silomplaya Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 Found a bungalow for 3000 baht a month its in a thai ghetto where a thai friend lives , has anybody else lived like this before ??? Oh sorry for not living up to " quality tourists " standards and not conforming to the hi-so bkk upper class expatriate way of life. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeijoshinCool Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 You're living high on the hog. I only pay 2000 for my place in Rhek Thum. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernard Flint Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 (edited) Before i read 1 post, the bk, uppercrust wannabees will attack you,may even ask if they are chinese/thais, with whitener, covered faces Edited August 22, 2014 by Bernard Flint Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silomplaya Posted August 22, 2014 Author Share Posted August 22, 2014 You're living high on the hog. I only pay 2000 for my place in Rhek Thum. Heard buri ram goes off at night is that true? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N47HAN Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 You should rephrase your statement , How about living up to the backpacker lifestyle in Bangkok? One step at a time OP , dont shoot to high to start Sent from my GT-N7100 using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killian30 Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 I believe you may not be welcome there as they will look at you strangely as why a Farang is staying there, that if your talking about the kind of place that is run down Thai style reserved for the lower class low paid workers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieH Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 Where are you now and when you travelling to Thailand? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Gecko123 Posted August 22, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted August 22, 2014 Not sure where you're at, but all things being equal, I say go for it! Worst case scenario, you move again. I've lived out in the country for 10 years without a farang in a 5 km radius. Love it! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i claudius Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 I live in a Thai area ,hardly any farangs ,mind you they all are quite hi so and drive much better cars than me ,as for the OP ,thats living? sorry but to me ,that would be hell on earth . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N47HAN Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 Not sure where you're at, but all things being equal, I say go for it! Worst case scenario, you move again. I've lived out in the country for 10 years without a farang in a 5 km radius. Love it! But still crave to converse with foreigners on the internet though I see :-) Sent from my GT-N7100 using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buhi Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 How can you have a Thai ghetto in Thailand? A place where Thai live? A place where ordinary poor Thai live? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buhi Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 How can you have a Thai ghetto in Thailand? A place where Thai live? A place where ordinary poor Thai live? A ghetto is a part of a city in which members of a minority group live, especially because of social, legal, or economic pressure.[1] The term was originally used in Venice to describe the part of the city to which Jews were restricted and segregated. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buhi Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 How can you have a Thai ghetto in Thailand? A place where Thai live? A place where ordinary poor Thai live? A ghetto is a part of a city in which members of a minority group live, especially because of social, legal, or economic pressure.[1] The term was originally used in Venice to describe the part of the city to which Jews were restricted and segregated. I know many ghettos in Bangkok, where foreigners live! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garrya Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 What is falang? And what is falang area?? It just boggles my mind really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halfie Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 Seriously? Don't. If you have the money then live someplace good. In a lower-income area there's more likely to be a higher number of drug addicts and general nasty behavoir. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AhFarangJa Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 How can you have a Thai ghetto in Thailand? A place where Thai live? A place where ordinary poor Thai live? A ghetto is a part of a city in which members of a minority group live, especially because of social, legal, or economic pressure.[1] The term was originally used in Venice to describe the part of the city to which Jews were restricted and segregated. I know many ghettos in Bangkok, where foreigners live! There are thousands of ghekkos where i live. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gecko123 Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 Not sure where you're at, but all things being equal, I say go for it! Worst case scenario, you move again. I've lived out in the country for 10 years without a farang in a 5 km radius. Love it! But still crave to converse with foreigners on the internet though I see :-) Sent from my GT-N7100 using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app Just joined Thai Visa for first time 28 days ago. If this is a craving it's been long suppressed, I trust you'll agree. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choochoo Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 I believe you may not be welcome there as they will look at you strangely as why a Farang is staying there, that if your talking about the kind of place that is run down Thai style reserved for the lower class low paid workers. Hogwash. Some of you care way too much what thai people think. Op will be very welcome -he is one of them poor thais......................lol. no offense to the thais. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scubascuba3 Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 (edited) It may be better than living with farang. My recent trips I've encountered a number of grumpy old farang. Appear to get steadily worse 50s, 60s, 70s. I hope next trip it will be different. Edited August 22, 2014 by scubascuba3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellohello123 Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 I've heard this wild outrageous rumour that there ghettos in the usa!!! And omg apparently they are full of people called Americans My mind is going to explode!!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silomplaya Posted August 22, 2014 Author Share Posted August 22, 2014 It may be better than living with farang. My recent trips I've encountered a number of grumpy old farang. Appear to get steadily worse 50s, 60s, 70s. I hope next trip it will be different. yeh thailand has its fair share of farang grumble bums, Proof man cant be happy till hes dead when you see a 68 year pensioner with a 21 year old stunner, baht overflowing from his wallet , kasakorn account with 6 figures, condo on the beach and hes still a red faced alchoholic with his head down grumbling bout this and that looking miserable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guzzi850m2 Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 What's the point with your statement OP?? It all depends of your situation. I got a family with a 5 year old kid, so I prefer my fairly upscale house in a fairly upscale village, thank you very much. The 100 or so houses have perhaps 30-40% mixed couples and the rest are Thai couples, they are all very nice people (+90%), no violent/drug addictive losers here. Well not entirely true, there was this Thai man married to a Russian lady, man when they got drunk, it turned pretty nasty at times and the police were called often. Sad for the kids man, it really was (is). Don't know where they are now but hope they are okay, especially the kids. They were tenants and I felt sorry for the owner too, they had to spend more fixing the place than the deposit covered, it was trashed. No I am not looking down on anybody, you lay in the bed as you make it and I have also been living cheap before I settled down, nothing wrong with that, it's more represent a certain period of your life/time in your current situation. Any village/condo in the greater Pattaya area will have a certain degree of mixed occupants in them, very cheap and further away from downtown= maybe not so many expats and then it will increase the closer you get to the city center. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhamBam Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 I spent roughly 3 years in an area where I was the only white face. All the houses in the streets around me were filled with Thai people. I never had a problem with the people around the area at all. My rent was 3,000 Baht a month for a 3 bed house. No druggies, no aggro. If the house is good, go for it, OP. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silomplaya Posted August 22, 2014 Author Share Posted August 22, 2014 Where are you now and when you travelling to Thailand? Shanghai now and im heading to los in 4 days china sucks dont go there unless you like michael jackson white skin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HooHaa Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 How can you have a Thai ghetto in Thailand? A place where Thai live? A place where ordinary poor Thai live? A ghetto is a part of a city in which members of a minority group live, especially because of social, legal, or economic pressure.[1] The term was originally used in Venice to describe the part of the city to which Jews were restricted and segregated. I know many ghettos in Bangkok, where foreigners live! you do realize you are talking to yourself right? and not doing terribly well at it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAFO Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 @ OP All depends on what you want and your comfort zone and how you behave. Out of curiosity I did not know there is a "Falang" area in Thailand, Where is that specifically? Is it quarantined and in a gated community? FWIIW, I would take a Thai mooban over a "Falang" Mooban any day. Typically I have found that most(Not all) foreigners are generally pretty grumpy, some are down right rude and others think they own the place and will shunt you. Plus I have found over my years foreigners tend to complain a helluva a lot about everything. Good Luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David48 Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 You're living high on the hog. I only pay 2000 for my place in Rhek Thum. Could you not bargain a better price ... . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David48 Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 silompyala ... if there are few cockroaches, a hot shower, WiFi, pretty girls, decent street food ... Be mindful of the electric/water rate they charge you. Have a ball ... or two. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halfie Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 I spent roughly 3 years in an area where I was the only white face. All the houses in the streets around me were filled with Thai people. I never had a problem with the people around the area at all. My rent was 3,000 Baht a month for a 3 bed house. No druggies, no aggro. If the house is good, go for it, OP. 3,000 baht for a 3 bedroom house? Where are you people? I want to move there now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post samuijimmy Posted August 22, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted August 22, 2014 Seriously? Don't. If you have the money then live someplace good. In a lower-income area there's more likely to be a higher number of drug addicts and general nasty behavoir. not necessarily true .. Not all all poor Thais are druggies or use bad behavior... some of the poorer ones are very pleasant and helpful. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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