Making the move to Thailand need sugestions

[elektrified]

bring tons of facemasks, especially for the kids. they will need to wear them for a few months, at least, every year. if not, I worry about the development of their lungs. yes, this is very serious. or hopefully you can leave for a few months a year....

This is just nuts. Our child is thriving here, it looks like the kids at our child's school are thriving, Chiang Mai is overrun with children and they all seem to be doing well. The is a case of one more over-the-top negative poster.

A bit OTT but still a problem. We leave C.M. every March for the entire month and go to the beach. The first couple of years our child was getting respiratory infections like crazy during March and April. He was always on antibiotics and for a while needed respiratory therapy 3 times a week. He was hospitalized a few times. We try to get him to wear a mask the first couple of weeks of April when we get back but... Any way since we leave each March it's not a problem anymore.

OP just google (images) "air pollution chiang mai" to see how it looks during the burning season.

[butterisbetter]

bring tons of facemasks, especially for the kids. they will need to wear them for a few months, at least, every year. if not, I worry about the development of their lungs. yes, this is very serious. or hopefully you can leave for a few months a year....

This is just nuts. Our child is thriving here, it looks like the kids at our child's school are thriving, Chiang Mai is overrun with children and they all seem to be doing well. The is a case of one more over-the-top negative poster.

A bit OTT but still a problem. We leave C.M. every March for the entire month and go to the beach. The first couple of years our child was getting respiratory infections like crazy during March and April. He was always on antibiotics and for a while needed respiratory therapy 3 times a week. He was hospitalized a few times. We try to get him to wear a mask the first couple of weeks of April when we get back but... Any way since we leave each March it's not a problem anymore.

OP just google (images) "air pollution chiang mai" to see how it looks during the burning season.

You're right, of course, It can be a problem for some sensitive people, children and adults. But I think it's a bit of an understatement to say that puukao's observation was "a bit OTT". ANd the way the OP tells it, it seems like he will have the leisure and the income to vacation when needed.

[butterisbetter]

Most of the vets I know...

I suspect that you will soon be knowing a lot fewer of them.