@Steve ******

when I get there, you share your meatloaf and I’ll make some homemade chicken n noodles over mashed potatoes 😉

@Martin ********

Many apartments don’t have what I’d consider a kitchen for B12,000 or less. And ya, I get it. My post wasn’t a complaint. I asked -is it worth it to try to afford a place with a full kitchen, or is it really actually less expensive to eat out most meals? … and when doing that, will I ever not have that nagging feeling that I’m being lazy?

@Damo **********

high maintenance??? Did you READ my post? I’m talking about being brought up on a farm in northern IA in the early 80’s! My a** was up at 4:00am breaking ice & feeding cattle in -20* weather before getting ready for school every morning. Spend my summer “breaks” detasseling corn in over 100* weather for 10+ hrs a day. Farm families word HARD. Ya….. I think I’ll find it too difficult to walk across the street and grab some Pad Thai 🙄 The whole point of my post was that it’ll be an adjustment to allow anyone else to cook/do laundry for me. Asking others who were raised like me if they ever get over the guilty feeling? If they ever stop trying to save that little bit of money? Pay attention to what the OP is saying before commenting next time 👌

@Travis *********

Then you get it!

@Roberto ********

after a lot of discussion on here, the conclusion is it’s my price point. I need to keep it under B12,000 when we arrive until I’m working!

@Mark ********

Thanks for the Info! I do understand the commerce (jobs for the cooks, launderers, etc.), it’s similar in El Salvador where I’ve spent a lot of time! It’s great. It’s not something that people where I’m from don’t want to support, it’s bc in the rural Midwest we are every spread out. It’s 10-20 miles to the next home some places, let alone into town. So it just too expensive and time consuming to travel and support restaurants, etc.

@Duncanc *********

this is what I’m gathering. But since I’d have no other ‘home’ there it’d be pretty weird to eat out most the time. Maybe I’ll love it?! Not like cooking and cleaning it up are the most fun things to do! Lol

@Andi *******

I hope you’re right! I’m not committing to anything long-term until I’m in country so maybe I’ll find something!

@Lynnette ******

where did anyone say ‘no Thais have kitchens’? Certainly I didn’t! I’d LOVE an outdoor kitchen, but I can’t get that at my price point without moving so far out that I then would have to travel too far for school or work.

And plenty have commented that it’s more expensive to cook at home, especially for one person. I’m not combing through them for you. You can read. I’m still not sure why you feel the need to defend Thai people for eating Thai street food- that the country is famous for! Goodness gracious, It’s not an insult.

@Lynnette ******

You’re not understanding me. Of course people have these things! No one’s saying Thailand is some third world country where there is no access to these things! But read the multitude of comments on this post explaining that Many Urban Thais choose not to cook much bc buying meals is so easy & inexpensive! And therefore many extra urban apartments do not put full kitchens in! The landlords don’t have to bc it’s not demanded by enough tenets! I don’t feel the need to send you the hundreds of properties for rent I’ve poured over. At my price point B10,000-12,000 tons of places have only a sink and mini fridge. Some already have toaster ovens or hot plates, and in some I’d need to buy them. You can quite defending Thais or Thai culture bc I’M NOT ATTACKING THEM. I’m pointing out differences. Is your argument that urban Thailand and the rural midwestern US are the same?! They aren’t, and I’m glad. I’m excited to move. Geesh!