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Originally Posted by King Silk
No Lets talk about Pattaya where I have lived for the last five years.
The first thing to remember is that there are more young guys and gals here than in Isaan. They are here to get hold of as much Farang Cash as possible, and they are expert at it.
Pattaya is certainly NOT the LOS. You are lucky to get a smile once a week and it will only be because you are buying something, in a Market say.
Coming from UK as I do, I am used to miserable faces so it doesn't bother me when I am confronted with them.
Tempers here are easily frayed and violence flares up every where any time with
shootings and stabbings being so regular we hardly bother to take note, unless we are involved. The secret when trouble appears likely is to walk away asap!.
Thais don't just want to win a fight, they mostly want to kill. It's in their nature.
But, perhaps THE most important thing to remember is that they don't want us here. They hate our guts, and only put up with us 'cos they get money from us.
Sorry, but it's true........
Fedup with female money grabbers, I now live alone with my lovely Dogs.
They NEVER ask me to send Mama bones.........
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Don't want to knock your view too much - we're all entitled to our opinions - but talk about a stereotype!
Pattaya's got its bad side, no doubt about that, but it doesn't represent Thailand or the Thai people any more than Benidorm represents Spain, or Saint Tropez France, etc etc etc.
A country of murderous xenophobic money-grabbers? Boy, you must have had some bad experiences! I, on the other hand, must be fated to have the most incredible of good luck in comparison, having somehow managed to avoid anyone remotely like you describe - despite spending my entire time in the country in the company of Thais.
Perhaps I misunderstand and you weren't inferring that the inhabitants of Pattaya were in any way representative of the remainder of the country.