Farang husbands providing massive boost to Isaan economy

[Lupatria 12,796]

Very interesting.

These figures are huge!

I wonder what Isaan would be like without all this funding from Farangs?

Isarn would have 50 % less Pick-up Trucks, 10 % less family houses with solid roofs and walls and people would probably get excited to see the first man made ice cube.

[Costas2008 15,355]

Nothing new to me.

Keep saying that for a long time and I got some nasty responses from some members.

Eat your words out now.........dearest wise members.

[coxo 138]

Lets hope the government and immigration take notice and ease the visa requirements!!!

[Norlund 101]

For a normal Isaan family 9600 Baht per month is a lot of money, but It's not the daughter married to a foreigner abroad that makes the big financial impact on the Isaan economy. It's the foreigner living in Isaan that is the real "walking ATM".

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/25/world/asia/25iht-thai.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

[Suffinator 1,470]

Yes the expat community as a whole contributes a vast sum of money each year and yet are still treated like total <deleted>. So glad I'm no longer one of the idiots still supporting Thainess.

[Suffinator 1,470]

Very interesting.

These figures are huge!

I wonder what Isaan would be like without all this funding from Farangs?

A barren wasteland with people digging in the dirt for food.

[Suradit69 13,732]

Very interesting.

These figures are huge!

I wonder what Isaan would be like without all this funding from Farangs?

Same, same, but different.'

During the world-wide colonial period, the foreign presence was also claimed to be so beneficial to those having their economies exploited. Later accounting of the impact on those populations and their economies wasn't quite as rosy as once proclaimed ... except for the haul made by those who were doing the exploiting. Most of the "beneficiaries" of that period have never recovered.

“History Would be Something Extraordinary, if Only it Were True” –Tolstoy

Edited October 22, 2014 by Suradit69

[moonseeker 1,064]

And I hear from my friends, also the ones who are retired up there, they are super happy about the new found lifestyle and family integration. Jeez....Might have to give it a try. 5555 MS>

[Colabamumbai 2,721]

And most of us living with women here in Isaan are contributing 10,000 Baht a month or more, minimum to the household to the lady.

[wileycoyote 151]

The study also found that on average, the wife and foreign husband will normally return to the wifes family home in the region at least once a year, sometimes staying for as long as one month, which results in a dramatic increase in financial spending in the local area.

especially into the local mum and pop stores...

This is invaluable not only in fiscal terms.It strengthens the bond both between the wife's family with the husband,but also keeps Thai culture available for young children visiting maternal grandparents.

[gchurch259 1,148]

I have a very nice Lady friend who lives in that region. We are not married, But she was my Pool Shooting Buddy till her Father and Brother passed and she returned to help Mother run the farm. I contribute approx 250,000 THB a year to help her and her Mother, as I promised her Father before he passed. Both died from Cancer due to the Fluke worms in the fresh water fish they eat raw.

With their Rice being flooded about everyother year in that region they need help from time to time.

Edited October 22, 2014 by gchurch259

[evadgib 8,272]

I'm curious as to the relevance of the photo. Either all hands are female or one of the models is Warwick Davis!

Edited October 22, 2014 by evadgib

[jaywalker 6,256]

The study also found that on average, the wife and foreign husband will normally return to the wifes family home in the region at least once a year, sometimes staying for as long as one month, which results in a dramatic increase in financial spending in the local area.

especially into the local mum and pop stores...

This is invaluable not only in fiscal terms.It strengthens the bond both between the wife's family with the husband,but also keeps Thai culture available for young children visiting maternal grandparents.

It also keeps the traffic cops happy pulling me over for imagined offenses.

When I first met my wife she was 27 and couldn't drive a 10 penny nail into a piece of cornbread.

She's a pretty good driver now. I just sit in the back & wish her luck.

[oneday 3,896]

It takes a study to figure this out. OMG!

[MaxYakov 2,006]

Hey! Wait a minute! What about the farang boyfriends, sex-tourists and gullible internet contributors?! Don't they get any credit for saving Isaan from a dark ages economy and standard of living?

Edited October 22, 2014 by MaxYakov