&gt; Visa renewals. Leaving the country every 90 days to renew your tourist visa gets old fast.<p>You can go to, say, Poland. It&#x27;s just slightly more expensive than Thailand. No Visa renewals.<p>&gt; - Finding a country that is both stable and has a low cost of living. I was in Bangkok during the last revolution when the current military junta took over. The airport shut down and I had to take a bus past a lot of guys with machine guns to get out of there.<p>EU countries are more stable.<p>&gt; Starting a family changes things. Poor countries have poor education systems.<p>Poland scores very high in terms of education. No district schools BS.<p>&gt; You lose some small niceties like Amazon Prime and Hulu :)<p>VPN :D