3)   USA      Alaska in the summer ( mozzies and all)    and The keys in the colder months)

If you're American the USA is off topic.

[GammaGlobulin]

10 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

Oh... 

Naples, FL? 

Miami Beach with falling-down apartment houses? 

 

Been there. Did that. 

 

Drug lords for neighbors, sometimes. 

 

Just recall Al Pacino with his head full of snow. 

 

Or, in Pacino's case, I think Al was snorting baby laxitive. 

 

Google it. 

Edited October 5, 2021 by GammaGlobulin

[BritManToo]

1 minute ago, The Hammer2021 said:

Yes there is...Normandy has plenty of cheap places

Plenty of farmhouses with a couple of fields and a barn for E10K-E20K.

I'd just park a caravan in the barn and live there while refurbishing the farmhouse.

 

Sadly Brexit has removed our right to live there more than 6 months without jumping into their tax and health system which costs $$$$$$$$$s.

[GammaGlobulin]

1 minute ago, The Hammer2021 said:

People who come from Great Britain have a choice of  3 or 4 local countries. England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Any landowner in Scotland would be a fool to leave. 

[Jingthing]

Oh I forgot to mention that it would be good to mention if your intention is retirement, working, or something else.

Edited October 5, 2021 by Jingthing

[The Hammer2021]

2 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

Any landowner in Scotland would be a fool to leave. 

We rent out and travel round the world on the proceeds.

[swissie]

11 minutes ago, The Hammer2021 said:

Yes there is...Normandy has plenty of cheap places

Just stay far away from the Atlantic coast, as 9 out of 12 months the weather "sucks".

[sirineou]

Greece.

I have friends and family there, I speak the language well enough that if I don't open my mouth too much I can pas for a local,and I qualify for a Greek Passport, 

We were supposed to go there and look into getting a place to spend summers but Covid put and end to that. 

Just as soon as I know we can come back without having to quarantine, we will go.

Thailand is becoming a bit to crazy for me, six to eight  months here are  enough for me. 

[The Hammer2021]

5 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

Plenty of farmhouses with a couple of fields and a barn for E10K-E20K.

I'd just park a caravan in the barn and live there while refurbishing the farmhouse.

 

Sadly Brexit has removed our right to live there more than 6 months without jumping into their tax and health system which costs $$$$$$$$$s.

We always had to register with their tax system for the last 15 years. If you earn you pay. if you don't you don't.

[The Hammer2021]

2 minutes ago, swissie said:

Just stay far away from the Atlantic coast, as 9 out of 12 months the weather "sucks".

Yes its British weather. But anyway I don't really like beaches or the sea. The coastal areas of Normandy are expensive. The rural areas are cheap

[GammaGlobulin]

5 minutes ago, The Hammer2021 said:

We rent out and travel round the world on the proceeds.

What about the peasants? 

[The Hammer2021]

2 minutes ago, sirineou said:

Greece.

I have friends and family there, I speak the language well enough that if I don't open my mouth too much I can pas for a local,and I qualify for a Greek Passport, 

We were supposed to go there and look into getting a place to spend summers but Covid put and end to that. 

Just as soon as I know we can come back without having to quarantine, we will go.

Thailand is becoming a bit to crazy for me, six to eight  months here are  enough for me. 

There is no such thing as a Greek passport!

[steven100]

1 hour ago, GammaGlobulin said:

I'm in. 

 

Any cheap houses around Nara, not Naha? 

 

Just say the word, and I'm gone. 

I know a condo around Nana that is cheap, the owner said the tenant had an issue in Khon Kaen and has now been given free accommodation, so he has gone. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited October 5, 2021 by steven100

[Jingthing]

My choices for retirement.

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Colombia 

Armenia, Manizales, or Bucaramanga 

 

Mexico 

Queretaro, Puebla, San Luis Potosi, Guadalajara, Mazatlan, or Puerto Vallarta.

 

Philippines 

Tagaytay, Iloilo City, others

[The Hammer2021]

2 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

What about the peasants? 

I own a freehold house in Edinburgh. There are no peasants...a few savages but it's possible to avoid the locals but when I rent to Scots they don't care.

Edited October 5, 2021 by The Hammer2021

[WhiteBuffaloATM]

ITALY

SPAIN

MALAYSIA

PORTUGAL

 

In that order. thailand fifth. cultural heartland towns. NOT the tourist areas. SAFE & CIVILIZED. 

dont get the lawless, <deleted>hole, serious crime haven selections : Mexico, Columbia, Cambodia.

nor the expensive remote sea level islands: Tahiti, Reunion, Maldives

nor countries that hate native english speakers : France

nor most recent genocidal state: Serbia

 

[3NUMBAS]

south of franc italy spain portugal .florida or even texas on the islands at galvaston

[swissie]

1 hour ago, Johnny Mac said:

Blimey, you are STILL beating this same drum??

AFAIK JT can't re-settle somewhere else unless he can sell his Condo in Pattaya.

The moral of the story: You can't pack any sort of real-estate in a suitcase.

[zzaa09]

34 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

If I has 'sufficient funds' I'd be sailing in my yacht off the Bahamas.

Most of us on this forum are eking out our sunset years with the meagre funds our (former) western wife's failed to get during the divorce.

Bitter much?

[The Hammer2021]

10 minutes ago, steven100 said:

I know a condo around Nana that is cheap, the owner said the tenant had an issue in Khon Kaen and has now been given free accommodation, so he has gone. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In Japan? Are you drunk?