Is Thailand a better place to live then in western countries

[kingstonkid]

Just wondering with all the.<deleted> going on in the rest of the world is it just me or does life here seem saner.

 

Mods please close if this gets political.

[473geo]

I guess it depends if you think a mind trained 'not to think too much' is a healthy mind 

However the environment created by such can give an overall relaxed appearance ????

[MrJ2U]

In my opinion it beats the USA.

 

 

[worgeordie]

Happy here , just cannot imagine what life is like in the UK now,

have not been back for 35 years ......if I did , possible culture shock ..

 

regards worgeordie

[VinnieK]

This is gonna be a loong topic...???? 

 

 

[bang saen guy]

Where does the OP choose to live?

[1FinickyOne]

Yes, it is easier here.... people like to joke and are more easy going and in the moment... 

[PJ71]

Yes!

[Will B Good]

All tolled...yes.

[lanng khao]

1 hour ago, worgeordie said:

Happy here , just cannot imagine what life is like in the UK now,

have not been back for 35 years ......if I did , possible culture shock ..

 

regards worgeordie

Best thing for you would be that Newcastle have finally got a half decent football team, apart from that, stay where you are...

[Sparktrader]

12 minutes ago, 1FinickyOne said:

Yes, it is easier here.... people like to joke and are more easy going and in the moment... 

Less pc, less cc nonsense.

[thaibeachlovers]

Definitely.

[CharlieH]

Troll comment and response removed.

[CharlieH]

OP of course not, everyone is just here for the Temples and sex ! 

 

????

[Sparktrader]

Women like shopping and temples.

[JingerBen]

1 hour ago, MrJ2U said:

In my opinion it beats the USA.

 

 

...by a country mile.

[OneMoreFarang]

I don't know anybody who lives in Thailand and after a visit back home said something like: That was so nice, I should go back there.

But then again, I guess if they would like it more somewhere else then they would live somewhere else.

 

Personally, I would live in the middle of Bangkok even if I would have 10 times more money/income. Sometimes a little beach is nice. But I definitely wouldn't want to live in a so called first world country. They have too much first world problems and headache.

[jerrymahoney]

2 hours ago, 473geo said:

I guess it depends if you think a mind trained 'not to think too much' is a healthy mind 

<SNIP>

I have found that the ability to (mostly) not think about anything that I don't want to think about has become a key for me to get along in Thailand in my advanced years

[jerrymahoney]

4 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Sometimes a little beach is nice.

And sometimes it isn't.

 

[OneMoreFarang]

4 minutes ago, jerrymahoney said:

And sometimes it isn't.

 

They definitely had too many houses.

A beach and a few palm trees is enough for me.

 

[KhunLA]

All depends and relative to one's self.   I know if I returned, I'd need a lot more money and certainly wouldn't return to any place I've already lived.

 

Left all of those for one reason or another, and no desire to go backwards.   

 

The world is only as crazy as the headlines you believe.

[1FinickyOne]

45 minutes ago, Sparktrader said:

Women like shopping and temples.

you mean like the footwear exchange program outside the temples? 

[Sparktrader]

1 minute ago, 1FinickyOne said:

you mean like the footwear exchange program outside the temples? 

Size 14

They never take mine

[LaosLover]

My little section of Nimman, CM is like Aspen Colorado for one tenth the money. A single lime costs a dollar where I am from. And it's not even a proper lime.

 

I get all of the upsides of living in Thailand with practically none of the downsides a local suffers. Had it not been for Covid, I would have moved here two years earlier.  

 

With short leases, I can also see myself in Nonthburi, Ubon, and possibly even a beach place too -tho prob more like 2 month instead of 6 for the beach or a place like Chantaburi.

 

I did a week at The Asia Hotel behind Siam Square and I could see 3-4 months there too.

[Sparktrader]

18 minutes ago, LaosLover said:

did a week at The Asia Hotel behind Siam Square and I could see 3-4 months there too.

Very central. 2 skytrain lines.

[jerrymahoney]

34 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

They definitely had too many houses

A beach and a few palm trees is enough for me.

From the NY Times article as to the hoto above:

In places like Fort Myers Beach, Sanibel Island and Pine Island, just west of Fort Myers, an easygoing existence that once revolved around seashell hunts, shrimping, turtle-watching, taking in sunsets over the Gulf, and the ebb and flow of a seasonal tourist economy had been obliterated.

 

[huangnon]

I enjoy visiting the UK at least once per year. Wouldn't want to live there full time though. House prices (and rents) are crazy there now, unless you just rocked up on a beach in a dinghy. ????

I live in what I think is a nice part of Thailand. I can go anywhere else I want to in-country, for a very cheap price. Still work here, and mostly enjoying it especially as retirement is on the horizon. No complaints really.

[proton]

I like they way they deal with illegal immigrants here, tow boats back out to sea and chuck illegals and over stayers in a detention centre, where they stay until they pay their fare home. UK spends billions a year just putting illegals up in cushy hotels!

[Photoguy21]

For me Thailand is a great place to live and I have lived in a lot of countries around the world. It doesn't suit everyone of course I would say it would be hard to beat living in Thailand.

[Don Chance]

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