What rules have Thais made that are long term foreignor based. Immigration - they tried making it wasier for 60-90, but it made no difference Ed visas: it was the foreigners that screwed that up by bending and breaking the rules. Paying taxes: sorry, that was for the Thai people that were screwing the system, and we just got caught up, but except for having to file, it really has not affected most of us. Retirement and family visa money - again, that was a mixture of Farangs that lied through their teeth and got fraudulent letters and embassies that decided they had had enough and pulled the plug. Cost of living: sorry, but have you looked around the rest of the world? Prices everywhere are going up. Owning homes. We never could, so what is the issue? Condos priced out of our range again. Look around the world; Thailand is no different than any other country The one thing that I can say is that I have lived here through a Coup, massive Flooding, COVID, Earthquakes, and various other things, and the one thing that I noticed is that it really had no effect on me other than that stores were closed or I could not get off at different BTS stops. The flood made me move for a few months. Someone tell me that life in their home country is so much better: that there is easy access to medical care, that the streets are safer, that the cost of living has gone down.
