Pattaya makes the top 10 list on Expats best low budget places to move abroad!

[Prubangboy]

1 minute ago, bignok said:

That's a good thing. Most of the bad farangs go there.

 

 

You are prone to dissing places for not being what you want, when such places are super-explicit that they're not what you want.

 

I'm more a neurotic weigher. "I could live in Ekkamai in a heartbeat, BUT.......

 

If you can only pick 3 attributes, and then you HAVE to live in that place, what are the 3 attributes?

 

I listed mine above.

[beautifulthailand99]

1 hour ago, JBChiangRai said:

 

We have homes in Chiang Mai & Chiang Rai, Chiang Mai is definitely a lot more expensive than Chiang Rai, about 25% more for Grab and Foodpanda.

 

We have lived in Pattaya (Prathumnak Soi 4) and Bangkok (Sukumvit Soi 16).  Pattaya is navigable on a motorbike but you get ripped off by corrupt police and completely unnavigable by car at times, the sea is unusable it's so dirty.  Bangkok pollution is appalling all year round and you better not try to go anywhere by taxi if it's raining.

 

In Chiang Rai we call 2 cars in front of you at the traffic lights a traffic jam.

<coughs> smoke !

[Old Croc]

Where to retire on places named in this list for penniless Americans - Bulgaria, Albania, Pattaya?

A pity Pattaya is not also named in this web company's next list "The most christmassy places on earth."

 

I presume once Pattaya transforms into a 'Smart City" prices will skyrocket.

[bignok]

9 minutes ago, Prubangboy said:

You are prone to dissing places for not being what you want, when such places are super-explicit that they're not what you want.

 

I'm more a neurotic weigher. "I could live in Ekkamai in a heartbeat, BUT.......

 

If you can only pick 3 attributes, and then you HAVE to live in that place, what are the 3 attributes?

 

I listed mine above.

Decent food

Decent scenary

Decent people

[Prubangboy]

13 hours ago, QuantumQuandry said:

Is Penang actually cheaper than Pattaya, per the list?

Looked in last Oct. Nicer apartments for about a quarter less. Food about the same. Booze too. Medium bad traffic, but you wouldn't leave your little enclave much.

 

Prob: The Muslim thing -not that I think they're terrorists, just that they are def. lacking in the sanuk department. They are crazy-friendly; I prefer the more medium-cool Thais.

[GypsyT]

12 hours ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

"You can get a retirement visa with €760 in monthly retirement or pension income, which is equivalent to approximately $830. After five years, you can convert your residency for EU citizenship and enjoy easy travel across Europe."

Completely clueless writer.

Once you get visa to 1 EU country you can travel to all.

Also, once you get residency in one you can get to work and/or live in all.

There's no "EU citizenship". Every member country have their own rules.

 

Portugal had tax free deal for expats. That will expire Jan 1. 2023. So hurry up!

 

"From January 1, 2024, the NHR regime will no longer be available for new tax residents. However, those already enrolled in the NHR regime as of December 31, 2023, will continue to benefit from it for the remainder of their 10-year eligibility period."

 

[Prubangboy]

14 minutes ago, bignok said:

Decent food

Decent scenary

Decent people

It's great that a zillionaire like yourself can just have the pick of the litter of such places. 

 

Switzerland next for you?

[bignok]

1 minute ago, Prubangboy said:

It's great that a zillionaire like yourself can just have the pick of the litter of such places. 

 

Switzerland next for you?

Huh?

[Prubangboy]

This is a thread about retirement destinations. 

 

It's not another thread where you talk about your bike rides and say things like, "it had nice scenery, it did -'loved my cold Leo." 

 

It's a thread, very unfortunately, that is somehow not about you.

 

When people retire, they want a little comfort. In which case the 3 entrees on your list cost money.

 

This thread is about places where that money might go a little further.

 

Interrupting constantly to remind us that you're a common sense blokey-bloke who challenging the status quo is just more pathetic leg humping.

[Pattaya57]

I've got a friend who just retired and he's travelling around Thailand to decide where to live. He's so far stayed in Bangkok, Hua Hin, Chang Mai, Phuket and last month I showed him Pattaya.

 

I showed him the beach scene, shopping malls, markets, nice restaurants and "no hassle" bars. He stated to me that Pattaya was now top of his list due to the significant infrastructure of the place compared to others

 

He then went to Da Nang for a week trip and fell in love with a local so a month later he doesn't know when he'll be back 😞

 

[bignok]

31 minutes ago, Prubangboy said:

This is a thread about retirement destinations. 

 

It's not another thread where you talk about your bike rides and say things like, "it had nice scenery, it did -'loved my cold Leo." 

 

It's a thread, very unfortunately, that is somehow not about you.

 

When people retire, they want a little comfort. In which case the 3 entrees on your list cost money.

 

This thread is about places where that money might go a little further.

 

Interrupting constantly to remind us that you're a common sense blokey-bloke who challenging the status quo is just more pathetic leg humping.

You love yourself too much. Every post is about you.

[bignok]

16 minutes ago, Pattaya57 said:

I've got a friend who just retired and he's travelling around Thailand to decide where to live. He's so far stayed in Bangkok, Hua Hin, Chang Mai, Phuket and last month I showed him Pattaya.

 

I showed him the beach scene, shopping malls, markets, nice restaurants and "no hassle" bars. He stated to me that Pattaya was now top of his list due to the significant infrastructure of the place compared to others

 

He then went to Da Nang for a week trip and fell in love with a local so a month later he doesn't know when he'll be back 😞

 

Your friend is smart. Travel around. That's my advice to. 

[scubascuba3]

2 hours ago, JBChiangRai said:

 

Yes, the water gets visibly cleaner, but I suspect it would analyse badly with traces of raw sewage.

i doubt it, not the beaches I'm thinking of. Problem is most people go to Pattaya or Jomtien beaches only 

[bignok]

7 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

i doubt it, not the beaches I'm thinking of. Problem is most people go to Pattaya or Jomtien beaches only 

Are there hotels under 1000 baht near these better beaches?

[scubascuba3]

2 hours ago, Fat is a type of crazy said:

Not much for a tourist who wants palm trees and a beach

many newbies make the same mistake

[scubascuba3]

2 hours ago, bignok said:

I went there. Stayed 1 night and left. Looked like a rubbish dump.

1 night only so clearly very little experience 

[scubascuba3]

8 minutes ago, bignok said:

Are there hotels under 1000 baht near these better beaches?

yeah but you'll need a motorbike

[JBChiangRai]

6 minutes ago, bignok said:

Are there hotels under 1000 baht near these better beaches?

 

Da Nang, Vietnam.  4* hotel with pool near the beach, 331 baht per night.

 

Flower Boutique Hotel, Da Nang.

[bignok]

2 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

1 night only so clearly very little experience 

Well it was a dump in the middle of town so glad to leave. The beach was crap. The hookers were ugly. Streets bad traffic.

 

 

[bignok]

Just now, JBChiangRai said:

 

Da Nang, Vietnam.  4* hotel with pool near the beach, 331 baht per night.

 

Flower Boutique Hotel, Da Nang.

331 wow what a deal.

[scubascuba3]

2 minutes ago, JBChiangRai said:

 

Da Nang, Vietnam.  4* hotel with pool near the beach, 331 baht per night.

 

Flower Boutique Hotel, Da Nang.

Not near Pattaya

[JBChiangRai]

4 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

Not near Pattaya

 

Sorry wrong quote

[JBChiangRai]

5 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

Not near Pattaya

 

It's all relative, compared with Iceland, it's near.  Nearer than Chiang Mai probably.

[JBChiangRai]

1 hour ago, JBChiangRai said:

 

Da Nang, Vietnam.  4* hotel with pool near the beach, 331 baht per night.

 

Flower Boutique Hotel, Da Nang.

 

1 hour ago, bignok said:

331 wow what a deal.

 

We usually stay in more expensive hotels, but on my first trip I clocked this hotel and out of curiosity looked it up.  We will stay there for one night on 18th December before moving to a much better beach hotel in Hoi An for a few nights.

 

I am trying the Flower out for a few friends who are thinking of escaping there for the smokey season, the whole of March for 13,000 baht approx.  Actually, we are paying about 660 for the night because we have booked a 2 bedroom plus living room suite.

 

 

[quake]

3 hours ago, bignok said:

 

 

That pic could be any Soi, in any town in Thailand.

Most Thai people treat there country like a dumpster. 

 

 

[Lemsta69]

9 minutes ago, quake said:

 

That pic could be any Soi, in any town in Thailand.

Most Thai people treat there country like a dumpster. 

 

 

 

Please ignore the troll and maybe he'll go away 🤞

[Jingthing]

Correction of this funny error in the OP.

 

I  wrote

 

Take that rip off Chiang Mai and choky smoky Chiang Mai.

 

I meant

 

Take that rip off PHUKET and choky smoky Chiang Mai.

[Pattaya57]

14 minutes ago, quake said:

That pic could be any Soi, in any town in Thailand.

Most Thai people treat there country like a dumpster. 

It's also a pic from nearly 5 years ago so don't know what was his point. But then again he's had 1 whole night in Pattaya so thinks he knows all about how it is lol

 

[quake]

4 minutes ago, Lemsta69 said:

 

Please ignore the troll and maybe he'll go away 🤞

 

Well he may well be.

But it's true about the trash in Thailand.

 

[quake]

2 minutes ago, Pattaya57 said:

It's also a pic from nearly 5 years ago so don't know what was his point. But then again he's had 1 whole night in Pattaya so thinks he knows all about how it is lol

 

 

You think it's changed in 5 years, I don't

maybe go have a ride/drive around Pattaya and Jomtien away from beach road, 2nd road and third road. 

it still looks about the same to me.