PS:

Bring at LEAST $6,000 CASH with you

He ain't got 6K! He's got whatever he can keep in that beard.

Good luck on finding jungle. Hell, that is even tough in Borneo, thanks to the Chinese. I am 73 and only remain because I care for a family her but am planning to get out as soon as practical. It is expensive here. Only tuk tuks are cheap but food is often higher than the US, as is electricity which is spotty.Vietnam has it all over Cambodia and I will return there or the Philippines. Malaysia is a far better choice with a higher education level. And yes, unbridled stupidity is everywhere, with very few knowing their own history and most unaware of anything but Facebook, which fills their heads with bad info. Example: they believe there is now a cure and “injection “ for Coronavirus. You can find good dental here and the Royal Hospital is pretty decent, staffed mainly by foreigners.
And the govt is a downright disaster.

Barang chgout wrote: ↑Tue Jun 18, 2019 7:18 pm

cptrelentless wrote:Pretty much every town outside of Phnom Penh, Siem Reap and Sihanoukville is small. It's worth being within 50 clicks of one of them, just so you can drive there when the spiders start talking to you. The rural pace of life here is extremely slow.

Dunno about slow... lotsa shit happens. I reckon it's more about how well one can live in a small country town. Certainly not for everyone.

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Your first consideration should be health ( do you need regukar meds or checkups or have a chronic condition). if so then you need to be close to PP or Siem reap or Snooky. battambag or koh kong would be ok if you dont mind hopping across to thailand fro medicalpurposes.
Second is food. Ifyou cannot live without western food gain you have to stck to the big 3 pretty much and perhaps koh kong. If you can eat local thn fine
Third is home comforts like clean water, reliable electricity, cable tv, internet and proper roads.
Decide how much these are relevant to you and then look for places that can provide them

Bitte_Kein_Lexus wrote: ↑Tue Jun 18, 2019 4:35 pm As mentioned, take a month or two to explore the country a bit. Probably best to stay in a well-known area first until you get to know a bit about the people, culture, language etc. That most likely means Phnom Penh, Battambang, Kampot or Kompong Cham. A few diehards still enjoy Sihanoukville. The other towns are worth a visit, but it's rather unlikely you'd like to live there full-time unless you like a really slow pace and just want to read books all day.

I lived in a small village close to Kompong Chnnang with my girlfriend for 6 months and loved it there. The only reason I left was that she started hitting me. Living in the country was perfect for me. The only downsides are not having access to milk, flour, and other things that need to prepare meals. with the money I save on rent in a smaller city I can easily make a trip to Phnom Penh once a month to buy milk, cheese, butter and other things I cannot find in the provinces. I am a homebody anyway and prefer talking to the Tokay lizards than to other humans.

michael.stewart1 wrote: ↑Tue Apr 07, 2020 5:04 am

Bitte_Kein_Lexus wrote: ↑Tue Jun 18, 2019 4:35 pm As mentioned, take a month or two to explore the country a bit. Probably best to stay in a well-known area first until you get to know a bit about the people, culture, language etc. That most likely means Phnom Penh, Battambang, Kampot or Kompong Cham. A few diehards still enjoy Sihanoukville. The other towns are worth a visit, but it's rather unlikely you'd like to live there full-time unless you like a really slow pace and just want to read books all day.

I lived in a small village close to Kompong Chnnang with my girlfriend for 6 months and loved it there. The only reason I left was that she started hitting me. Living in the country was perfect for me. The only downsides are not having access to milk, flour, and other things that need to prepare meals. with the money I save on rent in a smaller city I can easily make a trip to Phnom Penh once a month to buy milk, cheese, butter and other things I cannot find in the provinces. I am a homebody anyway and prefer talking to the Tokay lizards than to other humans.

Yea,, friendly little fellows, always show up for a feed as soon as the sun goes down.