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Technically Thailand is second only to South Africa or Libya, depending on the year. Average is 20,000+ per year or around 65 per day. https://thethaiger.com/hot-news/road-deaths/thailand-second-most-dangerous-place-in-the-world-to-drive https://thethaiger.com/news/world-road-toll-will-thailand-move-first-place https://coconuts.co/bangkok/news/thailands-roads-second-deadliest-world-world-health-organization/

I know you don't mean to be condescending, but so many punters like you on AN who assume they are always talking at a Newb if they've been here for a minute. I've been to nearly every part of Bangkok imaginable. I don't live in a Soi Nowhere, thankfully, but I've seen many of them. They all get foreigners from time to time too. And I am happy to live where there is a greater concentration of expats, not because I want to be surrounded by them, but because it makes the services I want more readily available. Everything I need is within walking distance as a result. So it's an issue of convenience. Unfortunately most of us have been to Chaengwattana, many more times than we'd like to in fact. Thousands of foreigners going out there everyday for a bit more ink in their passports. First time I was in Phuket, Bangla Road was just dirt and not paved. The potholes could be daunting driving along on the GSXR I had rented. But the smiles of the girls back then made up for it. I also used to teach a course at a Thai university and in Thai 😉

when your only friends are ones that you meet up with when you go to ladyboy bars, that's hardly a shocker.

1 in 5 Americans has one of the two forms of Herpes. Same for much of the West. So 20% of the population has it. If you know 10 people then at least 2 of them have it.

Ghetto has become a word used in modern English to define anywhere that has a collective of something. So, yes, Thonglor is a ghetto for the rich.

Where do you get that? It's nearly 100 Baht for a small jar of high quality peanut butter at Villa. I eat it with a spoon and hard to make it last more than a day. If I can do four then you should be able to do two. If not, buy a bigger booty, money is no object, right?

Well in that case let's not forget how lucky we are that there is no shortage of road deaths. Thailand is number one in the world in fact. 60+ per day on average. Hub of road carnage. Be good or be good at it, right? You also forgot to mention that it is one of the only countries where you can be so lucky as to go home with a woman and wake up with a man, right?

I reckon if I went up to Bootyram, Ubon Nowherethani, etc then I would see more foreigners there than I would find in Western Bangkok?

Just doing some quick math, you've only seen around 30 foreigners in your area of Western Bangkok in the last 15 years? I guess if I only defined foreigners as anyone wearing a Beer Chang tshirt then I guess I could say the same.

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I just had a hummer last night. I would dare call her yellow though.

We are creatures of habit. Many of us lived a life of saving to reach that point. It's the only reason you made it. But once you get there, you don't know how to live any differently.

Car very low to the ground. Would only take a temporary flash flood during rainy season.

Well, I used to live in Khlongtoey and now I live in Thonglor. Both are ghettos. In fact, is any part of Bangkok not a ghetto except for Taling Chan where there aren't any foreigners living? I'll also be heading to the DLT office in Taling Chan in the near future. Just giving you a heads up so you can make sure you don't see me. Don't want to ruin your blissful paradise.

Well, well, no need to get your underwear all up in a bunch. You can remain in your blissful world devoid of any foreign infidels and pretend none of us are here. You can even log out of this site forever so that you don't even have to read any of our words. Life is good!

Not me, I only get "Sexy man, wheh u go?"

Want, or not want, isn't an option. They are everywhere. It's reality. Well over 30 years ago it was really no different. Now it's a factor of 10.

Can't say I agree. Electronics and appliances are cheaper, great. Faster internet, nice! Mass transit helps. The rest, I really couldn't give a toss. I still much prefer the old Thailand.

The BMA has been destroying the charm of old Bangkok for the last 25 years trying to make it look more like Singapore, which it never can/will be. Yes, 30 years ago the internet was shiite, mobile phone signals were also shiite, TVs were very small and expensive, new books were too expensive, VHS tapes were the way to go, cable TV programming was hopeless, no online hotel booking, no maps, no online reviews, couldn't find a decent croissant anywhere, there was hardly any edible yogurt, traffic was unbearable, no mass transit, buses belched black diesel smoke into the sky, two stroke motorcycles burning oil, a dollar only got you 25 Baht, but fark me, everything was cheap as chips and the place was fantastic. I would turn the clock back in a heartbeat!

You might be right. I think one of the first 2 on the list might do it. Possibly also the STD clinic in the tropical diseases hospital might do it.

I was planning to take a break from PornHub when you post the photos.

For throat swab tests specifically for gonorrhea and chlamydia, the following places in Thailand are known to provide comprehensive sexual health services and are highly likely to offer throat swab testing: 1. **Pulse Clinic** - Locations: Bangkok and Phuket - Services: Comprehensive STD testing, including throat swabs for gonorrhea and chlamydia. - Contact: [Pulse Clinic](https://pulse-clinic.com/) 2. **Silom Community Clinic** - Location: Bangkok - Services: Specializes in HIV and STD testing, including throat swabs. - Contact: [Silom Community Clinic](http://silomclinic.in.th/) 3. **Bangkok Hospital** - Location: Bangkok - Services: Offers a range of STD testing services. - Contact: [Bangkok Hospital](https://www.bangkokhospital.com/) 4. **Bumrungrad International Hospital** - Location: Bangkok - Services: Provides a wide array of medical services, including STD testing. - Contact: [Bumrungrad International Hospital](https://www.bumrungrad.com/) 5. **Samitivej Hospital** - Location: Bangkok - Services: Comprehensive medical services including STD testing. - Contact: [Samitivej Hospital](https://www.samitivejhospitals.com/) 6. **Thai Red Cross AIDS Research Centre** - Location: Bangkok - Services: HIV and STD testing, including throat swabs. - Contact: [Thai Red Cross AIDS Research Centre](https://en.trcarc.org/)

photos or it didn't happen.

Agree. They also killed street food and knocked down lots of old buildings which gave many of the neighborhoods some grit and charm. Those who were here in the eighties and nineties (pre Internet) know how great it was. Anyone who arrived after 2001/911 has no real point of reference as they all came once the Starbucks signs were already up and the gentrification and vanalaization had already started.

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