Popular Post Lupatria 13,598 Posted October 22, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted October 22, 2014 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. 3 Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post Costas2008 15,357 Posted October 22, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted October 22, 2014 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. 9 Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post coxo 197 Posted October 22, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted October 22, 2014 Lets hope the government and immigration take notice and ease the visa requirements!!! 11 Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post Norlund 103 Posted October 22, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted October 22, 2014 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 12 Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post Suffinator 1,470 Posted October 22, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted October 22, 2014 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. 12 Link to post Share on other sites
Suffinator 1,470 Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 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. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post Suradit69 14,782 Posted October 22, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted October 22, 2014 (edited) 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 3 Link to post Share on other sites
moonseeker 1,354 Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 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> Link to post Share on other sites
Colabamumbai 3,653 Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 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. Link to post Share on other sites
wileycoyote 157 Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 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. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
gchurch259 1,148 Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 (edited) 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 2 Link to post Share on other sites
evadgib 17,468 Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 (edited) 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 Link to post Share on other sites
jaywalker 6,258 Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 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. Link to post Share on other sites
oneday 3,897 Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 It takes a study to figure this out. OMG! 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post MaxYakov 2,881 Posted October 22, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted October 22, 2014 (edited) 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 11 Link to post Share on other sites
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