Why do you choose Bangkok to retire?

[georgegeorgia]

As I'm getting closer & closer to retirement I'm thinking more Bangkok than Pattaya .

 

I would like to have some thoughts on expat retirees who chose Bangkok to retire 

 

Oh please don't give me excuses it's more expensive, there are many things far cheaper or comparable to Pattaya 

 

If I could just analyse the "facts" ,you have many food places , many more parks , not that I'm into parks or food places but please may I ask your opinion your "facts" on why you chose Bangkok say over Pattaya or even Hua Hin to retire 

[Will B Good]

1 minute ago, georgegeorgia said:

As I'm getting closer & closer to retirement I'm thinking more Bangkok than Pattaya .

 

I would like to have some thoughts on expat retirees who chose Bangkok to retire 

 

Oh please don't give me excuses it's more expensive, there are many things far cheaper or comparable to Pattaya 

 

If I could just analyse the "facts" ,you have many food places , many more parks , not that I'm into parks or food places but please may I ask your opinion your "facts" on why you chose Bangkok say over Pattaya or even Hua Hin to retire 

 

Not going to wax lyrical and give you chapter and verse, but BKK has it hands down......so, so much more to do and see......the only drawback....if it is one....... your not at the seaside.

 

[georgegeorgia]

1 minute ago, Will B Good said:

 

Not going to wax lyrical and give you chapter and verse, but BKK has it hands down......so, so much more to do and see......the only drawback....if it is one....... your not at the seaside.

 

"Not going to wax lyrical" 

I have never heard that saying for years !

I have added it to my "list" of words and sayings 

[Will B Good]

1 minute ago, georgegeorgia said:

"Not going to wax lyrical" 

I have never heard that saying for years !

I have added it to my "list" of words and sayings 

 

Showing my age????

[georgegeorgia]

The meaning of "wax lyrical"

 

You mean they talk about it in an enthusiastic way 

[nikmar]

Im not retired, Im in Bangkok working.

 

 

I much prefer Krung Thep over Pattaya as there are so many more places to hang out, well out of the way of the tourists. Less tourism orientated if you see what I mean.

Pattaya is 2/3 hours away if I fancy a walk by the sea.

Having said that, I don’t think I’d fancy Bangkok as an old ‘un. When I’m no longer working, my wife and I plan to go north – maybe Chang Rai or Lampang.

That’s just my personal opinion. It’s really down to you to see what you would prefer yourself George.

[Briggsy]

I worked in Bangkok. I retired to Pattaya.

 

The reasons were simple.

Traffic and people congestion making it take hours to get anywhere particularly if off the mass transit routes but often on the mass transit routes.

Noise, everywhere.

And the big one, air pollution.

It all added up to a sense of claustrophobia.

 

On the plus side, you had

every imaginable product and service.

more cosmopolitan culture like film festivals.

a wider range of foreigner.

avoiding the tourist ghetto.

 

Each to their own.

 

I think I have just persuaded myself to leave Pattaya! 🤔

[mokwit]

BKK: Less people with shaved heads and a gut wearing a Singha beer singlet, cargo shorts and flip flops.