Which is better for a family: Koh Samui or Chiang Mai in Thailand?

@Klee *************

I've actually been considering Sam Roi Yot, except I have family in Phuket and health issues. I love that area of the coast.

@John **********

Mind blowing. Especially thailand, where when the going gets tough, it can make a grown man cry. And when you hear "Ooh I don't like spicy food" !! And complaining of 'the heat' or 'the traffic'. I'm just dealing with my on/off psycho exgirlfriend, kindly cat-sitting at my villa, sending me photos of her bloodied face, where she slipped while climbing to look into the water storage tanks investigating the lack of water to the taps, landing on her face, her teeth cutting right through her lip, in the area underneath the villa that I know the snakes love, including a 3 meter python, which must've taken a few of the 8 kittens I've lost in two years, others savaged by street dogs, or at best, dying from a horrible virus. Meanwhile I've just been grilled for an hour by immigration officers on arrival at BKK about my comings and goings, where I have had to fly out/in as my previous visa expired today, and I'm yet to collect my Elite visa sticker, so had to fly to Malaysia and back so had to prove my financials, source of income, Elite membership, and justify some overstay stamps to allow me entry. My exgirlfriehd has a friend of hers coming, at midnight, to get the water running again, after spending the evening crying and tending her wounds. I'll grab a hotel in bkk and head back down to samui tomorrow. And all that just today. Today is a quiet day. A good day. I've only been gone just over 48 hours. But yeah, you bring your 18 month old baby, and your dog, the two very last things I'd want around me here, and see how you like it. Oh and my fridge has stopped working again. 🥳

@George ******

the annual burning season makes it the worst polluted city in the world for some months every year.

@Ken *****

like saying veterinary surgeon gets knocked over by a cow so everyone stop eating Beef !! 🤦🏻‍♂️

@Bonnie ********

yes sure .

But water quality in Samui in not better ...thailand dont want talk about this .

But last analyz was a disaster as most if resort have dirty water go in beach water .

Anyway nowhere is realy clean

@John **********

if you care to read the post they are moving to Thailand and have 2 places in mind chiang mai or koh samui and out of those 2 it's samui for me and it's not about endless capital it's about managing what funds you have at your disposal 6 months of the year I choose to live in phuket is where I reside doesn't matter where you decide to live if you try and live above your means you are doomed for failure I live comfortable without the expense and it's obvious they have sufficient funds to live in samui otherwise it wouldn't be one choice of theirs

@Stuart **********

Koh Chang is nice but very small island. Just one road and no big stores.no Makro( just s very small one) no shoppingmall, no homepro, no big supermarket. Is a real holiday island

@Dimitri *******

in size or price or both.

Samui is a nice place to visit, but when living there it's very small, you drive around it in a couple of hours. A good chuck on the island is for tourists and not really suitable (imo) for living.

Spouses also get it

@Ava *********

...just google it 😉...my girlfriend is originally from there and it looks very appealing.

@Ava *********

February to rainy season, usually mid-May. We’ve had some higher AQI already this year. I ride my scooter around the province and have found burning already.

I was here through most of March this year; I won’t do that again. I’m leaving after the flower show in February.

@Todd ********

No many with 18 month baby over 50 🤭