Seems like TH is going out of their way to make expat's life more difficult... When VN starts to offer retirement visa I think tons will just move and not deal with the BS.
Hua Hin is great if you're just waiting for your final days, not much to do. Chiang Mai way more interesting with some amazing roads for riding/driving...
Don't bother unless you wanna monkey around with the income tax BS in TH. Spend under 180 days per calendar year in TH, just bounce between VN and TH. VN offers 3 month visas...
unless you're living with a rich gf who covers all your bills i am not sure how you're going to explain how you paid for rent, food, transportation etc...
yap, one more BS thing to deal with for the pleasure of being able to spend our money here 😁 F it, I and few other people I know will just stay here under 180 days and not bother with it. It's their loss.