I'm thinking of leaving Thailand and taking advantage of low property prices in the US.

$11,900

3 br 2 ba Single-Family Home

Great Investment Property, 3 Bedrooms, 2 Bathroom,

Basement, Bank Owned

$13,500

3 br 1 ba 910 sqft

Farm/Ranch

$15,900

3 br 1 ba 978 sqft

Single-Family Home

http://www.trulia.com/MI/Detroit/

Can I buy property in the US or do I have to marry a Las Vegas bargirl and put it in her name? (A bit of a worry).

Yes, but herein lies the question. Do you really want to retire to Detroit?

Dallas has a slightly larger population than Detroit, but is close enough to be comparable

Latest 2006 Crimes per 100,000 People:

Detroit, MI Dallas, TX National

Murder: 47.3 15 7

Forcible Rape: 67.05 53.28 32.2

Robbery: 818.6 553. 205.8

Aggravated Assault 1486 584.2 336.5

Burglary: 2050.3 1734.7 813.2

Larceny Theft: 2406.8 4006.4 2601.7

Vehicle Theft: 2591.1 1116 501.5

Actual Reported Population and Crimes:

Detroit, MI Dallas, TX

Population: 884,462 1,248,223

Murder: 418 187

Forcible Rape: 593 665

Robbery: 7240 6914

Aggravated Assault 13143 7292

Burglary: 18134 21653

Larceny Theft: 21287 50009

Vehicle Theft: 22917 13930

http://detroit.areaconnect.com/crime/compa...allas&s2=TX

The main questions are : How many Las Vegas bar girls would you want to marry and how many sick buffalos is she likely to have?

The main questions are : How many Las Vegas bar girls would you want to marry and how many sick buffalos is she likely to have?

Nah, American buffalo never get sick.

Can I buy property in the US or do I have to marry a Las Vegas bargirl and put it in her name? (A bit of a worry).

As far as i am aware, yes you can buy the property but you sign a waiver that the money never actually came from you and that it was all hers from what she got in tips. The family then come down from the mountains and move in. Then next year you post on here that you are returning back to Thailand.

Save yourself 12 months of hassle and stay put

So how the hel_l do Las Vegas bar girls make their money?

Okay, I just figured it out. They've gotta a sick Chrysler and Congress sorts them out.

So they don't need fat, tattood farangs after all.

Nope, Las Vegas showgirls go for the young ones and the truly rich ones instead

I was in Reno in Oct '08. I didn't go for the gambling, but had some time to kill, so I strutted around some big casinos. Few people around - in galleries that could hold hundreds. The bar girls were scary. Fear-factor scary. About one in ten didn't weigh more than a pregnant heifer. Faces that could peel paint without varnish remover.

On second thought, since the casino biz is in the dumps - it might be easier to pick up a Vegas bar girl. Just be prepared for a 'coyote morning.' That's where you wake up, look over at a person snoozing on your arm. She's so ugly that you gnaw your arm off in order to get away without waking her.

I've never gone to bed with an ugly woman. I've woke up next to a few though.

Ah, the beauty of the beer goggles! There's a fortune to be made to the person who could invent contact lenses with the same effect but on a 24/7 basis.

While us males, of course, are all such superb specimens that any woman would be honored to wake up in our beds.

I'm thinking of leaving Thailand and taking advantage of low property prices in the US.

Can I buy property in the US or do I have to marry a Las Vegas bargirl and put it in her name? (A bit of a worry).

you can buy any property in the U.S. of A. but retirement visas do not exist.