Why Thailand

Is there any other reason to move to Thailand except to be with Thai Women. A lot of guys complain about the complexity of the relationships, but they all still only seem to be there for the one reason.
What other reasons are there?

For me plenty of reasons. I like the smiles, the warmth, the prices, the massages. Not necessarily in that order. Ok for every pro there are cons, but you only asked about the pros

[chuck71055]

The weather of course, But I still think that the overall personality of the people in general and their outlook on life, is what I mostly enjoy about Thailand, and yes of course the Thai spouses,

Originally Posted by chuck71055

The weather of course, But I still think that the overall personality of the people in general and their outlook on life, is what I mostly enjoy about Thailand, and yes of course the Thai spouses,

I think this is true about the place, the girls (my girl / wife) are wonderful and maybe they eclipse the other nice things about Thailand. I love the way people care for each other and enjoy helping out. I travel to various countries and none compare to the warmth of Thailand. Even the gentle occasional chaos seems harmless and amusing compared to the harshness of the West.

[Acid_Crow]

I'm only in it for the women! Nah, not really..

[CRSD]

Why Thailand? Why not?....Seriously though, for most of the reasons above. Meeting and marrying my Thai wife was just an additional perk. Another reason is it's sooo cheap to live here. On my retirement pension I have a much higher standard of living here than back in the US.

Originally Posted by CRSD

Why Thailand? Why not?....Seriously though, for most of the reasons above. Meeting and marrying my Thai wife was just an additional perk. Another reason is it's sooo cheap to live here. On my retirement pension I have a much higher standard of living here than back in the US.

Thanks guys for your observations. It seems that the girls or alt least hooking up with one of them, are at the top of the list, but followed very closely by wonderful people and a gentle country.

[Acid_Crow]

Honestly, if there were no women in Thailand at all, or maybe just very old ones, I would still want to live there. I am about to marry a thai woman, but that's just a result of me living there, hoping to meet someone like her was never my reason to move there.

[Winkie]

I came here 17 years ago, met and married my Indonesian Wife, and we are still here. So many reasons to live here. So many reasons not to live somewhere else. Very dfficult to answer, and the above only touches on a few of mine and everyone's reasons.

Originally Posted by homeless_vagabond

My primary reason for definitely choosing Thailand has to do with my education: Next seminar is here, here is where I come.

My secondary reason is 'fun'. The massages are definitely tempting, but not in the erotic sense. I tend to train too hard, with obvious consequences. If the women are as hot as you all imply, then they are welcome to have a shot at melting this heart of stone. Seems I heard that song by Quarterflash at exactly the wrong time and here I are.

Thirdly, since I'm flying all the way there, I'm going to have to conserve my pennies. I hear Thailand is cheaper than Manhattan. I can't afford Manhattan, NYC, so I'm really going 'all in' on this one.

I'm just worried that good coffee is expensive.

And no, I'm not a total newbie; I've been a full-time expat for 5 years now and spent many years overseas before that.

Thanks for welcoming me to the board.

Coffee is cheap so not to worry - unless you go to Starbucks.
I just got back to Thailand after a 6 month contract in Europe, where it is cold, unfriendly, regulated to death, crazy expensive like $10 for a beer in Norway, women act like men and are agressive, and only the television for distraction. When I got back I realized that Thailand still has all the human elements that the rest of the world seems to have mostly lost.