. Example... In the next village the government were giving allotments to the locals in the village. Because my friends wife had a farang name she was refused an allotment.
Another was my business partner. He died and his wife had a job getting her new I'd card with her Thai name . There are more examples and it often depends on the local gov officials.
We have one. After bringing it here to Thailand 26 years ago wood is fine but workings have stopped. Got it fixed a few years ago but it stopped again.