I agree. I have Thai wife and baby. My cousin has a wife and baby and he has to renew his visa every year and it is a pain. I have a DTV and super easy.
I actually agree with you about poisoning. When I eat cheap spicy food, I am all good. The only time I got a bit sick was after eating foreign food but you get to know the places where you can eat foreign food that is handled properly.
not moaning buddy. Foreign food restaurant cost the same as Canada for quality equivalence (mind you they cook better in Thailand, Canada can't cook shit haha). I consider this high proportionally to the average cost of living. Many fancy hotels are the same price as Canada too, in the hot spots....I don't have any issue with money and not many people burn as much as I do in Thailand. Was just making a statement that Thailand can be surprisingly expensive.