I find my standard of what’s attractive/appealing changes once I stay in a place long enough (within reason of course). Usually after a few weeks things sort of realign. But maybe that’s just me.

Thailand is well off, Bangkok you can still get a great condo near the center for ~25K THB / month, that’s about 700 USD. Even short term in high season will still only be about $1000 USD. Pretty much just gets cheaper from there if you go outside of BKK and off season. Unless you’re going to expensive bars and restaurants frequently there is no way you’ll hit 2000+ USD per month.