In general most of the areas are friendly. You have to do two things to actually appreciate it.

These are:

1. Learn to speak Thai even if just a few words and

2. Get away from the tourist areas.

What about that Hui Hin place?.

22 hours ago, georgegeorgia said:

Friendliest town in Thailand

What about you people who live in isaan village

Recent years I've been spending time in Roi Et.

I reckon it's the most beautiful city in Thailand and has got the nicest people.

The centre of town is a huge lake, observation tower. People are exercising every morning, walking around the lake, always greeting you with a 'good morning'

Edited June 18Jun 18 by SAFETY FIRST

Such an unfair topic. All Thais are friendly. Look:

https://www.thaifriendly.com/

22 hours ago, Off Piste said:

There's a general saying amongst Thais that the further North you travel, the sweeter the people become....................Chiang Mai people are certainly some of the friendliest I've met..........................

Lana Culture is great.

4 minutes ago, BilllyGOAT said:

Such an unfair topic. All Thais are friendly. Look:

https://www.thaifriendly.com/

I visited the website and noticed Georgie boy is a member of Thai Friendly, I see him on the left, half way down. 😊

Edited June 18Jun 18 by SAFETY FIRST

16 minutes ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

I visited the website and noticed Georgie boy is a member of Thai Friendly, I see him on the left, half way down. 😊

Well done, good catch!

Though, I think he prefers being referred to as Boy Georgie.

1 hour ago, georgegeorgia said:

What about that Hui Hin place?.

There are many people on both Facebook and LinkedIn named Hui Hin. So you are into Chinese men now too?

22 hours ago, VocalNeal said:

Hmm... In order to be the recipient of friendliness doesn't one have to be outwardly friendly oneself?

Walking around Makro with a face as long as a rainy day will not elicit friendliness from other farangs wandering around.

Sitting alone in a bar/restaurant nursing a pint will also not make the grade.

At the risk of being repetitive; any town with a Hash House Harriers group is friendly for me; at least once a week. Miserable people who chose not to try? Well there is no helping some people.

Any town with a steady supply of hash is good! I'm an outlier. I live in the far East of Bangkok. I know everybody in a three kilo (hash again!) radius. Not always by name but by smile and chitchat. Some would call many of these "slum-dwellers". I gauge people by their disposition. I know Buddhists living adjacent to the wat and I know Muslims who send their kids to the mosque school.

The difference, in my experience, is that people respond if you start. Don't wait for others! There are a few farang I see on our main road (Udomsuk). They all look miserable to be living in paradise. It's a blue moon when one returns a smile.

I greet everybody equally. The recycling bicycles, the street sweepers, the cops, the motorcycle jockeys, the delivery drivers. Works at Makro, too. Costs nothing to be friendly.

I'm also friendly to the homeless, mostly mentally disturbed. I give each B20 the first time I see them and no more after. I always give to the disabled. It's called being human.

1 hour ago, georgegeorgia said:

What about that Hui Hin place?.

Nope. I know the 3 best towns. Not telling.

2 minutes ago, Rockyroad said:

Nope. I know the 3 best towns. Not telling.

The 3 best towns are obviously the ones that you are not at.

3 minutes ago, gargamon said:

The 3 best towns are obviously the ones that you are not at.

Avoiding toxic people like you is the first step in finding good towns.

2 hours ago, Stocky said:

Hat Yai is indeed a friendly place, whether the most friendly I have no idea.

Hat Yai is friendly but being large not as friendly as small towns. I'd rank it in the top 10.

14 minutes ago, Rockyroad said:

Nope. I know the 3 best towns. Not telling.

...........and one of them begins with Pat..........

2 minutes ago, Off Piste said:

...........and one of them begins with Pat..........

Any town with less than 500 farangs is usually ok. It is always the farangs that ruin Thai towns.

1 hour ago, georgegeorgia said:

What about that Hui Hin place?.

Prachuap kiri khan is a wonderful place, friendly, hardly any foreigners and generally a fantastic place to live

5 minutes ago, Rockyroad said:

Any town with less than 500 farangs is usually ok. It is always the farangs that ruin Thai towns.

you mean by foreigner presence or by the overall jadedness of the Thais having been subjected to foreigners in their wake..?

6 minutes ago, baansgr said:

Prachuap kiri khan is a wonderful place, friendly, hardly any foreigners and generally a fantastic place to live

Followed Joe and Gift for a while back on YT, they certainly paint a great picture of the place.............

17 minutes ago, Off Piste said:

... jadedness of the Thais having been subjected to foreigners...

I think that's certainly a contributing factor in busy tourist centers; familiarity breeds contempt.

1 hour ago, Off Piste said:

you mean by foreigner presence or by the overall jadedness of the Thais having been subjected to foreigners in their wake..?

Both, you get trashy farangs and Thais have to serve them so they become worse. You see this in parts of Phuket, Hua Hin, Chiang Mai etc.

But go to a small town with better farangs and the Thais like farangs and think farangs are nice so don't become sour.

6 minutes ago, Rockyroad said:

Both, you get trashy farangs and Thais have to serve them so they become worse. You see this in parts of Phuket, Hua Hin, Chiang Mai etc.

But go to a small town with better farangs and the Thais like farangs and think farangs are nice so don't become sour.

I think perhaps, we foreigners don't really consider how having so many tourists/expats, kinda same thing in Thai eyes bottom line.........is how they feel with so many (was 40million pre covid I believe, not sure now) foreigners in their midst...........gotta be mixed feelings.............

2 minutes ago, Off Piste said:

I think perhaps, we foreigners don't really consider how having so many tourists/expats, kinda same thing in Thai eyes bottom line.........is how they feel with so many (was 40million pre covid I believe, not sure now) foreigners in their midst...........gotta be mixed feelings.............

40m over 12 months are spread out. Many Thais don't deal with them. Only in the busy spots. The busy spots have more nightlife and more dirtbags.

3 minutes ago, Off Piste said:

I think perhaps, we foreigners don't really consider how having so many tourists/expats, kinda same thing in Thai eyes bottom line.........is how they feel with so many (was 40million pre covid I believe, not sure now) foreigners in their midst...........gotta be mixed feelings.............

40 million...come on do your sums again (thats actually half the population Thailand)

1 minute ago, couchpotato said:

40 million...come on do your sums again (thats actually half the population Thailand)

how many was it pre covid, was 14m in noughties

3 minutes ago, couchpotato said:

40 million...come on do your sums again (thats actually half the population Thailand)

Tourists a year. Only 300k expats.

4 minutes ago, Rockyroad said:

40m over 12 months are spread out. Many Thais don't deal with them

Sure spread out, but still alot and Social media makes sure they deal with them..............

3 minutes ago, Off Piste said:

Sure spread out, but still alot and Social media makes sure they deal with them..............

Thais don't view all farangs as bad just because of tv or media. They know lots of Thais are bad too. Huge drug problems in some areas.

1 hour ago, baansgr said:

Prachuap kiri khan is a wonderful place, friendly, hardly any foreigners and generally a fantastic place to live

PKK has a lot more farangs now than 15 years ago. It is starting to impact on the city. The Thais are becoming less friendly.

2 minutes ago, Rockyroad said:

Huge drug problems in some areas.

Simple...........Bring back Thaksin................

24 minutes ago, Off Piste said:

Simple...........Bring back Thaksin................

MTGA. Make Thailand Great Again!