Just to get other people's perspective, I read a recent post that stated the following: "The great part is you don't really need much to live a quality life in Thailand. About $1,000 USD per month, you'll be able to live a basic but quality and comfortable life".
I don't know about everyone else, but I can easily spend over $1,000 per month on just eating out, going to the movies and buying groceries. And, that doesn't include the rent & utilities, TruVision, AIS, other household expenses, beer money, visa renewals, taxi money, massages, haircuts, medical expenses, shopping money, in-country trips and out-of-country trips. I don't mean to offend anyone and I apologize ahead of time if I do, but for me, trying to live on $1,000 per month would be just surviving and not what I would call living a quality and comfortable life as suggested in the recent post. I know many people here probably live on this amount of money and it would be interesting to hear about what life is like living on that kind of income.
Please kindly share your experience and opinions so other expats looking to move here will have an idea of what they can and cannot expect life to be like on different monthly incomes. I would like for others looking to move here and myself included to understand how much it takes to live varying lifestyles in Thailand.
Thanks, kindly...