In rural Isaan, the real Thailand, no one really cares what kind of materialistic things you have.
No matter what things you have, it simply will not matter to anyone here.
If you are the kind of person that likes to show off, no one will even give a glance.
In areas like rural Isaan, where people don’t have a lot of materialistic things, there are much more pressing matters than who owns what.
Westerners soon realize that you don’t need a lot of things here.
You get the things you need to use in your daily life and that is about it.
You end up saving money because you are not buying things you don’t need.
It is amazing how easy it to learn to live without all the materialistic things you owned in the west.
You can still own them here if you like, however, if you think you will get a notice from people here you won’t.
So save your money and don’t buy things trying to impress people.
Buy only what you need to use in day to day life.
Try to fit in like all the locals.
Save your money for other things like vacations!