I must admit this is one of the reasons that I headed to Cambodia in 2010 after only a few days in Thailand. I had fully planned to live and work in Thailand, but when I got there this Indiana farm boy felt like I'd moved to the future. This is the moment I realized that Indiana is a third-world country, the chain stores, the fast cars, the multiple land highways, all of these things had been slowly destroying the economy of my little farm town since I was a boy, so I cancelled my three-month long Thailand plans and headed for the Cambodian border without a plan or any prior research other than that I knew it would be more laid back.
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Indiana is a third-world country...:) That sounds like where I come from hehe. Yeah its only a matter of time before the retail giants push out all the small businesses in Thailand. We have more and more "mega stores" like Home pro and Watsadu and many massive supermarket chains. Inevitable as the economy grows and people have more spending power. I really must make it to Cambodia now that the covid restrictions are all but done.