It was a hard choice for me, came down to whether I wanted to live with my wife in Thailand or just visit her, the US has turned her down for a visa 4 times so far. That’s what happens when you try to do things legally.
However, I am now thankful it happened otherwise I would still be in the USA working 50-60 hours a week in a high stress job making money I do not need. On the downside it is the renters enjoying my waterfront home.
Getting a Thailand visa was not that difficult, and Thailand has grown on me.
A friend of mine’s wife is from Thailand and they travel back to there every year to visit her family. Their little girl is a sweetheart!
A dear friend of mine is from Thailand and has been here over twenty years.
But in two years time she will be old enough for social security and will have her pension. She has had enough of Massachusetts people, the weather, and the taxes. She is going back to Thailand where she owns a home and has lots of family.
She told me what she is paying in Massachusetts property taxes, forced flood insurance ( on top of her house insurance), the regular house insurance and it’s close to $19,000.00 a year.
She is so happy she will return to Thailand and I wish her well. An unfriendly place like Massachusetts with about 4 months of nice weather and oppressive taxes... yeah, I’d leave too.