@Felix ******

"I was an expat that was living on 600$ for most months of the year in Thong Lor, Bangkok even with most expenses included. Minus furniture because it comes with the place.

It depends on lifestyle. I know people who only earn 600-800$ a month, and they have a similar standard of living minus some luxuries and conveniences.," you claim.

Well, you are lying. First, you say "for most months," which easily could mean that you spent a million baht the others months, and second, you make it sound like it is totally feasible to live on 600 dollars a month in Bangkok. To survive on 600 dollars a month in Bkk for many months will be hell, and you know that. Just not possible in the long run! Dont try to mislead people here, please! OP is asking for sound advice, and you know very well that 600 USD/m. isnt a sound advice at all. Not even a thousand dollars. Try with 1,500 dollars, and we start talking. 600 dollars in bkk is possible only if you live like a monk and dont have to work. There will be zero dating girls, zero sightseeing, zero western food, zero cake and chocolate eating, zero air con, zero this zero that. Just a small room with a fan and a little traditional Thai food. Again, two of my ex-gfs have a very hard time surviving in bkk on 600 dollars, and they both grew up poor in Isaan and are used not to use money at all.

So, to the OP, please know, that Felix' claim of "living a normal life" on 600 dollars a month is downright BS! Dont fall for it!

600 USD/m. = sheer survival. If you even survive it...

1000 USD/m. = survival + the monthly small cake. No more. Not enough in the long run.

1,500/m. = well, here you start to feel alive and maybe even a bit happy sometimes, although you by no means feel well-off. You can maybe date one girl per month, btu only as a Cheap Charlie.

2,000/m. = fair enough, this is totally OK, although still just a normal life.

3000+/m. = good life, sure.

This is the truth, OP. Dont listen to all these dreamers' cock-and-bull stories.

@Nongnuch *******

But the OP asked "good salary" and "live comfortably". 600 dollars is equivalent to 22,000 baht, and this just doesnt do it. At all. 22,000 is totally survival in Bangkok, and a very modest life out in the sticks. A foreigner also has to pay for visa runs and all that, and he needs a burger sometimes, he needs ari con which costs a lot, and the girls will be hanging on his shoulders all the time, dating is expensive, etc.

To tell people that have no knowledge about the living expenses in Thailand that they can come here and live a totally OK life with just 22,000 baht a month, is very misleading. Period!

@Felix ******

The OP asked about "good salary" and "live comfortably". 600 USD a month will absolutely never do that. And to answer your question, then two former girlfriends of mine both working as a sacretary, are really struggling on 23,000 and 19,000 baht, monthly, respectively. 600 USD is 22,000 baht, and there is no way in hell that that will make you "live comfortably" or can be called a "good salary". A "good salary" in Bkk would be minimum 65,000 up. On average, Thai workers, living in Bkk, are making around 30,000 baht a month with just a little education and a few years in the job.

@Felix ******

Nonsense.

"good salary," and "live comfortably" are really very subjective formulations and very different from person to person, but for one person, to live like that, I would say you need minimum 70,000 baht per month, but you could also easily argue that you would need 150,000 or even 200,000 to "live comfortably". It really depends what you mean by these words, but if you come from a somewhat modest life in the West, I would say that 80,000 baht a month in Thailand for one person would fit the description of "living comfortably". Surely, 30,000 would not be it, and 40,000 would be my lower limit for living in Thailand at all, well, actually 45,000. With 60,000 you have a really ok life, but certainly not more than that. 100,000 is fine. 80,000 is fine as well. So, let's put the number at 70,000.

As a woman, Pattaya must be an ideal city for you :D

Are you serious?

@Kev ********

I have the opposite impression. Regarding race, I always had the impression that the Thais consider their own race (Asian one) inferior to the Caucasian one.

I have lived in Thailand for around 6-7 years in total, and I still have a very good impression of Thai people. They appear genuinely kind-heartet to me. Much more than people from other cultures do. Many people have told me that I will realise that Thai people are not so nice when I first get to know them, but I have now known them for so many years, and still have a very good impression of their nature. Of course no-one is perfect, but Thai culture/mentality/psychology is the best you get on this planet. I really think so. Would love to retire there.