davegorman wrote: ↑Wed Feb 06, 2019 3:00 pm “Retire”
Not visit for a few months of the year.

Are the people commenting on this thread actually retired?

davegorman wrote: ↑Wed Feb 06, 2019 3:35 pm Semi retired but you live (full time) in SE Asia right?

RickyBobby wrote: ↑Wed Feb 06, 2019 12:44 pm I find I spend too much because I am not being as cautious or selective with my money. Seems like every individual thing is cheaper, but then I am more of a consumer; a lot more than what I am back in the west.

Some of my western food outings for dinner for two come in as more than at 'home'.

I think I need to start worryung more about my 100r notes.

phuketrichard wrote: ↑Wed Feb 06, 2019 3:51 pm

davegorman wrote: ↑Wed Feb 06, 2019 3:35 pm Semi retired but you live (full time) in SE Asia right?

for 32 1/2 years out of the last 34

Jamie_Lambo wrote: ↑Wed Feb 06, 2019 11:04 am

Gardiguy wrote: ↑Wed Feb 06, 2019 1:47 am

Jamie_Lambo wrote: ↑Wed Feb 06, 2019 12:53 am

phuketrichard wrote: ↑Tue Feb 05, 2019 9:44 pm

whiteribbon wrote: ↑Tue Feb 05, 2019 9:33 pm OK the only thing that's expensive is electric bills and car ownership. All the rest is cheaper in my experience. Prove me wrong?
Edit: just read the article again... a bottle of sparkling wine for $25?! You can have a bottle of great Prosecco for $12 in every market in Cambodia, so their figures are probably greatly (bigly) inflated.

the only things i find cheaper in Cambodia over Thailand is Drinking alcohol,( beer, spirits, wine), smoking cigs, some western food items in the supermarkets and some Barang food in cheaper restaurants
everything else is more

even thats not true anymore, was drinking pints of Tiger in a walking street agogo (Atlantis) tonight for less than $3... a pint!
i rarely pay more than $2-3 for a bottle of San Miguel light ($3.50-4 in PP) anywhere here

For the most part, when you are comparing beer prices you would do it with domestic beer prices, not imports. Also, Beer Economics is a real thing when done properly and not done by some guy sitting in a gogo bar at 1 am. I can get Tiger draft in PP for....$1...a pint! Any time of day, wow!!

http://www.oxfordscholarship.com/view/1 ... 0199693801

doesnt matter which way you look at it, Cambodia isnt as cheap as it used to be, especially on a night out now
Domestic draft in Pattaya is 50 Baht/$1.60, had a few last night, not much different to the average $1.50 in PP

davegorman wrote: ↑Fri Jan 25, 2019 2:34 pm

Ok. I think I’ll just read and not post.