A reminder why Thailand is such a great place to live

[Orinoco]

1 hour ago, HeijoshinCool said:

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Dude, you're the one who brought it up. 

Owning a plot of land and a house on it all yours is a bad idea !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

you can do that in the uk, 

Thailand !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NO

So get it now Dude

[cyril sneer]

the only thing that makes UK better is the easy access to class A drugs

[KhunLA]

23 minutes ago, Pravda said:

 

I can in Canada.

Also in USA, but not in a 'metro' area, or if you want employment or great school district.  Quiet country living is possible.

[Orinoco]

1 hour ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Lets assume for a moment the cost of living would be the same in Thailand and "home". Would you prefer to be "home"?

For me the cold weather, ugly women and all those restrictions back home are reason enough to avoid it. I wouldn't want to live there even if would make a lot more money over there.

 

I Think Thailand only has two things to offer now days.

Hot weather

and Hot box

The rest is overrated.

[The Cipher]

36 minutes ago, Pravda said:

39 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

Can you find me a 3 bedroom detached house (good neighbourhood only, (not next door to a crack house) in the UK for 2Mbht?

 

I can in Canada.

Which part of Canada are you from? As a Vancouverite one of the things that I've always found best about Bangkok was the great real estate value.

 

Even if i just considered a simple rent-to-rent comparison, the same amount of money would get me hilariously more in BKK than YVR.

[roo860]

1 hour ago, norfolkandchance said:

Not to the Toilets 

I've been to quite a number of Wetherspoons up and down the country when working away from home. Never needed to complain about the state of the toilets.

[roo860]

1 hour ago, BritManToo said:

Can you find me a 3 bedroom detached house (good neighbourhood only, (not next door to a crack house) in the UK for 2Mbht?

Can you find one in Chiang Mai for 2Mbht. If so I would be very interested in it.

[Pravda]

28 minutes ago, The Cipher said:

Which part of Canada are you from? As a Vancouverite one of the things that I've always found best about Bangkok was the great real estate value.

 

Even if i just considered a simple rent-to-rent comparison, the same amount of money would get me hilariously more in BKK than YVR.

 

People from Hong Kong also find Vancouver a great real estate value. 

 

 

[Chris.B]

Also, in Thailand you can get to see a doctor face to face the same day!  ????

 

[Will B Good]

When all is said and done....is there a Nana or a soi 7 in the UK?......nope! I rest my case.

[barry553]

I'm going to move back to the UK soon and I am not concerned about the OP's post one bit. Everyone knows taxis are expensive. I never need to use them. I prefer eating homemade food and so the higher priced eating out doesn't concern me. The price of food is about the same but the quality is far higher. Buying 2nd had cars are much cheaper, schools are free etc. The best thing about it is I can earn 3 times as much money and won't feel like a criminal every time I visit immigration.

Edited November 2, 2021 by barry553

[OneMoreFarang]

2 hours ago, KhunLA said:

Cost of living ... across the board, exactly the same, then no, I wouldn't have even looked elsewhere to retire, though a different place in the USA than where I was, as bored with it.

 

For me, it's RE Taxes, available healthcare, and cost of.  Get rid of those 2 issues in USA, and ...IF... I can holiday anywhere in the country for same price as Thailand, why would I leave.  Plenty of places to retire back in USA.

 

Weather never an issue, and actually enjoy the change of seasons, along with if wanting warm, live in the south of USA.  Way too big, and if you can't find a place that suits, then it isn't the location that's the problem.

But there are so many Americans over there ... ???? 

[OneMoreFarang]

1 hour ago, Orinoco said:

I Think Thailand only has two things to offer now days.

Hot weather

and Hot box

The rest is overrated.

Great food, many friendly people, lots of pretty girls, no cold rain, not overregulated, no stupid political correctness, and and and

[gearbox]

4 hours ago, Pravda said:

This is really a sad comparison.

 

So the price of Chinese takeout and rent is cheaper. But the wages are also higher in UK. I'm sure people don't work there for 350 baht an hour.

 

Prices in Bangkok are not 40 pounds a night in a 5 star hotel. These are covid prices. Hilton and other known chains used to cost 100 pounds per night. It this continues soon there won't be any hotels left which I am really not looking forward to. Because when there is less competition the price goes up and the quality drops, especially here. 

 

The whole post is about prices, but when I go to Canada I find the prices of quality food cheaper than in Thailand. The only thing more expensive is rent and transport. But even that is debatable as rent in nicer Bangkok condos is actually more expensive if you do 1:1 comparison. Many condos here are boxes with no real kitchen, no bathtub and zero closet space. You want that you have to rent a premium Bangkok condo which goes for well over 2000 pounds a month unless you rent in old building full of cockroaches.

 

 

There can't be any comparison between Thailand and Canada...the Canadian summer is 1 week, the Thai summer is 52 weeks... I have a friend who used to live in Edmonton(Deadmonton), I can't figure out how anyone voluntarily would go and live there.

[norfolkandchance]

53 minutes ago, roo860 said:

I've been to quite a number of Wetherspoons up and down the country when working away from home. Never needed to complain about the state of the toilets.

Yes so have I mate. It’s always a long climb up the stairs to them. ( Standard Joke ).

 

[VocalNeal]

5 minutes ago, gearbox said:

I can't figure out how anyone voluntarily would go and live there.

Been there, done that. Climate is 9 months of winter and 3 months of bad skiing.

[gearbox]

1 hour ago, BritManToo said:

Can you find me a 3 bedroom detached house (good neighbourhood only, (not next door to a crack house) in the UK for 2Mbht?

My nephew lives in London, paid 1 mil pounds for a house a month ago. He is getting now some insane quotes to fix some things with the house. Not a mansion, just a 140sqm suburban house in a good area.

[BritManToo]

1 hour ago, roo860 said:

Can you find one in Chiang Mai for 2Mbht. If so I would be very interested in it.

There's loads, you just gotta look around.

This looks OK for 1M5Bht.

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/500211397895769/

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/392120039130874/

 

I'm living in one and it's in a very nice quiet gated community 12Km from the moat.

If you don't want to buy, they rent for 10kbht/month.

 

Edited November 2, 2021 by BritManToo

[KhunLA]

15 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

But there are so many Americans over there ... ???? 

Not really, not per capita to USA population.

 

Consider tourist arrivals pre-covid, USA & UK about the same, 1 mill a year, but USA has almost 5X the population.

2019 stats (000s), and arrivals in same ballpark as USA, but much less population.

 

[Pravda]

15 minutes ago, gearbox said:

There can't be any comparison between Thailand and Canada...the Canadian summer is 1 week, the Thai summer is 52 weeks... I have a friend who used to live in Edmonton(Deadmonton), I can't figure out how anyone voluntarily would go and live there.

 

Stabmonton. Winterpeg. Scarberia. Bramladesh..... Need I go on?

[Seeall]

5 hours ago, HeijoshinCool said:

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Moving day. From BKK, 400kms to my house.

 

One (filled to the brim)  box truck, driver who helped load, gas, door-to-door: ฿3250.

 

Said no passengers allowed, held out ฿200, and he smiled and said, get in.

 

Saw my dog, said, oh, no, cannot! Another ฿300 and we were on our way.

 

Try that in the UK or US.....

 

 

Yeah love it..... 

 

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[roo860]

20 minutes ago, norfolkandchance said:

Yes so have I mate. It’s always a long climb up the stairs to them. ( Standard Joke ).

 

Get one of them disabled keys cut!

????

[The Cipher]

25 minutes ago, Pravda said:

People from Hong Kong also find Vancouver a great real estate value. 

Sure, I take your point. Value is definitely relative to an individual's perspective.

 

And from my perspective at least, I really do think Bangkok offers good value as a second home base.

 

Vibrant city, lots of things to do, diversity and quality of many of the amenities exceeds Vancouver, and all of that for what I consider to be excellent value relative to the other cities that I'd considered as a second home (Hong Kong, Seoul, Singapore). Sometimes I wonder if the different perspectives on Thailand here are just largely due to differences in personalities and lifestyle preferences.

[roo860]

4 hours ago, tonray said:

I guess you're glad you didn't go to the Falklands...

Did you go to the Falklands?

[WhiteBuffaloATM]

Divorced and Left UK twenty years ago….. literally a hundred reasons……ended up settled in Phuket, whilst working worldwide. Life Great in UK. IF you are a cash millionaire.  Found UK SEast increasing miserable throughout the 90’s. High Cost / High Tax / High Pollution / High Congestion / High Stress / High Debt. Rubbish Cold Wet Weather. Knife Crime Everywhere. Commuting in Metal Coffin three hours daily.Little Time for Health (Diet & Exercise). Nearly All in Heavy Consumer Debt & One Paycheck from Destitution.Pension Pot halved by Financial Crashes or Stolen by Crooked Owners.

 

Buyer Beware is Universal. Thailand SAFE, CHEAP, Healthy, Quiet, Tropical, Idyllic, Very Low Tax / Low Stress, High Quality Lifestyle. Property often around 10% UK prices. Huge Advantage right there. Easy to Eat Fresh Produce & Exercise Daily. Pool Villa Seaview bought for same price as three bed semi in some crappy uk suburb.

[Orinoco]

7 minutes ago, WhiteBuffaloATM said:

Pool Villa Seaview bought for same price as three bed semi in some crappy uk suburb.

But not your land !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL.

 

 

 

 

Edited November 2, 2021 by Orinoco

[EricTh]

@PizzaBoi

 

A common mistake is that people always compare the prices of different countries after converting their currencies.

 

Please note that Thai people do NOT earn as much as in UK. British people earn 3000 GBP which is about 140,000 baht in Thailand.

 

Average Thai people earn around 30,000 baht per month. Most earn only around 15,000 baht per month.

 

To Thai people, prices are expensive in Thailand when compared to their wages.

Edited November 2, 2021 by EricTh

[BritManToo]

@roo860

One final one for 1M6Bht, slightly funky and brand new.

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/200656888864097/

Edited November 2, 2021 by BritManToo

[WhiteBuffaloATM]

Biggest Advantage living in UK SEast is the MASSIVE Capital Gains on Property and Free HealthCare, BUT you must endure the described misery of living there, Avoid Divorce ( Very Hard) and THEN SELL and leave with your Gains to Buy Property and Enjoy Healthy Climate, in say Thailand. Almost Nobody Does That though…..they hang on to property, living in or renting out, downsize elsewhere in UK upon retirement ….. then sicken / die from the rotten climate by age 70 …. all the benefit going to the younger waiting relatives ……

[roo860]

12 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

@roo860

One final one for 1M6Bht, slightly funky and brand new.

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/200656888864097/

Cheers