Fun life in Thailand: the price tag

Dear Chiang Noi,
I can't even rent a room or Condo in Pattaya/Jomtien for 5000 Baht a month. You apparently not only live big, but also cheap. So cheap that you even have a car and can make holidays to other countries. Please teach me how to do that!

Cees-Holland, I don't know how long you have been staying in Thailand, I've been there for 9 months now.
Because of loneliness, I feel exactly the same. If I, very consciously, made the step to come here, I have reduced my circle of friends in Belgium in the last 2 years.
Also all social activities. I can safely live on my own, I don't need friends, I prefer not to have Thai friends, but as an acquaintance. They only know one thing, don't they? fill it in yourself.
I still have daily contact via Skype with Belgium (a few friends, family is no longer there)
Sometimes I do have the desire to grab a pint together with a Flemish or Dutch person in the area and have some “old talk”.
I have a fairly good pension and the 65.000 baht measure is no problem for me.
I couldn't do it with 600 euros, I live much better here than in Belgium, however you shouldn't be a fool, otherwise the bahtjes will be through quickly.

Delicious right! When the exchange rate comes and stays around 46 bht per euro, I will be very satisfied! When I first came to Thailand, I got 6,50 bht for a guilder, which would have been about 14,50 bht for a euro, if we had had it at the time.
With the current exchange rate we can't even complain! A washing machine or air conditioner were luxury items in those days, very expensive! These days those things don't cost shit anymore.

Jimmy,

I respect your question of course, and I understand that you want to gather information or get an idea, but I always have a wry feeling when someone asks, how much do you think he will need and whether the said amount that he has in his pocket is worth it? will be sufficient.
It always seems to me as if the person goes off on an adventure unprepared, and in asking the question, expects an answer, which is tailor-made for him, and that ends it on the financial side.
If you read the conclusion and the reactions to this and other articles, you should already have a good idea of ​​what everyone thinks about it, and you should be able to place yourself somewhere in between. But good this aside.

It all depends on where you plan to settle, what kind of life you want to lead, and how many people will live on that budget.
That question is therefore difficult for someone else to answer.

Still an attempt, but it is quite common.

If you are going to settle somewhere in a village (and that does not have to be the Isaan), to lead a quiet life, in an average house, then with 1000 Euros you will be fine.
If you want to live in the more popular places, a bit more luxurious but without doing crazy things, it will be a bit more, because life there is simply more expensive, but you will live comfortably with 1500-2000 Euro.
If you want to live in popular places, villa, swimming pool, car, and live life like the tourist, then 2000 or 3000 Euro will be gone quickly.

These are just three examples, and you can have an infinite number of combinations, eg a villa in a quiet village will have a different place financially than in a popular place.

So everything will depend on what life you pursue Jim.

Still, one more question.
I don't know if you're Belgian or Dutch, and that's why my question may be, because those regulations are quite different from each other.
Until my pre-retirement you say. When will that be, and in what situation will you find yourself between now and your pre-pension, and when will you retire?

In any case, have fun