Reference: Falangs fed up with Thailand, Postbag, Bangkok Post

Over the years there have been hundreds of letters in the Postbag section of the Bangkok Post stating that a certain law, regulation, or rule, that is deemed unfavorable to falangs with respect to things like immigration, investment, finance, and marriage will certainly cause falangs to look for greener pastures and that in turn will cause a mass exodus of falangs and an economic calamity for Thailand. So far we have had neither exodus nor calamity. To the contrary, anecdotal evidence in Cha-am suggests that what we are dealing with is invasion not exodus. It is unlikely that there are greener pastures around here in the same cost of living to infrastructure ratio unless one wants to count Malaysia, a country that offers the religious police and sharia courts to make sure that you don't commit crimes like "close proximity". Every country has its own unique form of weirdness. None is perfect. Thailand is as good as it gets.

Cha-am Jamal