Is it just because financial? Why can't you live in your home country? If you are a pensioner don't forget your home country pays, Thailand just takes. Anywhere you go as a farang you pay more than a Thai. Yes, I lived in Thailand for years. How would you live in Thailand without assistance of your home country? I am not talking about foreigners working in Thailand. So, every day I read on here how beautiful Thailand is, but you cannot live on temples (or sex if you young enough.) Thailand does not pay anything for you. No, I am not Bob. So back to the Question why you want to live away from your home country?

I don't anymore.

 

Just glad I secured my wife a Canadian permanent residency so we can just fly out when chit hits the fan.

 

 

Just now, Celsius said:

I don't anymore.

 

Just glad I secured my wife a Canadian permanent residency so we can just fly out when chit hits the fan.

 

 

Nor do I still live in OZ I have been married to My Thai wife for 20 odd years she is Australian for about 20 years now 

I would hazard a guess that most do so because their money goes further & they live a better life in Thailand

 

Yes true their country paid them but usually they are paid monies they somehow earned thru years of tax deducted from their previous years of working pay.

 

All that aside my wife & I lived  in Thailand many years before we moved back to USA where she also already had obtained citizenship when we previously lived there. We did continue to visit Thailand three months a year except during the big C

 

But now after eight years of being back here we do once again considering living in Thailand full time where we still own our home too.

For us of course it is not about sex in Thailand nor the bars etc but there is something we both still  love about Thailand. I guess it is just a buzz with things to do. Plus we are sports types & are outside often. (Of course burn season is a turn off there)

 

Thailand is beautiful yes but we also live on a beautiful mountain here so that is the same. Our weather here is actually better in the US & medical is free for us both....But still....we wonder & will be thinking hard this year if we want to move back permanently one last time. Last time because I am in my 60's & my wife is not far behind in her 50's so a big move is not something we look forward to doing more than one more time 555 😅

 

 

5 hours ago, still kicking said:

I am not talking about foreigners working in Thailand.

I am working in Thailand.

 

Apart from that, life in my home country was and is boring and frustrating. Lots of old people, and not even a glimmer of hope that the future will be better.

Thailand, or at least Bangkok, is still growing and developing. Progress. And progress, in general, makes us feel good.

And here is little of that stupid woke development from "the west" and nobody talks all the time that soon we will die because of the climate catastrophe and all that.

Last but not least pretty girls everywhere. Not only in the bars. On the streets, in 7/11 in the malls. It's nice to be surrounded by pretty girls. 

 

 

 

How many times or different ways can this question be asked ?

 

Why ... Because I want to.  I enjoy living here.  Cost of living for many things is an added bonus, especially anything priced on labor cost.  But not 'why' I am here.

 

Affordability of EVs & solar, home construction & accessibly, inexpensive healthcare, without silly health insurance premiums.  Healthcare actually less expensive for myself than what insurance premiums would cost in the USA.

 

Not living under a 'Nanny State', ... IMHO ... as emphasized during recent years with mandates forcing many to be injected with harmful (for many) experimental drugs (for continued schooling or employment) and forced lockdowns,  freedom of movement, business closures & mask wearing mandates.

 

Pros out weighing the few, if any cons, by living in TH.   

 

Like the Asian flare with all things 'western' if wanting available.  Inexpensive beach or up in the hills holidays & coffee shops.   Interesting and diverse tropical landscape, and warmer climate, though a bit warm some times, but easily manageable.

 

What's not to like, aside from a couple months of air pollution (AQI @ 100+/-), also manageable, location dependent of course.

 

Live & let live ... Love it or leave it, always worked for me ...

... USA - Left It

... TH - Lovin' It

People move there because of a partner they met 

 

After a few months living with a partner they end finding out its not all roses 🌹 

Some move from cold 🥶 old blighty to Isaan even divorce there wives of 50 years and move in with some 21yo ex Thai whore in isàan 

 

That lasts a few months then old Trevor wants to go back to his ex missus in England 

Oh but Trevor doesn't blame it on himself...oh it was too hot he says 

7 minutes ago, georgegeorgia said:

People move there because of a partner they met 

 

After a few months living with a partner they end finding out its not all roses 🌹 

Some move from cold 🥶 old blighty to Isaan even divorce there wives of 50 years and move in with some 21yo ex Thai whore in isàan 

 

That lasts a few months then old Trevor wants to go back to his ex missus in England 

Oh but Trevor doesn't blame it on himself...oh it was too hot he says 

 

Working on your autobiography?

On 6/5/2024 at 11:23 PM, still kicking said:

Why can't you live in your home country?

Easy, my 3 bed detached home in CM costs 220 pounds a month in repayments, back in the UK I would be paying 1,500 pounds a month.

1 hour ago, BritManToo said:

Easy, my 3 bed detached home in CM costs 220 pounds a month in repayments, back in the UK I would be paying 1,500 pounds a month.

 

and on top of that...... my Thai GF weighs 95 pounds .   back where i came from the average is 195 pounds ..... with an attitude .

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• Work brought me to SE Asia thirty years ago and I stayed.
• I like the tropics, I've lived most of my life in the tropics, the UK weather would kill me.
• There's work for me regionally.
• Financially I could afford to live pretty much wherever I fancied that would let me, but I like Thailand.
• Plus of course I have a wife and family here.

 

I like the culture and the vibe.

 

The way people are ga-ga over France or Italy? I'm that way about Thailand.

 

If it cost triple, I'd still be here.

22 hours ago, Sticky Rice Balls said:

 

 

No Maga lunatics

No GOP

No Trump

 

 

.....And this.

 

I moved here from the @ss end of Trumpiest Trumpland.

 

During Covid, 1 in 4 died in my county due to believing his dementia. My neighbor actually drank fish tank cleaner (he's dead now).

 

I wish them better luck in their next reincarnation as tree frogs.

 

Whoever dodged death despite their own stupidity, I have zero interest in interacting with.

 

99% of Trump fans I encounter in Thailand, I encounter in this comical dying internet asteroid.

On 6/5/2024 at 11:23 PM, still kicking said:

If you are a pensioner don't forget your home country pays, Thailand just takes.

 

Fallacious thinking, imagining you're keeping all your home country pays you--after taxes, for working or having worked and previously paid the taxes they took by force--'cause everything's free there, LOL.

 

Your home country also "takes." Overall, indirectly or directly, Thailand gives back more per "take," unless of course you don't like Thailand and Thais.

1 hour ago, Prubangboy said:

.....And this.

 

I moved here from the @ss end of Trumpiest Trumpland.

 

During Covid, 1 in 4 died in my county due to believing his dementia. My neighbor actually drank fish tank cleaner (he's dead now).

 

I wish them better luck in their next reincarnation as tree frogs.

 

Whoever dodged death despite their own stupidity, I have zero interest in interacting with.

 

99% of Trump fans I encounter in Thailand, I encounter in this comical dying internet asteroid.

I wonder why you have to constantly talk about American politics?

Like we're interested, I never been to America ,never plan on going ,

What about Albanese ?

It's not easy under Albabanseeee !

No but you must talk about him?

 

No ,just being selfish talking about this bloke trump over & over again....if you DON'T like it....leave !!!!

 

 

 

 

1 hour ago, georgegeorgia said:

if you DON'T like it....leave !!!!

 

 

 

 

Uh, I did?

 

Thread is about: Why we like Thailand.

 

Your contribution: What about Albanese?

 

Me: Makes sense.

 

You: What about Albanese?

 

 

 

everybody's got to be somewhere, thailand's ok, but i still have my house, banking, investments, free healthcare and optician, quality dentistry, friends and family back home. why give up on the amazing benefits of having been born in a western country?

People live near their work or near their partner. Why care what others do? Do what suits you. 

I live here because I can't afford to live in NZ unless I go back to working minimum of 11 hour days. 6 days a week. 

 

Absolutely no work/life balance in NZ. 

55 minutes ago, Korat Kiwi said:

I live here because I can't afford to live in NZ unless I go back to working minimum of 11 hour days. 6 days a week. 

 

Absolutely no work/life balance in NZ. 

And you have a life (not boring) wherever you are? I presume Korat?

 

On 6/5/2024 at 11:23 PM, still kicking said:

Is it just because financial? Why can't you live in your home country? If you are a pensioner don't forget your home country pays, Thailand just takes. Anywhere you go as a farang you pay more than a Thai. Yes, I lived in Thailand for years. How would you live in Thailand without assistance of your home country? I am not talking about foreigners working in Thailand. So, every day I read on here how beautiful Thailand is, but you cannot live on temples (or sex if you young enough.) Thailand does not pay anything for you. No, I am not Bob. So back to the Question why you want to live away from your home country?

 

My home country gives me no assistance.

I live here because I like the freedom.

Just now, Ralf001 said:

 

My home country gives me no assistance.

I live here because I like the freedom.

Someone to push your wheelchair is cheaper isn't it .....wheels🧑‍🦽🧑‍🦽🧑‍🦽

14 minutes ago, georgegeorgia said:

Someone to push your wheelchair is cheaper isn't it .....wheels🧑‍🦽🧑‍🦽🧑‍🦽

Your post would be amusing.... if they had any fact to them.

 

32 minutes ago, georgegeorgia said:

And you have a life (not boring) wherever you are? I presume Korat?

 

I survive here with less stress.  But do admit it can be boring at times. 

 

However I am intending to upgrade my life with a job in Perth shortly. That will give additional finance and suitable time 'off' to follow my dreams with more scuba diving. 

On 6/5/2024 at 6:45 PM, still kicking said:

Nor do I still live in OZ I have been married to My Thai wife for 20 odd years she is Australian for about 20 years now 

didnt you meet your wife on fb 20 years ago to? Someone else maybe

Contrasts and spice to life, and was going to another part of the world, and then met my wife by accident! Not my plan at the time, but it happenend! 

 

Now one leg in Norway and one leg in Thailand, and next year we will know where we will stay the next decade or decades. Will most likely apply for family reunion and create a new company me and my wife will build together. Had a few before which turned out beneficial, so I think I can do it again. Pretty much dependes on the world situation and how predictable I think Thailand will be the next decades for continue living here/there. 

 

If hell brakes loose in Europe, then of course Thailand

So did and still could live full time in Thailand.

 

We moved to Thailand when I retired early, when we we living in Singapore and I certainly couldn't have afforded or wanted to live out my life in Singapore

 

My wife told me upfront I'd get bored, and her choice was we moved from Singapore back to the US. Then fate intervened and I was sent to Taiwan.

 

So we compromised I went to Taiwan, and my wife set up home in Thailand, and I 'commuted' every weekend.

 

So after I finished work I moved full time to Thailand. 

 

Trouble was, she was right I did get bored, I'd done my world traveling, and I just wanted a reason to get out of bed in the morning, and at least for me that was work, which of course is pretty difficult in Thailand.

 

Son decided after graduating in the US he wasn't coming back to Thailand, so that was the last nail in the coffin, and back to the US it was, Momma Bear was never going to be a half globe away from her baby

 

We all have different life experiences  and you make the best you can for the time you are here

Australia - or where I live - seems like it could be a bit boring in retirement full time. Once I get to 60 don't want to sit around - gardening supermarkets bowls club or something. So here in Thailand now to see if it could work or not. Spend 4 weeks holiday and 4 weeks in one place being beautiful Jomtiem. If I like could be 6 months each country. 

2 hours ago, Korat Kiwi said:

I survive here with less stress.  But do admit it can be boring at times. 

 

However I am intending to upgrade my life with a job in Perth shortly. That will give additional finance and suitable time 'off' to follow my dreams with more scuba diving. 

Fantastic idea and best of luck.

 

Is that going to be a FIFO fly in to the mining you have in Western Australia?

Regardless I think doing a bit of casual work in your home country is good, unfortunately age can wreck that idea unless your a doctor or office type work