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Bestman, let me put things in perspective for you here. When I am there, I stay in a hotel for 790 per night. It is the equivalent as a room for 12,000 per month, the typical formula being 790 X 30 / 2 = 11,850 (or 12,000) for a long stay. There is nothing "scary" about it. The same room on a typical beach in US would go for $80 to 120 per night.
Regarding 5 star hotels. They are there, but right next to the 1,2,3,4 star hotels so there is no "safe" neighborhoods. If you survived Mexico, you will easily survive Thailand. The most dangerous things for tourists there are STD's, motorbike accidents, rip tides, and sun poisoning (in no particular order). Oh, watch out for the ladyboys, too.
The TanMan
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