ExpatOilWorker Posted February 20, 2016 Share Posted February 20, 2016 How many farangs have made Thailand their primary home? By farang I mean any foreigner, but excluding the neighboring Asian countries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostmanthai Posted February 20, 2016 Share Posted February 20, 2016 Well I do so at least one that I know of! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoshowJones Posted February 20, 2016 Share Posted February 20, 2016 Me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirineou Posted February 20, 2016 Share Posted February 20, 2016 And me......But who knows if I may be chucked out......... .........This ain't the UK law stuff for sure.... "And me" are you sure? have you held a spoon in front of your mouth lately Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverdie Posted February 20, 2016 Share Posted February 20, 2016 And me......But who knows if I may be chucked out......... .........This ain't the UK law stuff for sure.... I chucked myself out couple of years back! The place I went to Is trying to chuck me back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverdie Posted February 20, 2016 Share Posted February 20, 2016 And me......But who knows if I may be chucked out......... .........This ain't the UK law stuff for sure...."And me"are you sure? have you held a spoon in front of your mouth lately Well no............ ol' Trans is a knife and fork kinda guy.......... I thought you were a legs man 555 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickJ Posted February 20, 2016 Share Posted February 20, 2016 186,622.5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sipi Posted February 20, 2016 Share Posted February 20, 2016 Two in Wongchumpu. Not sure about the rest of Thailand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExpatOilWorker Posted February 20, 2016 Author Share Posted February 20, 2016 Good to see the comedians are all alive and well. Any knowledge out there? Surely some statistical material must be available somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pgrahmm Posted February 20, 2016 Share Posted February 20, 2016 +1 here..... Guessing 50% of our large moo baan.... Seems like a farang tsunami lately..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrilled Posted February 20, 2016 Share Posted February 20, 2016 I believe the 3 areas with the most farangs is Bangkok,ChiangMai,and Udonthani.Also many farangs have resisents on the islands. I almost forgot Phuket and Pattaya.How many farangs actually are living in Thailand not sure.But it's not A small number Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longtooth Posted February 20, 2016 Share Posted February 20, 2016 Not a vast number here in Chiang Rai, but we're worth counting. You could probably count us up on a Friday afternoon at a total of five scattered bars! (Well, maybe a few homebodies. No, not "homeboys".) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swissie Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 I consider this as a serious and legitimate question. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExpatOilWorker Posted February 21, 2016 Author Share Posted February 21, 2016 I consider this as a serious and legitimate question. Cheers. Lets get serious then. Here are some guestimates (http://www.dougsrepublic.com/thailand/foreigners.php) that adds up to: UK + Germany + USA + France + Australia + Sweden + Holland = 204,000 in Thailand. The remaining European countries, NZ, Canada and Latin America probably add another 200,000, so best estimate at this time is 400,000. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eldragon Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 Not sure how accurate these numbers are, but last time I checked data it seemed to be around 300K western foreigners living here. UK, Germany, USA, France, and Australia are top five and make up almost 200K. Japan and Korea total around 70K. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerojero Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 Too many? Not enough? How long is a piece of string? Who cares? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob8891 Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 +1 here..... Guessing 50% of our large moo baan.... Seems like a farang tsunami lately..... Probably about the same for our one too....(unless we're in the same mooban, but lost in the crowd). If so, just +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExpatOilWorker Posted February 22, 2016 Author Share Posted February 22, 2016 Too many? Not enough? How long is a piece of string? Who cares? Thanks for your groundbreaking insight contribution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuckamuck Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 All of them. Because as soon as they leave Thailand they are no longer farangs. However they may instantly become a Bule, Cracker, Gringo, Gubba, Gweilo Honky, Haole, Mangia cake, Medigan, Ofay, Arkie, Okie, or a Peckerwood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Mega Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 Me. and my 2 neighbours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven100 Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 about 400 I think ............. and me !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcfish Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 Why do you want to know, are you a journalist? Sent from my SC-01D using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExpatOilWorker Posted February 22, 2016 Author Share Posted February 22, 2016 Why do you want to know, are you a journalist? Sent from my SC-01D using Tapatalk Just a curious cat taking a morning walk and wondering about the big questions in life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmaxdan Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 Well......looking at the queues at Chiang Mai immigration, about fifty percent of entire western population that has ever existed reside in or around CM. Oh and me.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcfish Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 Why do you want to know, are you a journalist? Sent from my SC-01D using Tapatalk Just a curious cat taking a morning walk and wondering about the big questions in life. Your coded answer is correct. You can pm now but this info is highly sensitive, and.. Highly expensive for obvious reasons Sent from my SC-01D using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerojero Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Too many? Not enough? How long is a piece of string? Who cares? Thanks for your groundbreaking insight contribution.[/quote..... You are very welcome... thanks for your effort in reply, expert comment and precise criticism. While slightly sarcastic, my comment was that IMO many others likely care less about such a statistic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canathai8 Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 How many "farangs" live in Thailand? I've no idea, but I know several that just "exist" at this stage of the game, as oppose to "live." Signed, Burnout Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExpatOilWorker Posted February 25, 2016 Author Share Posted February 25, 2016 Too many? Not enough? How long is a piece of string? Who cares? Thanks for your groundbreaking insight contribution.[/quote..... You are very welcome... thanks for your effort in reply, expert comment and precise criticism. While slightly sarcastic, my comment was that IMO many others likely care less about such a statistic. In this very moment somebody out there are discussing the finer details of Beethoven's 5th Symphony, but I don't crash their conversation and tell them it is retarded music by a dead guy, I simply stay away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZBill Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 Why do westerners living in Thailand refer to themselves as farangs, especially on a forum like this that is mostly full of westerners? I never would think of calling myself anything but an American and I'd never refer to any of you as farangs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExpatOilWorker Posted March 7, 2016 Author Share Posted March 7, 2016 Why do westerners living in Thailand refer to themselves as farangs, especially on a forum like this that is mostly full of westerners? I never would think of calling myself anything but an American and I'd never refer to any of you as farangs. You are from Peru??? They are also Americans, but I guess the gringos north of the border feel there is only one Muerica. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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