Time after time, young Youtubers touting how cheap it is to live in Thailand.
$500 a month!
$1000 a month!
All NOT True.
Theses people mislead their followers who dream of living in Thailand.
The first and most important issue is a long term VISA.
The only long term VISA available to people under 50 years old is the Elite VISA which is 1,000,000 thb for 5 years. So make sure to have US $30,000 in your pocket for that.
If you want to live in a box sized condo in air polluted Bangkok, with all expenses you can probably survive on 30,000 thb a month. Anything less would be crazy.
Health insurance long term versus travelers insurance are 2 completely different costs.
Want a car? More expensive than in the west. Gas for the car, twice as high as in the west.
Need tuition for your kids? International tuition is US $10,000+ a year.
Living in any country, not just Thailand is expensive.
Thailand is no magic location with cheap costs.
Youtubers are not living, they are barely surviving day to day with extremely limited finances and no legal VISA.
If you are young and living on the cheap and illegally in Thailand, you will not save any money and you will NOT have a retirement.
Is living in a small box in air polluted Bangkok worth no future?