desertrat
American looking for information about Thailand
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Cheapest cities in Thailand by Bhavna
Hello everyone, Budget is an important consideration when moving to Thailand. Ideally, expats would settle down in a city in Thailand where the cost of living is low but where they could also enjoy a decent quality of life. Would you be able to ...
I think the original posters question, might not have been phrased properly, since you can live quite frugally/reasonably even in Thailand's most expensive areas (Krung Thep, Phuket, Koh Samui, ect.). If you are on a restricted budget, the ... Read More
Cost of living in Thailand by MarRT
Hi everyone, I am from Poland and i don't have experience with living in Thailand. I would like to buy my own apartment in Thailand (about 2,5mln), mby something like ...
First of all I would ignore the replies that tell you that your living expenses will be at least 60-70K baht/mo, especially since you have already stated that you just want to live a simple lifestyle. Many of those who claim you can't get by on ... Read More
Would love to semi-retire in Chiang Mai by brendah9
Hi, I'm retiring early next year and am fascinated with everything I've read online about Chiang Mai. I will go there for 3 or 4 months next year and longer the year after. Eventually I would like to move there but will work in Canada a few months ...
peskypesky, Excuse my reply to your post after almost 2 years, however if we are comparing Bangkok to Chiang Mai then perhaps we should compare apples to apples and not apples to oranges as the saying goes. The type of accommodation your ... Read More
Would love to semi-retire in Chiang Mai by brendah9
Hi, I'm retiring early next year and am fascinated with everything I've read online about Chiang Mai. I will go there for 3 or 4 months next year and longer the year after. Eventually I would like to move there but will work in Canada a few months ...
strbl2, The cost of medical and dental care in Thailand is low no matter what age you are, however insurance rates escalate as your age increases just as it does anywhere. Like I said in my post someone with a retirement income of $1000 or even ... Read More
Would love to semi-retire in Chiang Mai by brendah9
Hi, I'm retiring early next year and am fascinated with everything I've read online about Chiang Mai. I will go there for 3 or 4 months next year and longer the year after. Eventually I would like to move there but will work in Canada a few months ...
strbl2, First of all I want to say thanks for the con side of the argument for retiring in Chiang Mai, I think about the only thing you missed were the soi dogs:D The population of the Chiang Mai expat and semi retiree community has been ... Read More
Would love to semi-retire in Chiang Mai by brendah9
Hi, I'm retiring early next year and am fascinated with everything I've read online about Chiang Mai. I will go there for 3 or 4 months next year and longer the year after. Eventually I would like to move there but will work in Canada a few months ...
Brenda, A married couple without any bad habitual behavior(i.e. smoking,boozing,whoring ect.) can live quite comfortably on $1200/mo U.S. so you should find an extremely nice standard of living as a single person with $1200/mo to live on. These ... Read More