Thailand as a Future Destination for Relocation

[KhunLA]

23 minutes ago, Hummin said:

If you where 50 now, where would you move, what would your options had been? 

 

I moved here when I was 47,

45 for me, and if doing over, would probably just stay in the USA. 

 

Instead of liquidating RE holdings, buy more, and income would offset higher cost of living & inflation.   Live the same lifestyle, probably have more money, as doubtful I would have married again, 2X at that, or raised a kid, 20+ years, through Uni.

 

Based somewhere in moderate weather, small house in middle of nowhere, and play nomadic tourist.  Same as now, here in TH.

[save the frogs]

8 hours ago, Hummin said:

and also miss the dark winters,

never met anyone who misses dark winters.

[save the frogs]

7 hours ago, KhunLA said:

small house in middle of nowhere

sounds boring

 

[KhunLA]

9 minutes ago, save the frogs said:

sounds boring

Not at all.  Same as now, and I fill my time in with things that interests me & wife.

 

Out the door tomorrow, to explore Chumphon.  PKK is a base to live, comfortably, having everything we need, and explore from.   Same as would be if in USA, except out for much longer times if at USA, as so much more to explore there, USA.

 

I don't need nightlife or hectic urban living, as can always travel to it, if wanting.

 

In the middle on nowhere, simply means, no neighbors, no jobs, or decent schools.   Equates to less population, congestion, and higher taxes, cost of living, based on surrounding economics, high incomes.

 

Also ensure land & RE isn't overpriced.  Retired, so don't need a job market or schools.

[KhunLA]

11 minutes ago, save the frogs said:

never met anyone who misses dark winters.

Don't know about dark winters, but I do miss playing in the snow, and change of seasons.

[Hummin]

10 minutes ago, save the frogs said:

never met anyone who misses dark winters.

Im not here to convince you, because you need to have it in you. Like to work, feel cold, pain, suffer to feel gratitude for what you have and accomplished. 

 

As said, I like to work, and have always worked for something, against something, so for me, retiring esrly which was a dream, is not right for me. Im happy, but not satisfied. 

 

Imagine going out 4 in the morning pitch black, drinking your coffe, listening to the boat engine roaming, and you listening to the radio going out to the fish bank for todays catch, you see flares of polar lightd in the skies, the waves hits your boat, you feel alive

[save the frogs]

21 minutes ago, Hummin said:

you feel alive

yeah, I get where you're coming from now.

good point.

 

Comfortably Numb, man. Pink Floyd was warning us all those years ago that sitting around not challenging ourselves and being too comfortable leads to numbness. 

 

 

[GypsyT]

38 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

Don't know about dark winters, but I do miss playing in the snow, and change of seasons.

Yeah - right!

Mental illness has many forms...

Go enjoy;

https://www.yahoo.com/news/over-85-million-americans-under-165400845.html

 

"This alert is for wind chills as low as -50 degrees. Those temperatures can cause frost bite to exposed skin in as little as 5 minutes."

 

And they are F, not C temps. If it matters..

 

 

[Hummin]

1 minute ago, GypsyT said:

Yeah - right!

Mental illness has many forms...

Go enjoy;

https://www.yahoo.com/news/over-85-million-americans-under-165400845.html

 

Most people have become soft and to comfortable. 

 

Who would manage to survice in the wild a month? Be it in the jungle or arctic? I most likely would survive both places, but I would have a walk in the park back home in the north Norway compare to the jungle, where my wife would easily find food to eat

 

Lack of resl purposes and dicipline is our worst enemies. 

[KhunLA]

11 minutes ago, GypsyT said:

Yeah - right!

Mental illness has many forms...

Go enjoy;

https://www.yahoo.com/news/over-85-million-americans-under-165400845.html

 

That's apparently impossible ... MMGW & CC

 

Haven't you heard.

 

That's actually a good thing, as Trump may make it through the day without getting bumped off 

 

[GypsyT]

36 minutes ago, Hummin said:

 

Who would manage to survice in the wild a month? Be it in the jungle or arctic?

I would!

How?

I won't go there... I go to Isaan. Girls there take good care of me.

 

 

[atpeace]

19 hours ago, Keeps said:

20 baht a day on water isn't going to break the bank and a pad gaprao moo is twelve quid in the UK so your point is?

He hasn't figured out a water filter in all the years he has been here is strange.  Also don't get the can of tin beans comparison.  I've never bought a can of tin beans.   I think he has been here so long he has doesn't grasp how expensive back home has become.

[save the frogs]

By the way, this might be the best commentary I've seen on the 90 day reporting.

The title of the video is click-baity, but basically he probably hit the nail on the head with what the 90 day reporting is all about. It's not because they necessarily want to treat farangs like criminals, but it's designed to create jobs and keep govt folks on a payroll. So it's annoying, but not because they think you're a criminal. 

 

at 7:00, he makes the point

 

 

[save the frogs]

7 hours ago, Hummin said:

Im not here to convince you,

The forum always has at least one person who left the country and is trying to convince everyone else to leave.

This other guy Celsius is doing the same. 

 

[Hummin]

5 hours ago, save the frogs said:

The forum always has at least one person who left the country and is trying to convince everyone else to leave.

This other guy Celsius is doing the same. 

 

I do not agree Im trying to convince anyone to leave the country, I explain my reasons why I changed my mind, to move back. 

 

It starts with one thing, and then escalates 

 

Im not especially good with Heat, and 38c and more is to much for me, and as an outside person, who loves to work outside, everything above 36c makes it hard for me to do anything at all. Sit inside all day is not a good thing for me.

 

Next Pollution Did not bothered me in the beginning, but lack of rain and heat, extended the pollution season.

 

Tax, and not going to mention more about that, but it was the final thing for me.

 

Other things surfacing 

world politics and powershift.

Bored and whant to do something else. Both is manageable in Thailand, but when the 3 reasons above started to take to much focus, my decision was easy. To be fair, I have travelled back for work and my wife have been twice a year on visit. 

 

I hope those who have not moved here yet, understand There is challenges in paradise. And as said before, if I was 70, I might not had been thinking to much and accepted status Q. 

 

Afterall we sharing thoughts and ideas here on the forum, and for me a nice way to air out. 

 

 

[save the frogs]

12 minutes ago, Hummin said:

 

Afterall we sharing thoughts and ideas here on the forum, and for me a nice way to air out. 

ok, fair enough.

if you have a long list of valid reasons, it's always good to share.

for me, i might be forced out of my home country (ie comfort zone) soon due to bad circumstances.

so everyone's situation is different. 

[Hummin]

40 minutes ago, save the frogs said:

ok, fair enough.

if you have a long list of valid reasons, it's always good to share.

for me, i might be forced out of my home country (ie comfort zone) soon due to bad circumstances.

so everyone's situation is different. 

And I forgot, my wife gets dual citizenship and we do not need to deal with visas for her, and she gets social Healthcare and social rights, future pension.

 

We learned something during covid, and dual citizenship is valuable 

[save the frogs]

5 minutes ago, Hummin said:

And I forgot, my wife gets dual citizenship and we do not need to desl with visas for her, and she gets social Healthcare and social rights, future pension.

 

We learned something covid, and dual citizenship is valuable 

 

Yes, valid points. 

It might enhance the financial well-being of your wife in the future.

Although some expats are well off enough that their women are taken care of sufficiently in thailand.

When you have a partner, you can't just think of yourself and it complicates things.

You seem like a wonderful human being and I wish your decisions work out for the best. 

 

[Hummin]

26 minutes ago, save the frogs said:

 

Yes, valid points. 

It might enhance the financial well-being of your wife in the future.

Although some expats are well off enough that their women are taken care of sufficiently in thailand.

When you have a partner, you can't just think of yourself and it complicates things.

You seem like a wonderful human being and I wish your decisions work out for the best. 

 

We can try to be the best version of our selves. 

 

And as long it feels rewarding it is worth it.

[save the frogs]

6 minutes ago, Hummin said:

We can try to be the best version of our selves. 

right now, i'm the worst version of myself.

 

it all sucks and it's crumbling. 

 

[Hummin]

1 minute ago, save the frogs said:

right now, i'm the worst version of myself.

 

it all sucks and it's crumbling. 

 

 

 

I hope you manage to sorth things out, and make yourself happy again.