1,2,3, and above all 8, medical reason.

the gogo girls were indeed skinnier and prettier around 2000, but to say everything went bad is demonstrably false,

internet, electric power, amount of goods and options for western food and bakery is up.

even traffic behavior is way better, red light is almost adhered to now

 

thai currency was also 2002 as strong as it is now, it was around 2006 it was weak and favorable 

1 hour ago, KhunLA said:

 

Life just gets better every year here 

Certainly does ...another year older .

How long now do you think?

1 hour ago, ezzra said:

30 years ago, Thailand was indeed a paradise in every sense of the word, from cost of living, food, ease of doing business

cheap girls and booz were at laughable cost and Somtam was 15-20 baht and the foreigners you meet in the bars

and on the street were easy going and friendly.

since then, everything gone to the dogs, any worse then that, and Thailand is really not a place worth staying. 

Well said 

1 minute ago, mordothailand said:

1,2,3, and above all 8, medical reason.

the gogo girls were indeed skinnier and prettier around 2000, but to say everything went bad is demonstrably false,

internet, electric power, amount of goods and options for western food and bakery is up.

 

thai currency was also 2002 as strong as it is now, it was around 2006 it was weak and favorable 

Well, my first trip I could not walk 30m, but life got easier in the warm climate and restitution happened rather quick with help from easy exercises and daily oil massages as well the local food back then was purer and more healthy. 

2 minutes ago, mordothailand said:

thai currency was also 2002 as strong as it is now, it was around 2006 it was weak and favorable 

Unfortunately not for the AUD 

Australians get more value in Vietnam or Philippines than 20 baht to a $1

4 minutes ago, Hummin said:

Well, my first trip I could not walk 30m, but life got easier in the warm climate and restitution happened rather quick with help from easy exercises and daily oil massages as well the local food back then was purer and more healthy. 

that was exactly what i was hoping for, but alas, it didnt work for me, i had to crawl back to sweden and beg for spinal back surgery, but the doctors refuses

1 minute ago, mordothailand said:

that was exactly what i was hoping for, but alas, it didnt work for me, i had to crawl back to sweden and beg for spinal back surgery, but the doctors refuses

Better you go to dr Oliver in Pattaya 

I had doctors in Australia refuse to give me chest X rays , heart scans , blood tests because they say it's not necessary 

As soon I went to Pattaya the doctors found I needed more tests 

1 hour ago, ezzra said:

30 years ago, Thailand was indeed a paradise in every sense of the word, from cost of living, food, ease of doing business

cheap girls and booz were at laughable cost and Somtam was 15-20 baht and the foreigners you meet in the bars

and on the street were easy going and friendly.

since then, everything gone to the dogs, any worse then that, and Thailand is really not a place worth staying. 

Well life in Thailand in thai baht haven’t become to bad, but in comparison what you get for your currency is about halved ? And we become older and do look a the world with different eyes and in a different light. Unfortunately that is an major factor about our experiences after we moved to «paradise» 

4 minutes ago, georgegeorgia said:

Better you go to dr Oliver in Pattaya 

I had doctors in Australia refuse to give me chest X rays , heart scans , blood tests because they say it's not necessary 

As soon I went to Pattaya the doctors found I needed more tests 

too late now, there will not be any more walking for my part. the doctors in sweden finally did an MRI after 40 years, but they deny the MRI analysis

1 hour ago, Old Croc said:

I came here to join an expat forum and be assailed about American politics by cult members  inventing childish insults

I don't understand why you click on the subject matter if you don't want to read it!  Just my observation.

1 hour ago, Harrisfan said:

Has Thailand changed much for you in 20 years?

I'd say some of the innocent charm has disappeared but it's still good. Much busier in the village now but that's to be expected with the increased population.

6 minutes ago, mordothailand said:

that was exactly what i was hoping for, but alas, it didnt work for me, i had to crawl back to sweden and beg for spinal back surgery, but the doctors refuses

Same I asked for but they put me on an 8 month waiting list for rehab in Norway, and I had no time for waiting, and went to Thailand instead on my own cost. 

 

Inflamation and degenerated L4 and L5 was my problem, which could had been solved easily if I just knew how to do it. Seems less stress, sun, warm climate and soft hands with less stress factors did do the magic for me. And maybe the local food in Krabi did help the inflammation and of course no alcohol while restitution. 

1 hour ago, KhunLA said:

Experience something different after 45 yrs in the USA.  With 'been there, done that, bought the hat', (not a t-shirt guy) mood, along with getting a bit too PC for my liking.   Couldn't think of a reason to stay, and continue with the 'same old'.   Needed to expand my horizons 

 

Tired of renting the houses I owned free & clear, from the govt via RE TAXES.   Paid for them once, do I really need to pay 1000s of $$$ a year, just for the privilege of being in the USA.   Most of it school tax, and I never had kids.   So much for 'free education'.

If you moved my land and two houses to San Diego, I'd be paying about $9000 a year in property tax.  Here in Thailand, we paid the equivalent of $1.00.  So yeah, you're essentially renting your property from the government, and miss a payment and they take it all.  I don't the US at all.

The bar scenes In BKK 30 years ago when B. Trink used to do his rounds in soi Nana, Soi Cowboy and in Patpong,

girls as fresh as you could Imagin and with friendly atitude, '' with mud between their toes" we use the term than,

and when you took them out home they were happy to have a proper hot water shower, eat falang food and

sleep in a comfy bed all night long and at times you had to kick them out to go back because they wanted to keep sleeping

and stay with you a bit longer, and the cost?

a 1,000 baht for all nite long including lady drinks, bar fine and the cost of the lady. 

14 minutes ago, Hummin said:

Same I asked for but they put me on an 8 month waiting list for rehab in Norway, and I had no time for waiting, and went to Thailand instead on my own cost. 

 

Inflamation and degenerated L4 and L5 was my problem, which could had been solved easily if I just knew how to do it. Seems less stress, sun, warm climate and soft hands with less stress factors did do the magic for me. And maybe the local food in Krabi did help the inflammation and of course no alcohol while restitution. 

i went the opposite way with alcohol, since sitting in a gogo sofa and drinking beer was the only activity i could do without accumulating pain

41 minutes ago, Yagoda said:

If I count Angkor, Im at over 75, including shrines and I have a few more to hit,

Got a bit of a high count myself, first couple years here.   Thankfully the wives never cared much for them.   I'll still pop into one, if unique, and on the way.   No more special trips, even if close.   They do tend to have good vendors nearby, along with primo RE &  nice views 

For work. My employer asked me to move here.

2 hours ago, Watawattana said:

Not going to disagree with you, but isn't "it was better in the old days" a mantra for most old folks round the world?  Is it just "different" now rather than worse?

In other words, nothing ever gets worse?

Is this the 7th or 8th time this exact same question has been asked this year?

2 hours ago, ezzra said:

Oh boy, you better believe it it has and this page is way too short to outline here all the changes for the worse that Thailand

has gone through for the last 20 years.

I first visited Thailand 13 years ago, and it was definitely better back then in many ways - especially when it came to people. Some things have improved, of course, mostly in terms of technology and infrastructure. I think the same can be said about the world in general. I’m pretty sure humanity is doomed. And not in some distant future. The signs of THE END are already everywhere. We’re clearly on a path of “everyone hating everyone.” This seems to be our true nature, while the post–World War II ideology of peace and progress now looks like nothing more than a temporary moment of clarity. The absurd backlash against tolerance and political correctness, as well as a childish belief in nationalism and isolation, eventually leads us to a nuclear apocalypse. It feels inevitable.

1 hour ago, georgegeorgia said:

Certainly does ...another year older .

How long now do you think?

Might be a lot more than you, if you keep accosting people in the bars here.

9. To get away from losers like the OP. 

I had been living and working in Japan back in the 90's, with great vacation schedules, almost 5+ months off a year, so I would always spend a month or two on Koh Tao diving (the fish were still there back then), and another month traveling around Thailand. We traveled the world for the rest of the vacation time, so we had a pretty good idea of what was out there.

When it was time to retire, we narrowed the choice between three places we liked. One was in the US, one in Bali, and the third here in Thailand.

We chose Thailand.  The people, the place, and the food, all good. The infrastructure of Chiang Mai worked for us. That was 25+ years ago. Still works for us.

 

I liked the country, the people and the life style.

17 minutes ago, Ralf001 said:

Is this the 7th or 8th time this exact same question has been asked this year?

At least. And from the same poster too. 

19 minutes ago, Ralf001 said:

Is this the 7th or 8th time this exact same question has been asked this year?

Lodge a complaint Son 

3 hours ago, ezzra said:

30 years ago, Thailand was indeed a paradise in every sense of the word, from cost of living, food, ease of doing business

cheap girls and booz were at laughable cost and Somtam was 15-20 baht and the foreigners you meet in the bars

and on the street were easy going and friendly.

since then, everything gone to the dogs, any worse then that, and Thailand is really not a place worth staying. 

 

I never laughed at the cost. 

 

But I'm staying here.

12 minutes ago, Alpha84 said:

9. To get away from losers like the OP. 

What a nasty person you are.

A anti social angry man 

 

You'd be the smiling assassin in the workplace ,I bet you were !

 

Smiling face ,  pretending be the good guy then dobbing  on everyone to the boss .

Have some empathy please 

 

 

 

I was young, dumb and stupid.

 

I wish I never set foot in this place.

 

Eric.

1 hour ago, mordothailand said:

1,2,3, and above all 8, medical reason.

the gogo girls were indeed skinnier and prettier around 2000, but to say everything went bad is demonstrably false,

internet, electric power, amount of goods and options for western food and bakery is up.

even traffic behavior is way better, red light is almost adhered to now

 

thai currency was also 2002 as strong as it is now, it was around 2006 it was weak and favorable 

 

No it was not as strong as it is now, Oct 2002 it was 67 UK pounds to the Thai baht, now it's 43.9