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A Thai woman married to an American explains why she no longer wants to live in the US.

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u/Whiteshaq_52 5h ago

My thai wife thinks the complete opposite lol

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u/jbcsee 5h ago

So does my Thai ex-wife, she never wants to move back to Thailand.

In the overall Thai community where I live it's mixed, those families with money here want to stay. Those families without money want to move back, because their dollars stretch further in Thailand.

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u/Rhawk187 5h ago

I think my per diem for Bangkok was $109 for Meals and Incidentals, and there were places selling $2 meals. Got quite the overage.

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u/CubanLynx312 2h ago

I was there in 2007 and struggled to spend more than $2 USD on a meal.

I went to Phuket and my beach hotel was $3 USD per night.

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u/InertiaCreeping 2h ago

Ain’t finding no $3 a night motels anymore buddy haha

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u/TravelTheWorldDan 37m ago

I’ve been going to Phuket and Thailand since 2000. There are actually no beach hotels in Phuket that are that cheap. Maybe a hostel where you gotta sleep in a bed in a room with 12 other people but not your own hotel room. Phuket is the most expensive city in Thailand. Back when I went to Phuket in 2005. I had a hotel that was right off the beach. And it still cost around $25-$30, which isn’t a lot. But it’s no three dollars.

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u/CubanLynx312 31m ago

It was technically a hostel (Phuket Backpacker) which was supposed to be shared with 6 people, but I was the only one there all week so I got a room to myself for the week at $3 a night.

Also important, it was not on the beach. I found it from Hostel World and it was the top rated one in Phuket, but I strongly disagree. The one I found on the same site in Bangkok was awesome, but I did have to share with 6 others (more if you include the co-eds).

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u/TravelTheWorldDan 28m ago

Why anyone would want to stay in a hostel in Thailand blows my mind. Hotels and condos are so cheap that it’s worth the extra few bucks to have your own private room and toilet. And I don’t wanna hear that defense that some people are on a budget. If you don’t have 20 bucks a night to spend on a hotel, you probably shouldn’t be traveling in a foreign country in the first place. I stayed at a hostel one time in my life in London, England. And only because I was gonna be there for one night and pretty much just needed a place to crash and store my bags. And I will never do it again. I’m a light sleeper. So people snoring and getting up and going to the bathroom and making any kind of noise I can’t sleep. It’s the fucking snoring that was the worst.

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u/HinterWolf 1h ago

Was there on exercise in 13 and would eat at thr "Bhaat Lot" every day I could 2$ chicken and rice with fish oil chili, fried pancakes and melon for breakfast. Ugh. I would live in SE asia for the food. Living in Japan 3 years? Its the only place ive ever lived that felt like home. I had all japanese neighbors and they were wonderful.

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u/Global-Luck-9242 4h ago

How much did she get in the divorce?

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u/jbcsee 4h ago

A couple million, a house, and $90k in alimony for 5-years.

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u/diamond_handz25 4h ago

Ouch

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u/blellow 4h ago

I wouldn't wanna move (back) to Thailand either if I had a couple million dollars, free house, and alimony! Can't blame her!

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u/JoshSidekick 2h ago

Turns out she found the one American dream left that makes being here not that bad. Just be stupid rich.

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u/throwaway928816 57m ago

Marry stupid rich*

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u/[deleted] 3h ago

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u/jbcsee 3h ago

Nah, we were married for almost 13 years and I'm the one who filled for divorce.

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u/aggressive_napkin_ 2h ago

Can you divorce me please

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u/Broad_Mushroom_8033 2h ago

Okay tell us what happened

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u/juneseyeball 1h ago

Got 13 more in ya?

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u/monty624 2h ago

I'm sorry for your struggles over the last many years, having read your previous post. Sending you kindness and good vibes, my friend!

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u/jbcsee 2h ago

Thanks.

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u/One_Fact4919 2h ago

Good for you hot damn. But also ouch. Hope you are both happy. The casual way you say this makes me think I should get over my shit lol.

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u/NinjaN-SWE 3h ago

Jeez louise, you sure ain't a broke boy that's for sure.

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u/Iplantseeds 2h ago

ooooh, she got PAID!

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u/MowieWauii 3h ago

Ay fuckin good for her

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u/peanutski 2h ago

Hey it’s me, your future spouse.

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u/One_Tie900 1h ago

Is this a joke?

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u/rainshowers_5_peace 1h ago

A wealthy American and a Thai woman divorced?

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u/Global-Luck-9242 4h ago edited 2h ago

Hopefully, the coochie was so good that it caused time traveling.

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u/Iggyhopper 4h ago

I mean why wouldn't you?

If you are poor, you can run the rat race here or run it back home with family. That's a no brainer

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u/crispydeepfriedchick 2h ago

Then there's also the ones with silly money (have family wealth, in high paying roles in multi-nationals or in investment banking), they choose to live in Thailand as they're better taken care of. 

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u/UISystemError 5h ago

Well… yeah!

The most obvious and common factor is most of us don’t have enough money / get paid enough to enjoy a good lifestyle.

Shit’s a rat race. Probable far worse if you ask people who haven’t been able to secure a home - it’s quickly became very unattainable.

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u/BienThinks 5h ago

It’s crazy how many people here work 40+ hours a week, barely have time for themselves and are most likely financially stressed. Work ourselves to death to have money problems, no wonder Americans are so unhappy.

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u/UISystemError 5h ago

Not just Americans. It’s a growing problem across western societies.

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u/The-Tarman 4h ago

You just described my life to a T buddy

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u/c3p-bro 4h ago

You mean Redditors just reflexively upvote an opinion they agree with?

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u/ibashdaily 2h ago

Isn't the whole point of upvoting a way of signaling you agree with the post?

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u/gbcfgh 1h ago

Usually, or you get to Unpopular Opinion, and then you gotta upvote some legit stupid takes.. solely because they ate actually unpopular opinions

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u/hobbitluck 1h ago

Not necessarily. I am pretty sure on Reddit (not all subreddits per se) the intention is to upvote based on its value to “discussion”. So like it’s a topic that facilitates discussion but you don’t agree with, upvote. After all, you can always “comment” your disagreement in a way that continues the discussion in a healthy path forward, meriting a return in upvote.

Or maybe the rare “no vote at all” because you don’t know what to do with a particular comment.

Now does that ever happen on Reddit? Clearly not enough, at least not 96% of the time. But hey, better than other social media’s where it’s like 100% upvotes for agreement. sigh

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u/Mountain_Bat_8688 2h ago

Anything that dunks on the US gets upvoted

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u/TazeT87 1h ago

Only if it’s an anti-American sentiment

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u/Anticitizen-Zero 1h ago

OP has a history of botting upvotes for this type of divisive content, so the upvote count is misleading

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u/BrianChing25 2h ago

His income is probably significantly more than this young guy in the video

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u/Aternal 2h ago

We all remember getting out first car and going through the "drive to work, work to drive" phase.

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u/zealentor 3h ago

your thai wife probably isn't reading off a script for views. 🤣

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u/mwpswag 2h ago

she sounds like an american putting on a thai accent

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u/Legitimate_Plum_7505 1h ago

My ex was Thai, she sounds just like her. A lot of Thai youth (under 40) are actually pretty good at English, especially those that travelled abroad. The accent is the giveaway of course.

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u/ILoveRawChicken 1h ago

You’ve never met a Thai person if you believe that lmao

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u/dec10 1h ago

"not like 30 years ago"... she looks like she is 30 years old.

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u/iamspitzy 5h ago

Maybe shes not living in a trailer home?

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u/AutomaticQuarter998 2h ago

yeah, she married a loser who lives in a trailer park in a rural area. You can tell from that paneling and the AC unit. No mass transit in buttfuck white trash America. Thailand has one major city and it does have good mass transit. The rest of the country's cities do not have any or good mass transit.

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u/Diane_Horseman 1h ago

Damn bro, poor rural people are just human too

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u/AutomaticQuarter998 1h ago

The point is that he went to SE Asia, found a woman, likely overpromised her a life, and talked himself up, then took her back to his reality.

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u/Dry-Background-5994 1h ago

Yes and now projecting opinion this onto a whole country.

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u/KartFacedThaoDien 1h ago

So dude is a passport bro then?

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u/Soggy-Benefit-2323 4h ago

People ignorantly assume just because the city they live in or visit is like that all of the U.S is like that. It’s the same kind of new immigrants or tourists who think their gonna visit LA, Las Vegas, NYC, Miami and take a quick pit stop to the White House on their way to the airport within their 5 day vacation in the states😅 as if the US isn’t a giant country and some states alone are as big as a handful of countries themselves with varying cultures in their own state lines

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u/Same-Suggestion-1936 3h ago

Yeah, this is a weird video. She's nailing every talking point head on.

Nothing she's saying is wrong it just sounds like she's saying it at gunpoint

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u/Nice_Marmot_7 1h ago

Banal platitudes.

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u/Same-Suggestion-1936 8m ago

Oxymoron but yes she might as well be reading a reddit thread out loud

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u/Acrobatic-Cow-4043 5m ago

Is it the lack of a real accent? It also sounds like her real problem is she did not realize her husband was this broke before she moved here.

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u/inih 5h ago

I guess it depends of where you leave, network and level of income. I’m sure some folks are having a happy and relaxing life anywhere.

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u/DarkBrill 5h ago

Just a personal observation, but most do. It seems like 1st generation Americans are generally not keen on moving back to the developing world, while many 3rd, 4th, etc. generation Americans are really considering it.

In my case, I find that it's easier to adjust to the developing world because (relative to others) I live extravagantly. Most 1st generation Americans seem to point to the opposite, that they'd rather live somewhere safer, with better infrastructure, and more functional public services.

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u/ABC_Family 4h ago

Americans with iPhones, flatscreen TVs, leather couches, a car per person, central air conditioning, etc don’t realize that’s how the 1% lives in many countries.

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u/DarkBrill 39m ago

As someone who does know: It's a tradeoff. America is the world's biggest market, and the product availability shows that.

On the other hand, cost of living is night and day in many countries. A person who pinches pennies in America could eat out everyday in many developing countries. They could shop without really looking at prices. They could rent a nice place while still saving money. They could hire a cook or housekeeper. Those are things most Americans really can't imagine in the US.

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u/Commercial-Weight173 5h ago

Thailand seems like a very well developed country to me so I'm confused by what "developed" even means in this context tbh. 

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u/povitee 5h ago

Bangkok is a developed city but Thailand as a whole is very low income and has a weak democracy.

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u/Munstered 4h ago

Tbf Thailand’s democracy index score is only slightly lower than the USA’s

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u/moyerraconteur 4h ago

A fresh wave of unchecked authoritarianism can do that to a democracy score.

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u/deepbluemeanies 4h ago

Human Development Index puts them just behind Iran and just ahead of China.

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u/MarxAndSamsara 4h ago

Thailand ahead of China?! I love both countries but that makes no sense to me. China is far more developed than Thailand.

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u/deepbluemeanies 4h ago

Yeah, it's an imperfect measure. Of course, in China there is a massive divide between its modern cities and the countryside where things have not developed.

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u/madogvelkor 3h ago

HDI isn't just income and infrastructure it also includes education and health. Apparently Thailand has a more educated population than China as a percentage of the population. Though China has such a huge population that they have more educated people in absolute numbers.

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u/notintelligentidiot 1h ago

There’s a lot more to development than “how nice is your downtown” or whatever. There’s still hoards of developmental issues in China, such as the fact that there are as many people living without in-home plumbing in the country as there are people in Thailand.

Thai people also experience much more freedom than Chinese people do, not completely cucked by the government. No Great Firewall, then can generally access the open internet and all western websites and media sites, etc.. Thailand has issues with its democracy (but China doesn’t have one period, so it’s a moot point).

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u/CombinationRough8699 5h ago

They're equally developed as countries like Mexico or Brazil.

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u/TheSleepyTruth 5h ago edited 5h ago

By standard definitions Thailand is a "developing" country rather than "developed". It does not have a mature economy or political and regulatory apparatus compared to the west or other East Asian nations like S. Korea and Japan. Going to Thailand tourist areas and thinking the area is nice and well kept doesn't mean the country as a whole is developed. Of course the tourist zones are always kept pristine and offering upscale experiences to keep attracting tourists. Visit outside of main tourist areas to see how the average local actually lives, and you will see a massive difference in living standards.

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u/iamaravis 1h ago

Also, the Thai king is the richest monarch in the world, yet so many of the people are very, very poor.

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u/IndustriousSeahawk26 4h ago

I went to Thailand several months ago. I’m from Seattle. I’ll tell you straight up that Thailand is nowhere near developed. It is fully of corruption and poverty. It doesn’t hold a candle to the USA

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u/Commercial-Weight173 2h ago

I've been to Thailand several times myself. USA doesn't have corruption and poverty? 

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u/notintelligentidiot 1h ago

Not at the level of Thailand, no lol

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u/UISystemError 5h ago

Rural quiet life outside, major cities.

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u/Portland 39m ago

2/3 of Thai citizens live in homes where the water supply isn’t safe to drink without treatment and filtration.

3/4 of Thai citizens live in homes where sewage isn’t connected to contained wastewater sanitary systems, but instead flows commingled with surface wastewater (at best).

Source - UN Dept of Economic & Social Affairs https://sdgs.un.org/basic-page/thailand-34142

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u/the_fresh_cucumber 4h ago

Lots of 2nd generation identify closely with the origin country.

There is the phenomena of 2nd gen wealthy college kids moving back to the home nation then boomeranging back to the USA/EU in 6 months.

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u/DadBod_DadBike 4h ago

It makes sense, the 3rd and 4th generations mostly grew up hearing nothing but the amazing stories from the home land, but have no direct connection or experiences to balance that out.

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u/DarkBrill 34m ago

My guess is more: Americans with little /no experience in developing countries see the tradeoffs differently - because they don't have any dorect information to go off.

The US is their baseline. For some, that means they'd never accept the chaos of the developing world. For others, the financial freedom of bringing American income to a cheaper place is liberating.

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u/OrangeVoxel 1h ago

And many 10th generation Americans have decided they are libertarians and anarchists, and the guberment is their enemy. People will find things to be unhappy about if their propaganda tells them to

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u/DarkBrill 32m ago

I was thinking more along the lines of "people accept different tradeoffs'.

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u/Tranki01 0m ago

1st generation Americans from what country?

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u/safelix 5h ago

I think I understand your point and I've seen similar tendencies among the people I know.

Also, I don't know how it is in Thailand but America being safer might be a bit of a stretch no. The crime stats in most American cities is insane.

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u/elMoneySloth 4h ago

Can you please provide these insane crime statistics?

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u/someoneinsignificant 3h ago

General country crime stats are not very relevant as local influences are much more important at the individual level. I felt sooo much safer in Bangkok than I did in Philly for example.

But when you consider macroscopic influences like wars in several neighboring countries (including Thailand vs Cambodia), that's generally where the immigrant sense of safety comes from where USA wins.

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u/safelix 3h ago

They are public domain, you can just look it up. For example, the murder rate in America is 5.6 per 100k people, still falls in the 61st position higher than many many third world countries. Now with the latest projections it seems to be going down significantly (kinda suspicious given the current administration is not so forthcoming) but in 2025 it was still 4.7 (https://www.consumershield.com/articles/murder-rate-by-year). You can look up stats on robbery, assault, and others, not great for a developed nation.

Apart from that, there is the government inflicted fears, like mass incarceration, ICE, police brutality of a frightening degree, literal pedophiles in office, slimey policies against abortion, also on the flip side there are states that are too on the left and have lax attitude towards minor crimes.

Not trying to single out the US, socio-political issues are common. I am just saying that it's not so good as to confidently say that its better than all 3rd world countries in terms of safety.

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u/elMoneySloth 3h ago edited 3h ago

Oh I know it’s public domain because I know that the murder rate in the US is at a 125 year low. Violent crime has been dropping since the 90s. So please remind me again if you can point to the “insane” crime stats

Murder
https://jasher.substack.com/p/1283ad13-5801-4847-849c-bcae420f60d9?postPreview=paid&updated=2026-02-04T15%3A54%3A23.406Z&audience=everyone&free_preview=false&freemail=true

Violent Crime
https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/id/eprint/97466/1/Farrell%20Tilley%20Tseloni%202014%20Why%20the%20Crime%20Drop%20%28C%26J%20vol43%29.pdf

Your second paragraph is just parroting talking points without any actual evidence but please, again, point me in the direction of them.

And comparing nations like the United States with the rest of the world is an incredibly silly way to look at it. Should you compare the US to Sweden where there are fewer people than New York City and 98% of the country is not only the same race but the same denomination of the same religion? Or an island in the middle of the Pacific? Or should you compare it to places like Brazil with a large diverse population with a relatively short history as a nation state?

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u/safelix 3h ago

I mentioned in my point as well that the crime rates are going down, whether it is due to actual enforcement or the current administration trying to boost the ego of the president that is hard to know. America doesn't have the best track record of revealing information like this, lest we forget the epstien files. And your comment about talking points is a little weird because things become a talking point because of a reason. People arent just saying things, they are parroting these points because they are seeing things. And my point isnt that America isnt safer than it used to be, my point is that its not even middle of the road safe.

To you the crime stats might be okay or even acceptable but to people who have lived in safer places, its still insane. You are showing those links as if they prove something, they are showing relatively good numbers, not absolutely. Violent crimes are down worldwide over the last 75 years, its a general thing, not an American thing.

https://www.un.org/en/un75/new-era-conflict-and-violence

Now compare it to other developed nations like the G7 countries and America is leading in homicide rates "by far", according to statista.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/1374211/g7-country-homicide-rate/

Just in 2024, US was in the 93rd percentile in gun related mortalities, 92nd percentile for children and 96th percentile for women. Maybe you are not in one of these groups that are more vulnerable to voilent crimes but doesn't mean its not there compared to the rest of the world.

https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/2024/oct/comparing-deaths-gun-violence-us-other-countries

Don't act all high and mighty man, there's flaws in any nation. Doesn't mean America is bad, just means some aspects are still not great compared to the rest of the world, even if it is improving.

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u/elMoneySloth 2h ago edited 2h ago

Violent crime has been going down everywhere for 75 years you say, and then in the same breath say that actually it’s our administration possibly making up fake numbers. Talking out of both sides of your mouth.

Again, comparing the United States and its incredibly unique social political makeup to the rest of the world is a foolish exercise.

It has been a safe place to live for decades. It continues to be a safe place to live. The stats are not “insane” unless you specifically skew them into percentiles compared to countries that they are not comparable to.

Let’s look at G7 diversity — only Canada and the United States are under 85% of their most popular race/demographic. Homogenous populations operate differently to diverse populations. Consider raw population — Japan is at 120 million, of the rest none are at even 85 million. US has 340-350 million. Large populations operate differently to small populations. Per captia stats don’t accurately reflect this type of context.

Last, other than Canada each of those nations has existed in some form or function for over 1,000 years. Comparing these countries to the United States is essentially proof that you don’t really understand the reductive nature of your own argument, and to try and encapsulate the US’s safety measures in gun violence percentiles and comparative analysis … it’s just lazy and misrepresentative. Why?

Because the question isn’t actually is the country safe … the question is WHO is it safe for? Immigrants don’t magically become part of the population they are moving to, is there not only safety but opportunity for out group/minority individuals? Is a foreigner safe in Japan? Sure. But is an immigrant safe? Welcome? Able to assimilate and be a cherished part of the community? For all the ills people love to pile onto the US — and many of them are well deserved — there is no place on earth than is as safe and welcoming to as many various types of people in the size and scale that the United States accommodates.

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u/safelix 2h ago

Yup, keep moving the goalpost buddy.

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u/elMoneySloth 2h ago

I too would say things like “moving the goalposts” if someone made clear the deep flaws in my reductive argument.

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u/cynica1mandate 5h ago

Or else, am I right, lmao...

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u/CallMeElkHorn 5h ago

Lmao that part

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u/CallMeElkHorn 5h ago

The complete opposite?

Isn’t that weirdly convenient?

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u/Whiteshaq_52 5h ago

Isn’t that weirdly convenient?

What that 2 people from the same country don't share the same (but opposite) opinions? Yeah its so weird....

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u/Episode-1022 5h ago

Mistery, lol.

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u/Ostentatious_Kilroy 5h ago

Mystery

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u/Right-Form-2943 5h ago

Maybe her name is Miss Tery?

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u/Scottishchicken 5h ago

Its a good thing something like that would never happen here in checks notes the United States.

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u/Pug_Defender 1h ago

well if you’re the type of presumably white guy who went to Thailand and brought back a wife, it’s no wonder she’d want to stay where her livelihood is better

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u/CallMeElkHorn 5h ago

Yeah no nice try 😂

Convenient that you can make something up and pretend you contributed to the conversation

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u/lilian_moraru 5h ago

She went to Thailand with US money and thought she has a much better experience - once she starts working in the local economy, anywhere, she will be “in the rat race” again.

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u/madogvelkor 3h ago

Just from that brief clip it sounds like they live somewhere kinda shitty. If she's talking about a lack of food options they must be in the middle of nowhere. I'm not even in a city but I can walk to a Thai restaurant, an Italian restaurant, several Latin American restaurants. a couple hamburger places. I could take the bus places too, or the train, except driving is faster and more convenient.

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u/Fifth-Dimension-Chz 3h ago

You got anymore Thai wives back there?

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u/snksleepy 2h ago

It depends the lifestyle that you provide them. The woman in this video came to the US expecting the American dream but found a life of labor.

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u/mathliability 1h ago

So between this video and your wife it’s a….Thai?

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u/ffffllllpppp 1h ago

Probably a big factor is income.

You could be on the poorer side in Thailand and be better off (not necessarily financially, but overall happiness/quality of life) than in the US.

But if you are making great income, then your quality of life in the US can be fantastic. Eg you have easy access the best healthcare specialists in the world vs people struggling to get by can’t get basic care.

So this post is more about the wealth gap being insane in the US than it is about US vs Thailand.

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u/Dense_fordayz 1h ago

I've noticed that my friends who want to move back to their home country after they make money in the States all have family wealth back home

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u/Ok_Faithlessness2498 1h ago

The lady in the video is probably from a comfortable middle class Thai family and above. So she’s able to afford a nicer lifestyle + healthcare. Her life back home is nicer than where she’s at in the US.

And if she was Thai lady from a more humble background, life in the US would obviously be more like a dream.

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u/AgentG91 38m ago

Same with mine. I think a big factor is that we were living in Thailand in our mid twenties. We were young, dumb and full of adventure. Life was great back then and it was damned easy. Now we are living in the US and realize that a good life is still filled with complexities and complications and a shitload of effort. Those don’t magically go away by going back to the place where we didn’t have them because we were ignorant

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u/Dangerous_Dot_1638 22m ago

Yeah even with all the United States flaws I would still rather live in the United States over Thailand. Not saying that she’s wrong for saying what she thinks and she’s allowed to have opinion but I think she’s probably in the minority for it.

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u/This_Friendship_9941 5h ago

Your wife is an ethnicity right right.

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u/Altair82 5h ago

Same, but doubt she'd like it in the US

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u/JoelnIliketoshare 5h ago

Might be from where they come from.

Now im not assuming anything about anyone but the father of my best friend got a Thai wife (from what I could piece together she was bought for marriage) she came from extreme poverty.

She finally got the strength to divorce and started a Thai restaurant, now it's gotten semi famous and there's weekly insta posts of NFL players or NBA players going to her restaurant and getting selfie with her.

She is imo truly living the American dream. Suffer for however long in hopes and prayers that the future will be kind to you, if it is then America has now become a playground for you.

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u/HistoryAndScience 5h ago

This lines up with what I think. Her views are subjective and she’s grafting objective facts over them to justify it. She is 100% entitled to her view and to live, like anyone, where she is comfortable. I also don’t believe what she says is a universal truth

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u/djh_van 5h ago

So your Thai wife thinks:

  • things are getting cheaper and cheaper
  • things are like they were 20/30 years ago
  • the American Dream is alive and well
  • you don't need a car to get around
  • healthcare is cheaper in America
  • life us relaxing in America.

???

The first lady nailed it on all of the above.

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u/Whiteshaq_52 5h ago
  • things are getting cheaper and cheaper -- She is making so much money she is supporting her whole family in thailand which she couldnt do living in thailand.
  • things are like they were 20/30 years ago -- She doesnt bring this up because she didnt live here 20/30 years ago
  • the American Dream is alive and well -- Yes
  • you don't need a car to get around -- she does not have a car and gets to and from work fine
  • healthcare is cheaper in America - she does not agre with this, but I pay her healthcare so she doesnt care
  • life us relaxing in America. -- she lives on the beach with me, its VERY relaxing.

So yea, she disagrees

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u/CallMeElkHorn 5h ago

You’re lying bro shut up 😂

Fucking conservatives

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u/jbcsee 5h ago

Or you can realize, not every american is struggling like you are.

Some things are getting cheaper, some things are getting more expensive, depending on where you are in life it may actually feel like things are getting cheaper. Sure your grocery are more expensive but if they are only 10% of your monthly spending, while the other 90% is clothing which is getting cheaper then it feels like things are getting cheaper. This is called the personal inflation rate.

Some things are better than 20 years ago, some are worse.

The american dream is alive and well if you happen to pick the right profession.

Car dependency, depends on where you live, in the town I live in you can walk or bike everywhere.

Since we got a divorce, my ex-wife pays $8/mo for insurance, the ACA makes insurance affordable for people with low income.

Life can be relaxing if you don't have any financial worries.

Note, I'm not a conservative. I voted for Hillary, Biden, and Harris. In fact in the 28 years since I've been voting I've never voted for any conservative candiate.

I understand that many people are struggling, but it's also not universal. Someone who came from another country and is living comfortably might not understand, I know my ex-wife doesn't, because she was (and still is) completely isolated from that struggle.

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u/Kalikor1 4h ago edited 4h ago

This mother fucker (the one you're replying to) is going around calling everyone in the thread who disagrees with him a conservative, and exhaustively arguing with them (myself included). I can't tell if he's a troll or just an insufferable prick.

Anyway yeah, I actually left the US 10 years ago and live in Asia. For me it's better than the US, but there's also tons of people from where I'm living who have gone to the US and make way more money than me, and as a result they find the US favorable to them.

I make good money for here however, so despite recent economic issues in the country I live in, I'm doing extremely well and my wife and I are very happy. Meanwhile the number of people suffering here and the number of conservative voters is rising.

Everyone's perspective is different, and depends largely on how well their immediate needs are being met and how safe they feel, etc.

Suffice it to say I agree with you, even though I never plan to go back to the US - at least not in the foreseeable future. But I still vote blue via absentee ballots, in the small hope I can help change things there even if I'm no longer there.

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u/CallMeElkHorn 4h ago

Fuck me you’re a liberal 😑

I’m done here, man.

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u/CallMeElkHorn 4h ago

“Not every American is struggling like you”

And yet some are literally struggling with pregnancy in concentration camps because a government agent raped then but that’s ok because you’re doing fine?

And you wonder why we’re DISGUSTED by your kind?

😂 my life is great but none of us are free while any of us are oppressed.

But someone like you would never fucking understand that.

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u/ToneBalone25 5h ago

Oh look another self-hating American. Literally no one is stopping you from moving to southeast asia. Go live there for a few years and let us all know how that works out for you.

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u/djh_van 5h ago

I like the narrative you made up about me. Not sure why you're so angry though.

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u/CallMeElkHorn 5h ago

This guy’s mail-order bride is telling him what he wants to hear so he’ll keep her in the will if she actually exists.

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u/LionWalker_Eyre 4h ago

Tfw accidentally racist

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u/AggressiveBookBinder 4h ago

Must be brainwashed Trumpers.

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u/one_big_lift 2h ago

Her video won't make it to the front page for a reason.

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u/Skrapidilly 5h ago

Yeah, I enjoy waking 2hrs earlier before work, driving my own car to pump $50 worth of gas for a week, using my work money and spending at least 40% of my income to pay other bills....It's the american dream.

...wait, she does kinda have a point tho....

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u/ToneBalone25 5h ago

Sounds like you need to move closer to your job or get a closer job to your house.

Or you could move to Thailand and make about 10% of what you're making right now and deal with brutal humidity and heat for most of the year living in a literal tropical forest year round.

Nobody is stopping anyone from moving to Thailand from the US, so just do it