gobbledonk Posted February 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2011 Rent is the secret, if you are on a fixed income, what you have to live on is what's left after you pay the rent. I guess its all relative, but rent still seems very cheap in LOS. We all know what it costs to rent even a *bedsitter* in a Farang city and it doesnt begin to compare to the asking price for a reasonable apartment once you get away from the Farang ghetto. I have no idea what rents are like in Chiang Mai - have only stayed in a hotel on my lone trip to the city - but I doubt that they are more expensive than BKK. (btw, you wont rent a whole lot in inner Brisbane for less than (the equivalent of) 50k baht a month, courtesy of demand from foreign students far outstripping supply. Developers in Bangkok would just build more high-rise to meet demand, but this is Farangland and things dont work like that ....) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nervous God Posted February 24, 2011 Report Share Posted February 24, 2011 Tartie and DC - twas fun and I do hope we do it again with more people next time even! Yes - it's sparten - but even in Aus and when I've had big $'s flashy life style is not for me! I think it's easy if you have basics covered to live very well. I KNOW I get a lot more action than most posters, and I'm smart how I structure my life so it costs very little. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bust Posted February 24, 2011 Report Share Posted February 24, 2011 I don't know but if I was going to relocate overseas I would want to be financially stable enough to live the same lifestyle I was at home. Can't see the point in relocating just for the sake of saying I live abroad. If I live abroad I would want to still travel, return home etc. Living on a type budget would probably eliminate that. Would rather stay comfortable and enjoy my holidays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gobbledonk Posted February 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2011 http://www.livinginthephilippines.com/ Thats for those who consider Thailand a 3rd world country I live in Cebu City, the Paris of the Philippines. and its second largest city. I rent a six-bedroom, four-bathroom house in a 24/7 guarded compound (don't know why it is guarded, it certainly is safe here,) near Midtown and several huge malls. For this house, which is way too big for me, I pay $380 (U.S.) a month. In more remote areas of the Philippines, housing is cheaper. Aaah, it all sounds great until the smell of human excrement hits you in the face. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozpharlap Posted February 25, 2011 Report Share Posted February 25, 2011 Mr. Donk, have you visited Tacloban as yet? I have an old university friend there, who i did my masters with, she keeps inviting me over, but it is very hard to find a decent hotel there from the searches I have conducted on the net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gobbledonk Posted February 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2011 I thought 'Tacloban' was something you applied to haemorroids Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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