You can try and rationalise it or compare it with other countries problems, but this is an all time low.
I agree - Walking Street is a sleazy place.
Well, I beg to differ. I lived/worked here (Pattaya) for 16 years and always take friends/family visiting from overseas down to the walking street. We always come away with pain in our cheek-muscles from laughing.
It's a funny place; a true study in human behaviour, but I would not call it a "sleazy" place. Besides: what are you comparing it to ? ? ?
You wanna do "sleazy" go and have a look at the Rheperbahn in Germany, or the red-light-district in Amsterdam !
So Mr. "jimmy-the-mook" think again, okay - before you insult totally innocent people (and/or their city-parts) of being "sleazy".
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I totally agree. So many negatives! In any cultures there are sensitivities that one must be aware. I have lived in Pattaya, have a shop in Soi Diamond and yes there is a Thai way of doing things and if one does not respect this then you will be singled out one way or another. People drag all their dam_n pre-conceptions with them wherever they travel it seems. I doi not know the details of what happened but I would say that the foreigners cross a line that they were unaware of which is really a "dumb ass" thing to do.
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3 Estonian men involved in violence on Pattaya Walking Street
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I totally agree. So many negatives! In any cultures there are sensitivities that one must be aware. I have lived in Pattaya, have a shop in Soi Diamond and yes there is a Thai way of doing things and if one does not respect this then you will be singled out one way or another. People drag all their dam_n pre-conceptions with them wherever they travel it seems. I doi not know the details of what happened but I would say that the foreigners cross a line that they were unaware of which is really a "dumb ass" thing to do.
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