Popular Post Social Media Posted November 8, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted November 8, 2022 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bkk6060 Posted November 8, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted November 8, 2022 Anyone who wants to live like a loser bum can do it here. 1 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nigelforbes Posted November 8, 2022 Share Posted November 8, 2022 6 minutes ago, bkk6060 said: Anyone who wants to live like a loser bum can do it here. Indeed, but it's embarrassing when Westerners do it, I mean come on, if you can't afford you can't afford. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bang saen guy Posted November 8, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted November 8, 2022 This always baffles me. The only thing I find cheaper here is rent 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BritManToo Posted November 8, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted November 8, 2022 (edited) 16 minutes ago, nigelforbes said: Indeed, but it's embarrassing when Westerners do it, I mean come on, if you can't afford you can't afford. If the alternative is a freezing bedsit in Bolton surrounded by Muslim refugees .................... Anyway, I had several pals living in CM on 20kbht/month and doing quite well. Without the 'hangers on' I could easily live on that. Edited November 8, 2022 by BritManToo 8 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post nigelforbes Posted November 8, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted November 8, 2022 2 minutes ago, BritManToo said: If the alternative is a freezing bedsit in Bolton surrounded by Muslim refugees .................... Anyway, I had several pals living in CM on 20kbht/month and doing quite well. Without the 'hangers on' I could easily live on that. Living in CM on 20kbaht/month and doing quite well, you mean just surviving. It's one thing for a Thai person to live on 20k but it's something else entirely for a westerner to do so, unless they have lived at that same level back home all their life. 8 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ivor bigun Posted November 8, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted November 8, 2022 5 minutes ago, BritManToo said: If the alternative is a freezing bedsit in Bolton surrounded by Muslim refugees .................... Anyway, I had several pals living in CM on 20kbht/month and doing quite well. Without the 'hangers on' I could easily live on that. Come on ,living in my old home town with my wife and son ,surrounded by muslims was wonderful ,only one lad was stabbed to death outside his school when we left ,where i used to work now is another land ,drugs freely available ,the wheels off my car were only stolen once , best thing we ever did coming back here ,The UK is not a nice place now mass immigration of the wrong kind has destroyed it.i 9 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BritManToo Posted November 8, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted November 8, 2022 (edited) 7 minutes ago, nigelforbes said: Living in CM on 20kbaht/month and doing quite well, you mean just surviving. It's one thing for a Thai person to live on 20k but it's something else entirely for a westerner to do so, unless they have lived at that same level back home all their life. Just not true, they went out for a beer every evening, sat in coffee shops, the occasional freelancer. I don't understand what so many foreigners spend all the money on. The condo's at the end of my road rent for 2,500bht/month and they're really nice. If I were a single OAP on a limited pension, I'd much rather live in one of those than a UK housing estate. Most of the world is 'just surviving' as far as I can see. Edited November 8, 2022 by BritManToo 12 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BostonJoe Posted November 8, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted November 8, 2022 (edited) We live in Hua Hin family of 3 with 4 more mooching off us , so 7 all together . House, cars paid for. We spend around 150 thousand Baht a month If I could just get rid of thr 4 free loaders Anyone have interest in my sister inlaw let me know Edited November 8, 2022 by BostonJoe 2 1 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post PJ71 Posted November 8, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted November 8, 2022 1 hour ago, BritManToo said: The condo's at the end of my road rent for 2,500bht/month and they're really nice. Pls send a link or some photo's, would like to see these 'really nice' condos. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post nigelforbes Posted November 8, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted November 8, 2022 4 hours ago, BritManToo said: Just not true, they went out for a beer every evening, sat in coffee shops, the occasional freelancer. I don't understand what so many foreigners spend all the money on. The condo's at the end of my road rent for 2,500bht/month and they're really nice. If I were a single OAP on a limited pension, I'd much rather live in one of those than a UK housing estate. Most of the world is 'just surviving' as far as I can see. A really nice condo in CM for 2,500 baht month, do you really think I just got off the boat! 1 2 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mac Mickmanus Posted November 8, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted November 8, 2022 5 hours ago, bang saen guy said: This always baffles me. The only thing I find cheaper here is rent Sex and cigarettes are both cheaper in Thailand , so are buses 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivor bigun Posted November 8, 2022 Share Posted November 8, 2022 4 hours ago, BostonJoe said: We live in Hua Hin family of 3 with 4 more mooching off us , so 7 all together . House, cars paid for. We spend around 150 thousand Baht a month If I could just get rid of thr 4 free loaders Anyone have interest in my sister inlaw let me know I am so lucky in the fact my wifes family are not to badly off and have never asked for money ,or needed it .also my wife is quite imtelemgent ,and when working had good jobs .also our son now runs a company and has the mortgage on our home. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Seppius Posted November 8, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted November 8, 2022 In Pattaya you can have a great life on B30K, spend a bit more on a nicer condo, my rent is B6000, but the building has a gym and really nice pool, and not far from the beach in Jomtien No need to go out every night, when I moved in I got a fast internet and brought a decent PC to download movies. No need for Netflix, watch football for free. I am lucky, I am happy with my own company, if you can learn to do that your life will change. I love sitting at home with my self cooked food, beers from 7-Eleven, playing online or watching sport Get a hobby, mine was learning how to build websites, I now have one that has started to make a small amount, hopefully that will grow. Go out 2/3 nights a week, just as you would in your home country, not many people in the UK go out every night to the pub, that's all changed with £6 a pint 8 6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post HauptmannUK Posted November 8, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted November 8, 2022 My pension is c.฿140k a month linked to UK consumer price inflation index. Wife has her own money (which I see very little of!). Wife and I live comfortably on around ฿60k a month. I could live alone on ฿20k if necessary. Wife has a couple of condos she rents out in Pattaya, 15 mins walk to Wat Chai area... basic, but clean and tidy, with A/C and WiFi, ฿3500/month. Something like that leaves enough for food and little pleasures.. The thing that would concern me is health issues and associated costs.. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacessit Posted November 8, 2022 Share Posted November 8, 2022 1 hour ago, nigelforbes said: A really nice condo in CM for 2,500 baht month, do you really think I just got off the boat! I would not say condo, however, it is possible to rent rooms in outer suburbs such as San Kamphaeng or Doi Saket for that amount. If I chose to rent out my fully furnished condo in Chiang Rai ( with swimming pool ) the current market is 6500 - 7000 baht/month. One can pay anything between 10K and 30K for a condo in CM, depending on size and luxury level. If I was to dispense with my GF and her support, my own budget would be about 30,000 baht/month, which is about three-fifths what I get as an Australian pension. Not that I wish to. I remember an American in CM who was really skint, living on about 8000 baht/month. He claimed he got most of his protein by licking up ants from the floor. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nigelforbes Posted November 8, 2022 Share Posted November 8, 2022 (edited) 3 minutes ago, Lacessit said: I would not say condo, however, it is possible to rent rooms in outer suburbs such as San Kamphaeng or Doi Saket for that amount. If I chose to rent out my fully furnished condo in Chiang Rai ( with swimming pool ) the current market is 6500 - 7000 baht/month. One can pay anything between 10K and 30K for a condo in CM, depending on size and luxury level. If I was to dispense with my GF and her support, my own budget would be about 30,000 baht/month, which is about three-fifths what I get as an Australian pension. Not that I wish to. I remember an American in CM who was really skint, living on about 8000 baht/month. He claimed he got most of his protein by licking up ants from the floor. Indeed, I would not say condo either and if the poster were to be truthful, neither would he! Rooms for 2,500 baht a month? There are thousands. Edited November 8, 2022 by nigelforbes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bbi1 Posted November 8, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted November 8, 2022 10 hours ago, BostonJoe said: We live in Hua Hin family of 3 with 4 more mooching off us , so 7 all together . House, cars paid for. We spend around 150 thousand Baht a month If I could just get rid of thr 4 free loaders Anyone have interest in my sister inlaw let me know Why did you take on the 4 free loaders in the 1st place? Sounds like you're a generous man. Can I join in and be the 5th? 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrJack54 Posted November 8, 2022 Share Posted November 8, 2022 4 hours ago, Lacessit said: If I was to dispense with my GF and her support, my own budget would be about 30,000 baht/month, which is about three-fifths what I get as an Australian pension. What is Australian pension? You mean old age pension? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post kinyara Posted November 8, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted November 8, 2022 Everyone's on a budget, the goal with experience is to get the maximum enjoyment out of your own level of budget. Never understood why people automatically connect the word budget with cheap as in a lot of the posts above. As I've got older my spend seems to have naturally decreased, I wonder what the hell I used to spend my money on because I feel like my quality of life has increased. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n00dle Posted November 8, 2022 Share Posted November 8, 2022 12 hours ago, ivor bigun said: Come on ,living in my old home town with my wife and son ,surrounded by muslims was wonderful ,only one lad was stabbed to death outside his school when we left ,where i used to work now is another land ,drugs freely available ,the wheels off my car were only stolen once , best thing we ever did coming back here ,The UK is not a nice place now mass immigration of the wrong kind has destroyed it.i The delicious irony of a brit who picked up sticks to sully a Thai neighborhood complaining about foreigners moving in and changing the place. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Denim Posted November 8, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted November 8, 2022 13 hours ago, bang saen guy said: This always baffles me. The only thing I find cheaper here is rent Yes , attractive girls are a lot cheaper in Essex. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PJ71 Posted November 8, 2022 Share Posted November 8, 2022 6 hours ago, Lacessit said: He claimed he got most of his protein by licking up ants from the floor. too funny! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post spidermike007 Posted November 8, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted November 8, 2022 If you are single, and are a monastic type, as little as 20 to 30,000 a month. If you have a significant other, or like some freedom of movement, don't like to count every baht, and want to enjoy your remaining years, at least 60,000 a month. 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViajeroLA Posted November 8, 2022 Share Posted November 8, 2022 1 hour ago, spidermike007 said: If you are single, and are a monastic type, as little as 20 to 30,000 a month. If you have a significant other, or like some freedom of movement, don't like to count every baht, and want to enjoy your remaining years, at least 60,000 a month. I'd say "single, monastic type" can survive spending 10-20% of that and if your survival doesn't depend on exotic stuff like "continental breakfast", comfortable life starts from $1k/month +- But yeah, if you spend 60k+/month you almost ballin ????))) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spidermike007 Posted November 8, 2022 Share Posted November 8, 2022 (edited) 29 minutes ago, ViajeroLA said: I'd say "single, monastic type" can survive spending 10-20% of that and if your survival doesn't depend on exotic stuff like "continental breakfast", comfortable life starts from $1k/month +- But yeah, if you spend 60k+/month you almost ballin ????))) We all have different lifestyles, and some don't require much comfort. Nothing wrong with that. Depends on how much you have to work with. I prefer not to skimp. Like to eat out alot, like to travel alot, and have a younger woman, who needs to be maintained! Whatever works. I am thankful I have enough funds to live very well. Edited November 8, 2022 by spidermike007 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post still kicking Posted November 8, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted November 8, 2022 10 hours ago, Mac Mickmanus said: Sex and cigarettes are both cheaper in Thailand , so are buses Erm I don't smoke and have no sex 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post still kicking Posted November 8, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted November 8, 2022 Come on Guys Thailand is not that cheap anymore I just spend 75000 baht for a 10-day holiday and never went to a bar, yes, I did eat Farang food twice in 10 days and that included the lift from BKK to Pattaya Thailand is not that cheap anymore 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Sparktrader Posted November 8, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted November 8, 2022 16 hours ago, bang saen guy said: This always baffles me. The only thing I find cheaper here is rent You must not get out much. Cheaper things Hotels Curries Yoghurt Sports drinks Amoxy Massages Dentists Car hire Buses Taxis Trains Tours Electricity Water Glasses Boats 9 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparktrader Posted November 8, 2022 Share Posted November 8, 2022 11 minutes ago, still kicking said: Come on Guys Thailand is not that cheap anymore I just spend 75000 baht for a 10-day holiday and never went to a bar, yes, I did eat Farang food twice in 10 days and that included the lift from BKK to Pattaya Thailand is not that cheap anymore So where did the money go? Costs me 2000 baht to 3000 baht a day. Thailand is cheap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now