Indeed, with at least 5 times as many cars trying to get down roads built in the 80s, with, wait for it ..................................., 5 times less cars!
Pattaya used to be a cheap and cheerful town, with plenty of people making money and happy visitors.
All that extra money hasn't made it a better place, and it stopped being cheerful long ago, so if that's a success story, you are welcome to it.
If a city beside the sea can't even stop it flooding, it suggests to me that something is rotten at the heart of the Pattaya administration.