Chiangmai Ranked #197 out of 200 for expat intelligence

[puukao]

Come on, you really need to see the source?  Look around!!!  See the following:

 

1.  60+ year-old man with 30-year old and neither of them talking

2.  old man drinking at noon

3.  old man talking to himself 

4.  old man walking around without shirt on

5.  old man on bicycle and going 1 kms in middle of road, at midnight, without lights

6.  old man complains all day and then calls it a day

7.  backpacker on drugs

8.  old women trying to act like 20-year old hippie but look like 90-year old psycho

9.  smoking and trying to ruin their health more, then complaining about air pollution

10.  old man mad for paying 100 baht, complains for 100 hours

11.  old man eating 1 bowl of rice a day and forgetting where he put his shoes

12.  need i go on??

 

now go to your favorite bar with bar girl and debate!!!  

 

[cooked]

There is a deep silent majority of ex-pats that shun Bangkok, Pattaya, Phuket and Chang Mai as much  as possible. I talk to English speaking people about once a month. As far as I am concerned, you can apply remarks like the above to any big town in the world, with variants of course.

Big towns are not the normal habitat for human beings and it shows.

So go hang your complaints and get used to living in a town.

[Old Croc]

Where's number 198 to 200?

[canuckamuck]

OP has a problem with older people it seems. I hope he has a plan to avoid old age.

[Kwasaki]

1.  60+ year-old man with 30-year old wife/ g/f and neither of them talking.

What's wrong that. 

2.  old man drinking at noon.

That's a bit late ain't it. 

3.  old man talking to himself.

The most intelligent conversation one can have. 

4.  old man walking around without shirt on.

OK in and around house.

5.  old man on bicycle and going 1 kms in middle of road, at midnight, without lights.

Never seen that.

6.  old man complains all day and then calls it a day.

Maybe has something to complain about.

7.  backpacker on drugs.

Couldn't care less as long as they stay clear.

8.  old women trying to act like 20-year old hippie but look like 90-year old psycho.

Never seen that.

9.  smoking and trying to ruin their health more, then complaining about air pollution.

Never smoked and mostly OK where l live.

10.  old man mad for paying 100 baht, complains for 100 hours

Don't get that.

11.  old man eating 1 bowl of rice a day and forgetting where he put his shoes.

Old age l guess.

12.  need i go on??  

Nah boring,  l off to my pub for a quiet Sunday drink. 

 

 

[bannork]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I rather like  the bit about  the old man going 1 kph down the middle of the road at midnight on his bike without lights. He's living it up for Christ's sake! Most people are safely tucked up in bed at that time but he's trying to get home from a whist party, a bit on the side, perhaps a wee  toke on something herbal with no 7 the backpackers and no 8 the ageing hippie.Whatever, and I bet he's not complaining!

There's nothing wrong with hippies in my view and I wish the honourable member cooked- see post  id 2 would not describe himself as an ex. imo it's not a state of mind you can ever really discard though you can drop some of the er more unsociable habits like not washing socks for 3 days etc. 

 

 

[chiang mai]

It seems the OP wants to flame older people! Can't come up with anything more creative or intelligent than that, hmm, I'm thinking bored jealous and broke millennial with no education and no pension prospects. Oh well!