Nan should rank high up the list. Like Chiang Mai 1978. It is better than most Thai cities. The women are quiet tall there. Roads are quiet and connections to Pua and Phrae are good.

 

The main downside is limited nightlife. Didn't see any girly bars. Maybe a plus for some. Chiang Rai had plenty of those bars. Not sure about live music.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9 minutes ago, uttradit said:

Nan should rank high up the list. Like Chiang Mai 1978. It is better than most Thai cities. The women are quiet tall there. Roads are quiet and connections to Pua and Phrae are good.

 

The main downside is limited nightlife. Didn't see any girly bars. Maybe a plus for some. Chiang Rai had plenty of those bars. Not sure about live music.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nan is nice and peaceful. But I would not consider it a retirement location except if you do have a wife from there. Similar to also nice and peaceful Loei there is not much to offer for foreigners in terms of large foreign community, restaurants with menu in English language and foreign orientated restaurants, pubs or bakeries. Both mentioned provinces have lovely landscapes and scenery. You will at least need a girlfriend or wife from there, otherwise life might be boring after a while. 

Just now, msbkk said:

Nan is nice and peaceful. But I would not consider it a retirement location except if you do have a wife from there. Similar to also nice and peaceful Loei there is not much to offer for foreigners in terms of large foreign community, restaurants with menu in English language and foreign orientated restaurants, pubs or bakeries. Both mentioned provinces have lovely landscapes and scenery. You will at least need a girlfriend or wife from there, otherwise life might be boring after a while. 

Chiang Khan is nice. But you are right not much to do. Chiang Khan riverfront is rather good for walking and restaurants.

 

 

6 minutes ago, uttradit said:

Chiang Khan is nice. But you are right not much to do. Chiang Khan riverfront is rather good for walking and restaurants.

If you have a large house with a swimming pool and land you don't need much to do. Life and happiness revolves around your family and property, other then going into town for food and supplies. Breaks are traveling to other locations that are of interest.

13 minutes ago, JimTripper said:

If you have a large house with a swimming pool and land you don't need much to do. Life and happiness revolves around your family and property, other then going into town for food and supplies. Breaks are traveling to other locations that are of interest.

That house and land be in the women's name. I'm more into live music than gardening. I rarely see adults using pools much. The fun wears off quickly. 

6 hours ago, JimTripper said:

If you have a large house with a swimming pool and land you don't need much to do. Life and happiness revolves around your family and property, other then going into town for food and supplies. Breaks are traveling to other locations that are of interest.

You seem to be talking theoretically, in practice it's a big No to that idea

17 hours ago, uttradit said:

Nan should rank high up the list. Like Chiang Mai 1978. It is better than most Thai cities. The women are quiet tall there. Roads are quiet and connections to Pua and Phrae are good.

 

The main downside is limited nightlife. Didn't see any girly bars. Maybe a plus for some. Chiang Rai had plenty of those bars. Not sure about live music.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tall women in Nan ? Never noticed that before. Are you sure they weren't ladyboys ?

Koh Chang. the best of both worlds, live music, bars, many good restaurants, beaches good, no traffic jams. 

As this is a Asian forum nd not just Thailand 

I'm saying my  list

Duamagette Phillipines 

                  Cebu , Philippines

                 Davao City

.Bali Indonesia 

Ko Chiang I like for short vacation time but I think after a month or two it get a little bit boring there TIT

17 hours ago, uttradit said:

That house and land be in the women's name. I'm more into live music than gardening. I rarely see adults using pools much. The fun wears off quickly. 

My spouse and I use our pool every day, weather permitting, and sometimes twice a day.  The fun will never wear off for me.  

57 minutes ago, georgegeorgia said:

As this is a Asian forum nd not just Thailand 

I'm saying my  list

Duamagette Phillipines 

                  Cebu , Philippines

                 Davao City

.Bali Indonesia 

I have a 356 sq m corner lot and 3 storey house for sale on Negros, just 20 minutes from Bacolod and 10 minutes from the airport. Ideal location. Quiet, gated, guarded subdivision. 5m PHP.

18 hours ago, uttradit said:

The women are quiet tall there.

Depends on your height😂

18 hours ago, uttradit said:

That house and land be in the women's name. I'm more into live music than gardening. I rarely see adults using pools much. The fun wears off quickly. 

I swim almost every day 500m+ for the past 6 years. I wouldn't call it fun but exercise. Wherever you live it's always nice to have a few trusted friends and a hobby to stop you going insane. I cycle too and sometimes go fishing. But do something, if you like music, play a guitar or another instrument. Keep away from the bars and daytime boozing.

Siem Reap apparently cheaper than Thailand

 

Upcoming now is apparently Malaysia according to a YouTube on rural areas?

 

Any retirees here in Malaysia?

3 hours ago, brianthainess said:

Koh Chang. the best of both worlds, live music, bars, many good restaurants, beaches good, no traffic jams. 

And the highest amount of annual rainfall of anywhere in Thailand.  Six months of moldy damp clothes and bedding? I'll pass.

31 minutes ago, LikeItHot said:

And the highest amount of annual rainfall of anywhere in Thailand.  Six months of moldy damp clothes and bedding? I'll pass.

You must have stayed in some crap places, my clothes don't get moldy or damp, nor does my bedding. Trat does get a lot of rain but the island not so much, and floods are very rare, only 3 times in the last 10 yrs to my recollection, but please stay away. 

3 hours ago, TheFishman1 said:

Ko Chiang I like for short vacation time but I think after a month or two it get a little bit boring there TIT

I find everywhere boring after a while, but some of us older folks like to stay home, and are quite content with our own company. I have friends close by but we rarely visit each other, we have our own homes to care for, & we are not bar flies.

The humorous writer whom I love the best, S. J. Perelman, said, after several visits there, that Indonesia was his ideal. Pretty girls too, he said!

4 hours ago, newbee2022 said:

Depends on your 

4 hours ago, newbee2022 said:

Depends on your height😂

 

One was about 6 foot 4. She wasn't born a woman though. There were many 5 foot 9s. Compared to Korat that's tall.

17 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

You seem to be talking theoretically, in practice it's a big No to that idea

That is pretty much how I live - as Tripper says - I have a pool and land and gardeners and fresh organic fruits and veggies... and not too far out of town - great views - it is like living in a resort.. 

 

23 hours ago, JimTripper said:

If you have a large house with a swimming pool and land you don't need much to do. Life and happiness revolves around your family and property, other then going into town for food and supplies. Breaks are traveling to other locations that are of interest.

 

23 hours ago, JimTripper said:

If you have a large house with a swimming pool and land you don't need much to do. Life and happiness revolves around your family and property, other then going into town for food and supplies. Breaks are traveling to other locations that are of interest.

I made a choice a few years ago - between spending my time in resorts on a monthly basis - going here and there... but buying a resort style property was the wiser idea. All the comforts of home - we have a village home as well but the family enjoys coming here for a few days at a time and we have good help - this was a great choice for us and we go into the city w/ease whenever we want... 

11 minutes ago, 1FinickyOne said:

I made a choice a few years ago - between spending my time in resorts on a monthly basis - going here and there... but buying a resort style property was the wiser idea. All the comforts of home - we have a village home as well but the family enjoys coming here for a few days at a time and we have good help - this was a great choice for us and we go into the city w/ease whenever we want... 

Bee boppin' around town is for the young.

 

As you get older you start living through others much more. Even older, you're watching the grandkids spin from that comfortable chair in the living room or on the porch.

 

If single, you're gardening or taking care of the dog/cat or just watching TV all day and eating TV dinners. The world is more threatening now, not inviting like it once was.

 

You're old.

 

You're getting ready to come to terms with yourself and pass on. Pictures and family photo's all around you to put together like a huge jigsaw puzzle. Wills and other arrangements coming to completion. No worries. Everything coming together now...

Nan is too quiet, the choices in terms of Western eateries are very limited, and there is only one hospital. Apparently it only has one golf course as well. Pass.

1 hour ago, JimTripper said:

The world is more threatening now, not inviting like it once was.

 

I found there was a big change when covid hit... much of my socializing went by the wayside... that precipitated a series of events that combined to make me much more of a homebody than ever before... 

8 hours ago, georgegeorgia said:

As this is a Asian forum nd not just Thailand 

I'm saying my  list

Duamagette Phillipines 

                  Cebu , Philippines

                 Davao City

.Bali Indonesia 

 

If you want aids

It's a very tough question.

Thailand has nice vibe, smiling people and great inexpensive food. Cheap to live too.

Thailand, even Pattaya and Jomtien, are very safe places 24/7. People, men and women,  are sleeping on the beach. Try that in America!

Maybe best to stay here?

 

1 hour ago, Celsius said:

 

If you want aids

 

Jeez what kind of a mindset to write that.

No stoop too low for AN.

4 hours ago, Celsius said:

 

If you want aids

If you want to act like a tom cat use a condom!

10 hours ago, JimTripper said:

just watching TV all day and eating TV dinners

Rather be dead