Soi 23 (Soi Prasarnmit) is to Soi Cowboy pretty much what Soi Nana is to Nana Plaza.
In the day time I quite like that soi, plenty of shade trees, and some OK expat pubs. (I used to send my 90 day report from the Post Office there too).
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It's not really about the 20 Baht, but that it seems as though the advertised price is misleading. In the UK it tends to be the price you see is the price you pay.
I remember often seeing beer advertised as 99++ Baht in Bangkok.
Over the years I heard quite a few people say that they wouldn't go in a place if they saw "++" on their advertising board. In the UK we're used to 'the price you see is the price you pay'.
I know of an American guy who lives in Bangkok who admits to "slinging dope" (heroin) when he lived in Philadelpia. I've long suspected that people who get in trouble over illicit drugs in Thailand were involved in them in some way or other where they come from.
Back during the COVID (vaccine) years I heard some younger people state that they didn't want the vaccine cos they were choosey about what they put into their bodies. But I suspected not so choosey as to not buy (dodgy) drugs from dodgy people in nightclubs or on the street.