A person really needs to understand what they think they are running away from in their own country.
Many people these days, appear fed up with their own countries and want to run away and move to Thailand.
Before you ever do something drastic like that, you need to first understand what you are running away from and what you are running straight forward into.
While your own country may have completely worn you down to the point of leaving, you need to understand the specific reasons that have caused that?
Once you have a list, you can better focus of which of those same exact issues you may or may not run into if you sell up and move to Thailand.
Thailand is no Utopia and if you think it is, you are in for a rude awakening.
Once you have your list from your own country, start doing your research from the many qualified expats that have lived in Thailand 10+ years and start putting together a list of what annoys expat’s in Thailand.
Then you will have 2 lists that you can compare and ensure, you are just not trading one troublesome spot for another.
Parts of Thailand are becoming over-run with Russians and are not so nice these days.
Traffic, air pollution, visa’s, rising costs, health insurance, crime are all topics that should be research before selling up and moving.
Your dream location Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Pattaya, Phuket, Islands, may be the very areas that have the most problems.
It is imperative to understand what you are moving into 100% before burning bridges in your own country and leaving yourself miserable and stranded in Thailand.
Know and prove your expectations of Thailand very carefully before deciding your future.
When you live in Thailand, you are not on a holiday in a lush beach resort everyday.
Understand Thai Life is not a holiday and educate yourself before making the big move.