Forget Chiang Mai: 7 Thai Towns Where Social Security Still Works

Money, health, visas and the first year - the whole guide: retirement-atlas.page-shelf.com Seven lesser-known Thai towns, each with rent, a couple's monthly budget, health cover, the flight home and one honest drawback, all checked against Thailand's retirement visa income bar. Includes a side-by-side table and Ray's own pick, for retirees from the US, Canada and the UK who want a quieter, cheaper base than Chiang Mai. Ray is a narrative character; his own stories are dramatized. Prices and rules change - check them before you move. 0:00 Intro 0:17 No. 7 — Nan 1:02 No. 6 — Nong Khai 3:20 No. 5 — Lampang 5:41 No. 4 — Trang 8:15 No. 3 — Prachuap Khiri Khan 10:35 No. 2 — Khon Kaen 13:06 No. 1 — Udon Thani 15:28 Who should not retire here 16:26 The towns side by side 17:15 Ray's pick and one question The Retirement Atlas looks at real places to retire abroad on Social Security or a small pension: rent, monthly costs, doctors, the trip home and the downsides nobody prints. More guides from the channel: retirement-atlas.page-shelf.com #RetireInThailand #ThailandRetirement #RetireAbroad #UdonThani Music: "Organic Meditations Three" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License, creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Photos (Wikimedia Commons): Lampang: nakhon100 — CC BY 2.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) — commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lampang_(6609761491).jpg Lampang: Thanate Tan from Bangkok, Thailand — CC BY 2.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) — commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wat_Phra_That_Lampang_Luang_(29850993492).jpg Trang: Oatz — Public domain — commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Trang_City_Hall.jpg Trang: Nik Cyclist from Bangkok, Thailand — CC BY 2.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) — commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Morning_at_Trang_(8163766583).jpg Udon Thani: KhunWasut — CC BY 3.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0) — commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aerial_view_of_Udon_Thani_City.jpg Udon Thani: LittleT889 — CC0 (creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en) — commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Udon_Thani_Hospital_2.jpg