Why Retirees Are Moving To This Town In Thailand

On a typical morning in Chiang Mai, Thailand, Marie Frederickson wakes up to the sound of temple bells marking the call for Buddhist monks to begin their daily meditation and prayer. This ritual is one of those cultural traditions that Frederickson, a Boston native who’s lived as a semi-retired expat in Thailand for the last 15 years, doesn’t take for granted. “I fell in love with the place. The people, the food, the crafts, the landscape. Just about everything,” she said. The view of...