@Shlomo **********

Canada is a third world country?

@Marc *******

I get that. I was only really staying in Phnom Penh, I felt like the people were the shining highlight and it just made me sad to think of all they went through in the not so distant past. Thais like to talk about how they are the most developed and modern country in the area, which is true, but I don't think they realize how hard their neighbors have had it and how because they played their cards right (cough cough with the Americans and before that with the Japanese..) they are doing relatively well...

@Marc *******

it works for some people. I enjoyed my few months there. We all want different things outta life..For me, the people made it worthwhile. Lotta sympathy for a country that 50 years ago had of its population slaughtered. I find them to be extremely genuine compared to other people in the region.

Honestly, it ranks higher than Thailand in English proficiency in many surveys..

@Marc *******

some aren’t simply looking for convenience, they wanna live a more cowboy life..plus, if you wanna open a business, laws are more lax in that area in Cambodia than Thailand…

@Jonathan *************************

when I first moved here in like 2012, I did 16-18 months of limitless tourist visas, every two months I’d head to Vientiane. Those days are definitely gone, you are right.

@Maxim **********

you have been living here all this time on a tourist visa? wow, you have avoided issues, but I can't think that will last forever..

@Todd ********

I agree. I don't have any issues with immigration cracking down on people living here on TR, thats their job. My point is that I doubt I would have the same easy living on a TR that it did a decade ago. Thankfully, I don't have to worry about it. I wouldn't recommend anyone banking on it as a long term option, but it really comes down to the individual at the embassy and the Immigration officer you deal with.

@Todd ********

. Some people may be able to get away with it, but its not like before where you could just live here without any fear of consequences with tourist visas indefinitely, you are liable to get turned away and rejected. That is all I am saying, ten years ago, that rarely happened.

@Scott ************

some may, but it doesnt mean its guaranteed to be ok. Eventually if someone wants to say something they will. Are you living here on a tourist visa? maybe you are one of the lucky ones, but generally, you aren't going to get away with living here for years with one...