Moved to Chang Mai about 9 years ago with the intention selling up in Udon and buying a place in CM.

After less than 3 months the Mrs admitted she didn't like it, which was music to my ears as I'd been trying to find a way to say I thought we had made a mistake and didn't want to stay there long term, the dog had run away from home. Found the dog a couple of days later (probably trying to find the road to Udon).
Udon has lots of minus points, but it is still far better than CM (especially as I don't need all the golf courses anymore )

IMHO CM is great for a few days away but it's still nice to come home

glalt wrote: ↑

October 9, 2021, 6:40 pm

I disliked the Chiang Mai traffic and congestion. I spent more time in Chiang Rai and much prefer it over Chiang Mai. Chiang Rai is much slower and more friendly. Night life is much more limited but good times can be had. If I had to choose which city to live in, it would definitely be Chiang Rai.

Agree.

I have been to both. ChR has ChM beat by a county mile. I do not even go to ChM to visit anymore even though there were two restaurants there that I enjoyed very much.