I just give you here some comparisons points without any logic...
95% buddhists - Respect, peace, tolerance and meditation are part of the outline of this religion or philosophy.
Thai people revere the Royal Family.
It's an Asian culture and anymore a Latin...
Away from Europe, the west countries and long far that kind of political system who takes us like if we are a "milk cow", it's french expression.
Gasoline is 50% cheaper than in Europe.
Phuket hospitals to world-renowned quality of care and services.
The cigarettes are for 60 THB a package, or +/- 1.20 €, or even less expensive for the local cigarettes.
No application for authorization to construct, no instrument of urban development, no eco-tax, no energy passport, no water bill, no sewage invoice, household waste fee is 7 € per year...
No heating bills.
Tropical plants with paradise beach.
Climate quiet, no gale, no hurricane, no earthquake,...just one tsunami every hundreds of years.
You can eat in local restaurants for 50 THB or +/- 1 € per person, a complete meal.
In a tourist restaurant on the beach with a view and a beautiful setting, appetizers, courses, desserts and drinks for two people for +/- 10 €.
No speed control, no alcohol test, no rules on the roads, no technical control, here, it's only glaxons and flashing the headlights but without aggressivity, only to serve you...difficult to imagine.
For +/- 150 € per month, you can have the services for a housekeeper or a gardener or a drive or a guard...
Violence, theft, delinquance is not existing because all thai people know the rules of detention which are the same for all adolescents. And nobody wants to have some problems with the authorities...
In Thailand, we forget the stress of a rule of life is "Not too fast in the morning and slowly in the afternoon".
The price for a car is 30 to 40% cheaper than in Europe and comprehensive insurance is free the first year, and +/- 200 € per year for a big 4x4.
The price for a thai massage for one hour is +/- 8 €...
A Big Mac cost 73 THB or +/- 1.70 euros.