refugees from phuket

[cotambear]

I posted a topic on a phuket board asking how expats there were faring, particularily in light of cureencies like sterling in freefall vs the baht. One poster commented that he personally knew of a number of people who had upped sticks and relocated to HH.
Any location has its plusses and minuses, imho Phukets + might be.....

1. many locations to choose from to live, patong, kata, kamala etc
2. big nightlife scence
3. good beaches and scenery
4. good air links
5 plenty to do

Its minusses are

1. bloody expensive
2. transport controlled by a nasty extortionate cartel (200 baht for a short tuk tuk ride!).
3. locals increasingly unfriendly
4. crowded, infrastructure creaking
5. pestering scamming touts in nightlife areas

I wonder if any who have relocated would care to comment, particularily if they view HH as `better value`?

Hi to all at the forum from this HH curious newbie.

[hhfarang]

IMO Hua Hin has one or two of the pluses you mentioned above and all of the minuses!

[buksida]

1. bloody expensive
2. transport controlled by a nasty extortionate cartel (200 baht for a short tuk tuk ride!).
3. locals increasingly unfriendly
4. crowded, infrastructure creaking
5. pestering scamming touts in nightlife areas

Hua Hin also has all of these as stated above.

Have a read through some of the price comparison threads, you'll find there isn't much difference between the two places, and Hua Hin also suffers the "tourist price" inflation on many things:

http://www.huahinafterdark.com/forum/wi ... 10946.html

http://www.huahinafterdark.com/forum/hu ... 10684.html

The only advantage I can see in Phuket is that it is a large island and you can get away from the touristed spots. Hua Hin is just one small town that is busting at the seams.