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What's life like for a single older expat in isaan?

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11 minutes ago, 3NUMBAS said:

the udonmap forum is full of expat nutters ,,theyve all lost it

 

 

take a look

if the moderators did not doing their job, you know how it would have been here at AseanNow to? Only nutters left

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On 4/23/2023 at 4:21 PM, ArnieP said:

Udon’s a small city enclosed within a ring road and there’s very little of interest to expats. It’s urban, not picturesque and is largely devoid of culture and entertainment apart from some kinos and two small bar areas. Most of the colourful entertainment got closed by the military in January 2015. 

sounds depressing. WHY on earth would you or any expat want to live there. Im facinated to know...

24 minutes ago, ubonr1971 said:

sounds depressing. WHY on earth would you or any expat want to live there. Im facinated to know...

He's talking about a very small part of the town. Udorn is actually quite large, one of the largest in Isaan. Lots to do if you can be bothered to find it. The surrounding areas are very nice too.

 

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What's life like for a single older expat in isaan?

All the snatch and Thai friends you can pay for. 

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15 hours ago, MrJ2U said:

That's what you do if you want to live in Issan and actually enjoy it.  Nice home with infinity pool, good internet, android box to access basically anything on TV. 

 

I've got kids also.   Time flies with a functional family and a nice abode. 

 

Stock up on food from Makro, Villa Mkt, Topps,  etc. 

 

In the end though I'd prefer being close to a city and beach,  Isssn can be tough to live.

That life married with kids living in a house in suburbia with a pool wouldn't suit me ,I would rather be free 

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10 hours ago, 3NUMBAS said:

the udonmap forum is full of expat nutters ,,theyve all lost it

 

 

take a look

Years ago when I was up there I used to like the farang supermarket ,it had a theme to it ,was it Open All hours or similar name ?

Probably long gone now 

5 hours ago, georgegeorgia said:

That life married with kids living in a house in suburbia with a pool wouldn't suit me ,I would rather be free 

Definitely  a life choice. 

 

But I get where you are coming from.   Much cheaper also!.

 

 

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On 4/24/2023 at 6:07 PM, 3NUMBAS said:

the udonmap forum is full of expat nutters ,,theyve all lost it

 

 

 

They need to rename udonmap to DooDoomap.

 

DooDoo is one of the only nutters who still posts there. That forum looks like it's on its last leg.

The only upside is cheap rural brothels filled with Laos women.bamboo huts with concrete furniture.

Herr Schopenhauer has written quite extensively on this subject. Unfortunately, he is often portrayed as a pessimist and employed terms that are too strong to be applicable to rural life in Isan. With this in mind, I am convinced that the person the OP claims to be looking for—who actually fits the description—will not appear on this forum of their own accord, but would rather avoid it like the plague.

 

 

In sum, everything depends on what you have inside your head.

 

Those of little weight can't bear the thought of the absence of external entertainment.

 

Those with brains stuffed with thoughts doubts information and information-processing can barely cope with the lightweight over-stimulus of the big cities. 

On 4/24/2023 at 10:52 PM, ubonr1971 said:

sounds depressing. WHY on earth would you or any expat want to live there. Im facinated to know...

 

Years ago, most sex workers in Pattaya came from Udon. Their mothers had been socialized by the American airmen, who started their bombing raids over Laos at Udon air base.  The Americans had built a nice Friendship Highway to Udon, and there was a train.  Easy to travel to Pattaya. 

 

The sex workers brought their bounty back to their villages, and settled down with their beloved husbands. 

 

Most of these village ATMs wouldn't notice the difference between Kumphawapi, Kuala Lumpur and Honolulu anyway.

1 hour ago, Lorry said:

Years ago, most sex workers in Pattaya came from Udon. Their mothers had been socialized by the American airmen, who started their bombing raids over Laos at Udon air base.  The Americans had built a nice Friendship Highway to Udon, and there was a train.  Easy to travel to Pattaya. 

 

The sex workers brought their bounty back to their villages, and settled down with their beloved husbands. 

 

Most of these village ATMs wouldn't notice the difference between Kumphawapi, Kuala Lumpur and Honolulu anyway.

Barstool BS ... think you may have missed a few other bases ...

 

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