From Triple X to 5 Stars

[Jimmpy]

I live in Bangkok and want to relocate.

Can't affored it anymore and bored to death.

Any advise on a vibrant and exciting city that's just a little sleezy like Bangkok used to be.

I'm retired and can go anywhere.

[swampdonkey]

What area are you living in that is both boring and sleazy.

[HerbalEd]

While BKK can in certain places be expensive (relatively speaking), one can also live very cheaply in BKK. Maybe it's more about your spending habits than the actual cost of living.

If you indeed "can't afford" BKK then your options for finding a cheaper city are limited.

Edited December 19, 2015 by HerbalEd

[catman20]

pattaya the best sleaze

[bushwacker]

I was hoping for some good answers to this question. Unfortunately, so far, everybody wants to comment on his spending habits or know where he lives in Bkk. Doesn't matter where he lives, he wants to move. Any suggestions of where?

[HerbalEd]

I was hoping for some good answers to this question. Unfortunately, so far, everybody wants to comment on his spending habits or know where he lives in Bkk. Doesn't matter where he lives, he wants to move. Any suggestions of where?

I don't know the guy, but it can matter very much what are his spending habits. If he can't afford BKK then it's going to be difficult to find a city where he can live more cheaply ... AND still have his desired sleaze factor.

Phnom Penh comes to mind. It's very sleazy (too much for me to live) and a bit cheaper than BKK. Perhaps Saigon, but I find the prices comparable to BKK.

Don't you have any suggestions of where?

Edited December 19, 2015 by HerbalEd

[morpho]

Saigon.

[bkk75]

Easy. Death.

[rethaier]

Pattaya will fill the sleaze bill nicely.

[notbkk]

Sorry but in Thailand, Bangkok is your only option. All the others are boring and cumbersome to get around. Move to a neighboring country or to a cheaper area in Bangkok. Not sure where though. Maybe other members will know better?

[ezzra]

Try Angeles city in the Philippines... lots of sleaze at night, but nothing to do during the day

that is unless you were drunk the night before and you sleep it off the next day...

[chicowoodduck]

Well, Viet Nam would be a good second choice....if you can stand all the motorbike traffic??

[swoods58]

How about Hua Hin? Slightly sleazy and cheaper.

[MeHere]

How about Hua Hin? Slightly sleazy and cheaper.

Where the hell is Hua Hin sleazy? I saw PG-13 there at best...

Last time I went out hunting there, there were a couple bars with washed-up looking porkers trying to reel in customers :-S

[1FinickyOne]

if you are bored with Bkk - I can understand that on a few different levels - wanting less cement, more nature, beach, mountains - just getting out of a big city environment…

But you don't really define what you do want - which might making answering this easier… finding places that are like what someplace else used to be like in the past is pretty much a useless pursuit…

Also, you might want to define "a little sleazy" - - usually people who like that want more options, not fewer…

You might want to sit down and make a list of what your priorities are - and then you can evaluate your choices - good luck.

[akentryan]

In town Pattaya is a lot more than slightly sleazy. The east side of Sukhumvit (the dark side) is only slightly sleazy but offers very cheap apartments and congenial retirees hanging out in local pubs. Lots of nice birds to consort with at affordable prices. Some pubs will drive you home if you have too much to drink and are a regular. A lot safer than the other siide as well.

[jamestip2013]

If you want a nice medium size town with a little sleazy part come to Cha-am.. We have Soi bust-stop full of bars and girls.. Every town in Thailand is a little sleazy. Cha-am is 170 k's South East of BKK and its only 25 k's further to Huahin which ahs a little bit more sleazier with more bars and girls than Cha-am.

Cha-am is a nice city with a long Esplanade right on the beach and has a nice holiday feel about it. Many expats live hear hence you can Buy most things an expat needs.. We have a "farang" owned supermarket plus a medium size BigC which sell most of what you you need. Good shopping is in Huahin which costs 40 bt in a minivan to Market Village shopping Centre which has a full size Tesco with 2 food courts. We also have many expat bakers hear plus a French coffee shop/café which also sells a good variety of bread, cake and pastry products, plenty of good resturants with Thai/Farang food. If you like the USA junk there is a Mcdonalds hear. Huahin has 2 McDonalds, 2 burger Kings and 2 KFC's. If you live hear and are a social it doesn't take long to find out where to buy what .. You will soon discover as its easy..

BEST of all is being on the Ocean Cha-am is a lot cooler than Bangkok. A nice see breeze is hear most of the time for you ..

Acomodation is cheap. I am in a large furnished townhouse near new for 3 months which short term is 10000 bt a month.. Would be cheaper in March for a long term rental.. An older Condo building on the beachfront with a pool where I used to live for 10 years has furnished studio's for 7000 to 8000 bt a month .. POSITION .. POSITION ..

I can put you on to a rental lady who manages renovated rooms and has good rooms in that price range... There is an over supply and plenty of rentals available ...James

[Youaredoomed]

If the geezer can't affored [sic] Bangkok, no wonder he's bored.

Bangkok really doesn't need another skint douchebag pensioner looking for slease, nor does Pattaya I imagine,

Pop orf home laddie....

[mercman24]

Hua Hin sleazy, ? dam boring place, i booked a weeks holiday there a few months ago, came back to BKK after 2 days everything shuts at 1 am. and full of porkers,i think this might be a BKK retirement home for the ladies, lol !!

[gemguy]

Intensive investigation reveals: ....Ethiopia is both cheap and sleazy....the near perfect combination.

Get there before the mass of other people discover all the fun to be had and ruin it for all the fun seeking budget travelers.

Cheers

[fvw53]

Go to Singapore to join a few fugitive millionaires undergoing medical treatment and where you may come in contact with Etan Couch and get infected by "affluenza"

[Suradit69]

In town Pattaya is a lot more than slightly sleazy. The east side of Sukhumvit (the dark side) is only slightly sleazy but offers very cheap apartments and congenial retirees hanging out in local pubs. Lots of nice birds to consort with at affordable prices. Some pubs will drive you home if you have too much to drink and are a regular. A lot safer than the other siide as well.

" congenial retirees hanging out in local pubs."

"Some pubs will drive you home if you have too much to drink and are a regular."

Yes, that should satisfy the O/P's quest for " vibrant and exciting." There's a good reason why the regulars drink themselves to a point where they can't drive. It must be the abundance of congeniality on offer.

Many of us live on the other side of Sukhumvit, don't feel compelled to drink ourselves blind and feel totally safe ... but the only sleaze factor experienced is the many unwashed 200 kilo farang found paddling around the condo pool this time of the year.

[Jimmpy]

I was hoping for some good answers to this question. Unfortunately, so far, everybody wants to comment on his spending habits or know where he lives in Bkk. Doesn't matter where he lives, he wants to move. Any suggestions of where?

I don't know the guy, but it can matter very much what are his spending habits. If he can't afford BKK then it's going to be difficult to find a city where he can live more cheaply ... AND still have his desired sleaze factor.

Phnom Penh comes to mind. It's very sleazy (too much for me to live) and a bit cheaper than BKK. Perhaps Saigon, but I find the prices comparable to BKK.

Don't you have any suggestions of where?

Thanks, was hoping someplace in Cambodia could do the trick.

My main problem is routine monthly medical bills 0f 10,000 baht at Bumrungrad.

Can live comfortably with this but worry about anything major.

As for the sleaze factor I need an "underground" nightlife for people with alternative life styles (BDSM, Fetish, Goth, Gay, etc."

To use the 1970's slogan: sex, drugs and rock n roll. Much like Bangkok in the late 20th century.

[HerbalEd]

Hua Hin sleazy, ? dam boring place, i booked a weeks holiday there a few months ago, came back to BKK after 2 days everything shuts at 1 am. and full of porkers,i think this might be a BKK retirement home for the ladies, lol !!

Granted, Hua Hin is much smaller and has much less action than BKK. However, those who cannot find a quality lady in Hua Hin are either lazy and/or incapable.

[Jimmpy]

If you want a nice medium size town with a little sleazy part come to Cha-am.. We have Soi bust-stop full of bars and girls.. Every town in Thailand is a little sleazy. Cha-am is 170 k's South East of BKK and its only 25 k's further to Huahin which ahs a little bit more sleazier with more bars and girls than Cha-am.

Cha-am is a nice city with a long Esplanade right on the beach and has a nice holiday feel about it. Many expats live hear hence you can Buy most things an expat needs.. We have a "farang" owned supermarket plus a medium size BigC which sell most of what you you need. Good shopping is in Huahin which costs 40 bt in a minivan to Market Village shopping Centre which has a full size Tesco with 2 food courts. We also have many expat bakers hear plus a French coffee shop/café which also sells a good variety of bread, cake and pastry products, plenty of good resturants with Thai/Farang food. If you like the USA junk there is a Mcdonalds hear. Huahin has 2 McDonalds, 2 burger Kings and 2 KFC's. If you live hear and are a social it doesn't take long to find out where to buy what .. You will soon discover as its easy..

BEST of all is being on the Ocean Cha-am is a lot cooler than Bangkok. A nice see breeze is hear most of the time for you ..

Acomodation is cheap. I am in a large furnished townhouse near new for 3 months which short term is 10000 bt a month.. Would be cheaper in March for a long term rental.. An older Condo building on the beachfront with a pool where I used to live for 10 years has furnished studio's for 7000 to 8000 bt a month .. POSITION .. POSITION ..

I can put you on to a rental lady who manages renovated rooms and has good rooms in that price range... There is an over supply and plenty of rentals available ...James

Thanks for your detailed report.

Perhaps a place like Cha-am will do the trick.

Guess the old days are gone and will have to settle.

[gemguy]

I was hoping for some good answers to this question. Unfortunately, so far, everybody wants to comment on his spending habits or know where he lives in Bkk. Doesn't matter where he lives, he wants to move. Any suggestions of where?

I don't know the guy, but it can matter very much what are his spending habits. If he can't afford BKK then it's going to be difficult to find a city where he can live more cheaply ... AND still have his desired sleaze factor.

Phnom Penh comes to mind. It's very sleazy (too much for me to live) and a bit cheaper than BKK. Perhaps Saigon, but I find the prices comparable to BKK.

Don't you have any suggestions of where?

Thanks, was hoping someplace in Cambodia could do the trick.

My main problem is routine monthly medical bills 0f 10,000 baht at Bumrungrad.

Can live comfortably with this but worry about anything major.

As for the sleaze factor I need an "underground" nightlife for people with alternative life styles (BDSM, Fetish, Goth, Gay, etc."

To use the 1970's slogan: sex, drugs and rock n roll. Much like Bangkok in the late 20th century.

Whoa ...Whoa....Waaaaay too much information.....lol

Edited December 19, 2015 by gemguy

[Jimmpy]

Yes, I tried to be gentle, but some one above said I didn't give enough information.

I'm not a 5 star tourist that Bangkok seems to be catering to now.

Edited December 19, 2015 by Jimmpy

[ThaiWai]

Jimmpy, I have never been to ChaAm but it is has "less" of everything than Hua Hin. I have been to Hua Hin and I was bored out of my skull in a week. The beach is NOT on the OCEAN, its on the gulf. Gulf beaches do not compare to the Andaman beaches. Go to Rawai for 3 or 4 days. Its worth a look. I don't know your budget but for 75k-100k monthly you would fine there. Kite-surfing, fishing, cycling, golf, diving, island hops, parasailing, seaside dining, non overpowering yet available nightly sleaze. etc. If I read correctly you are looking for underground sleaze. I don't partake, but based on what I have seen you should be able to find something. Good luck with that in ChaAm. International airport 1.3 hours away. Dual immigration offices on the island.

[bazza40]

It's a bit difficult to distinguish some of the OP's requirements from a troll posting.

[12DrinkMore]

Columbia: Medellin.