And so the exodus of quality expats begins. This time it's personal

[oldcpu]

21 hours ago, JamesPhuket10 said:

Thanks, it is a great place to be if one can afford to buy a nice house in many of the unseen nice areas. 

 

This is so true.

 

and even some who live in Phuket for years - never fully explore the island to learn of some of the superb nooks and crannys.

 

 

21 hours ago, JamesPhuket10 said:

I can imagine it is not nice to live in very busy areas such as Patong, I can't understand why so many tourists go there and then imagine the rest of Phuket is like that, but that area is far from me and also away from the type of tourists who want to go to Patong.

 

Many tourists miss out on the splendours of Phuket, they ignore the 543 square kilometers of this island and instead, visit the few square kilometers of Patong. 

 

I concede I have a selfish mindset here, and I am happy to see the tourists miss out of such. They then cross off Phuket on their place to visit, and maybe pass on such on to their friends, and the more quiet very pleasant and nice upmarket location (on the beach, with fabulous view) is left unknown to them and others, such that we don't get over run with tourists.

 

So if there was an exodus, I would say let the exodus continue. 

 

However - such is far from the truth, with real estate booming in the island, with both rental prices and purchase prices soaring.

[JamesPhuket10]

2 hours ago, oldcpu said:

 

This is so true.

 

and even some who live in Phuket for years - never fully explore the island to learn of some of the superb nooks and crannys.

 

 

 

I concede I have a selfish mindset here, and I am happy to see the tourists miss out of such. They then cross off Phuket on their place to visit, and maybe pass on such on to their friends, and the more quiet very pleasant and nice upmarket location (on the beach, with fabulous view) is left unknown to them and others, such that we don't get over run with tourists.

 

So if there was an exodus, I would say let the exodus continue. 

 

However - such is far from the truth, with real estate booming in the island, with both rental prices and purchase prices soaring.

 

"However - such is far from the truth, with real estate booming in the island, with both rental prices and purchase prices soaring."

 

That is the best part of it, my partner owns five properties in Phuket, and she is happy if rental and property prices rise. 

 

We have seen that property prices in this estate have risen as we see the prices of what houses sell for now. 

[JamesPhuket10]

On 2/17/2025 at 1:18 AM, DonniePeverley said:

It's not just the sheer number of tourists, but the quality of the tourists. I have never met horrific people like this in my life. 

 

It's like you take the worst set of Arabs, the worst set of Indians, draft dodging Russians, and the Benidorm Brits and bring them here to create chaos. 

 

Patong yes, try other areas and you will never come across those people.

[KhunHeineken]

On 2/9/2024 at 9:52 AM, Galong said:

Six of my very good friends have had enough of Phuket and all six are leaving because of traffic. Another friend and his family of four just bought a house a relocated here from the UK. After just a few months, they are already looking for ways to leave. 

How many of you have lost friends due to the 'progress' going on in Phuket?

Everyone has to access to a vehicle in Phuket, otherwise, you are at the mercy on the land transport mafia.  They have been slowly killing Phuket for years.

 

Little wonder that Phuklet has one of the highest road death stats in Thailand, which puts it on par with the highest road death stats in any country in the world.

[oldcpu]

31 minutes ago, KhunHeineken said:

Everyone has to access to a vehicle in Phuket, otherwise, you are at the mercy on the land transport mafia.  They have been slowly killing Phuket for years.

 

The tax (land transport) Mafia are a PIA for certain.  However they are FAR from killing Phuket. Rather Phuket has been booming as of late, with lots of new development and rental and real estate prices soaring.   How can a place be booming and killed at the same time? 

 

I do agree no expat (nor tourist) likes the taxi mafia.

 

However,  there is now alternative transportation and not  just the taxi mafia,  which the taxi mafia tried to stop and they failed miserably.

 

I don't know where you get your information from Phuket being killed by (the highly annoying and over priced taxi mafia) but you are clearly out of date. Yes they still are annoying and they still dominate in Patong and some western beaches, but their hold has slipped massively elsewhere.

 

You are simply out of date.

 

 

31 minutes ago, KhunHeineken said:

Little wonder that Phuklet has one of the highest road death stats in Thailand, which puts it on par with the highest road death stats in any country in the world.

 

Motorcycle death statistics are horrible across all of Thailand, and for certain Phuket is no exception.