Goodbye Pattaya! Almost everyone in the entertainment industry has left - apartment complexes empty

[Phoenix Rising]

1 hour ago, owl sees all said:

 

Commeth the devastation; commeth the opportunity.

 

This is Pattaya's chance to bring in culture. Hua Hin is just across the bay and look how they are faring.

 

Chess clubs. Scrabble. Line dancing. Fishing. Zoos for extinct animals (or almost extinct). Documentary hub for the film industry. The list goes on. Imagination needed; that's all.

 

 

 

 

 

So you wanna turn Pattaya into a retirement home? No thanks, might as well move to Florida.

 

PS. My apologies if your post was sarcasm. 

[holy cow cm]

I am just waiting for one of my good US friends to be allowed in to visit so I can take a trip down from CM to meet him in BKK for a fun round out and then off to Pattaya for a few days of R&R and to see what's still going on. But the sad reality is I do not know anyone that is not attached to this country with deep roots who will waste their time to do a quarantine at their ridiculous prices and then be tagged with a GPS monkey tag. Would be way more fun and interesting to go sit and watch the fun going on in Yangon.

Edited February 7, 2021 by holy cow cm

[ThailandRyan]

2 minutes ago, Phoenix Rising said:

So you wanna turn Pattaya into a retirement home? No thanks, might as well move to Florida.

 

PS. My apologies if your post was sarcasm. 

Florida's a retirement home location, really?.  Better tell that to all of the people from Cuba who live there, as well as all of the beach bums...But then you are correct there are a few small towns that house retiree's, just like every location in the world.

Cities with the Highest Average Population Age in Florida | Zip Atlas

[scammed]

1 hour ago, owl sees all said:

 

Commeth the devastation; commeth the opportunity.

 

This is Pattaya's chance to bring in culture. Hua Hin is just across the bay and look how they are faring.

 

Chess clubs. Scrabble. Line dancing. Fishing. Zoos for extinct animals (or almost extinct). Documentary hub for the film industry. The list goes on. Imagination needed; that's all.

 

 

 

 

 

i argue pattaya has better dancing and lotsa stuff that gets imagination rolling

[xylophone]

5 hours ago, PatOngo said:

Yes, Pattaya's only claim to fame!

And not all it's cracked up to be!!

[owl sees all]

29 minutes ago, scammed said:

I argue Pattaya has better dancing and lotsa stuff that gets imagination rolling

You'll not get any push-back from me on that.

 

I have not been to Pattaya for over 10 years, but I do get sound info from the cashiers that have made there way back to the village. They all tell me the same; Pattaya needs to re-invent itself. They suggest ornithology over bar-stool drooling, chess instead of pool and ballroom dancing replacing pole-dancing.

Edited February 7, 2021 by owl sees all

[jmccarty]

15 hours ago, Surelynot said:

I guess the price of apartments and rentals must be rocketing......

I don't see any change in decent accommodation rental price.  I was looking in the past few weeks to see if I could lower expenses some.  If anything, 5% or so but nothing significant. 

[billd766]

16 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

Not good? Not good at all.  Means they must not believe in the government very much....

Who does anymore?

 

It seems a strange way of bringing happiness and reconciliation to the people.

[billd766]

14 hours ago, onebir said:

Roman builders!

What did the Romans ever do for Thailand?

[billd766]

3 minutes ago, billd766 said:

What did the Romans ever do for Thailand?

 

 

[thaisabai]

6 hours ago, PatOngo said:

Would now be a good time to take the family to the world class family resort?

Absolutely

nice and quiet but plenty places to go to. Special discounts everywhere (hotels/restaurants)

coming to Pattaya 40+ years and never enjoyed it as much as I do now.

Welcome to  Pattaya

 

thaisabai

[arick]

Your a little late it was like this last August... 

[NanLaew]

14 hours ago, Orton Rd said:

'Entertainment industry' makes it sound almost legitimate and legal, which it's not of course, according to the 1996 law on prostitution.

 

There's legislation against something that doesn't exist? Only in Thailand.

 

13 hours ago, RandolphGB said:

When will the Soi 6 creeps leave for good?

 

I had my bags packed and in the truck and was just waiting for my change from the Queen Vic's cashier. Then I read your rude and dismissive post so have decided to stay longer.

 

Deal with it.

[arick]

16 hours ago, soi3eddie said:

 

When I go to Pattaya these days (about once a month), I stay at a typical Thai apartment building just off third road. A courtyard of 3 buildings of 4 floors each. I'd say out of the rooms there, maybe 20% are actually occupied - at most. Typically these big rooms with air con, reasonable bathroom size and rear balcony cooking area, rent for 4,000 Baht per month. Ideal for two or more ladies to share. More luxury and expensive or poorly located places are just completely deserted.

 

I stayed in one of the best modern built condos for 450 baht per night. I am sure that barely covers the electric.. But remember in pattaya owners are responsible for the service charge so agents can be  corrupt and just renting them per night for any small money to pay themselves. It is all in the contract but these  contracts are useless at the Land Office. 

[arick]

Good bye Thailand 

 

[brewsterbudgen]

5 minutes ago, arick said:

Good bye Thailand 

 

Where are you going?

[KarenBravo]

2 hours ago, Susco said:

 

Yes kick them when they're down seems to be your tactic, looking at this and your previous post.

 

Hope they give you a run for your money once this is all over

 

It's called Capitalism and when they go bust it is called creative destruction.

[PatOngo]

4 hours ago, miamiman123 said:

Farang will not accept the vaccine, plus the airlines are shut down and most people have no money for travel…. 2025 maybe  

Who did'nt learn to save for a rainy day??? ????

[Big Yuley]

4 hours ago, miamiman123 said:

Farang will not accept the vaccine, plus the airlines are shut down and most people have no money for travel…. 2025 maybe  

lol

i have more money now than what i did at the start of the pandemic

[PatOngo]

34 minutes ago, billd766 said:

Who does anymore?

 

It seems a strange way of bringing happiness and reconciliation to the people.

They really meant "some selected people!"

[Bob12345]

16 hours ago, soi3eddie said:

Ideal for two or more ladies to share.

Think you ment to type: "ideal to share with two or more ladies".

[Surelynot]

37 minutes ago, jmccarty said:

I don't see any change in decent accommodation rental price.  I was looking in the past few weeks to see if I could lower expenses some.  If anything, 5% or so but nothing significant. 

I think it was on this thread I said something along the lines that.......advertised prices don't really change......actual negotiated prices are significantly different.

[soi3eddie]

1 minute ago, Bob12345 said:

Think you ment to type: "ideal to share with two or more ladies".

 

Sounds like fun!

 

[NanLaew]

2 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

Florida's a retirement home location, really?.  Better tell that to all of the people from Cuba who live there, as well as all of the beach bums...But then you are correct there are a few small towns that house retiree's, just like every location in the world.

Cities with the Highest Average Population Age in Florida | Zip Atlas

 

Great link there TR. Did some data sifting on White Rock, SC that has the US's oldest demographic and they're 78.8% little ol' white ladies.

 

I see a business opportunity...

[NanLaew]

7 minutes ago, PatOngo said:

Who did'nt learn to save for a rainy day??? ????

 

Around 88.836% of clever white folks?

[xylophone]

6 minutes ago, Big Yuley said:

lol

i have more money now than what i did at the start of the pandemic

I came here with just about nothing ........and I have got most of that left!

[Surelynot]

4 minutes ago, NanLaew said:

 

Great link there TR. Did some data sifting on White Rock, SC that has the US's oldest demographic and they're 78.8% little ol' white ladies.

 

I see a business opportunity...

Gigolo?

[Big Yuley]

1 minute ago, xylophone said:

I came here with just about nothing ........and I have got most of that left!

lol. Thats funny. Made a bored Aussie guy chuckle 

[mike787]

YEP!  GOOD BYE!

[NanLaew]

1 minute ago, Surelynot said:

7 minutes ago, NanLaew said:

 

Great link there TR. Did some data sifting on White Rock, SC that has the US's oldest demographic and they're 78.8% little ol' white ladies.

 

I see a business opportunity...

Gigolo?

 

I did that in Stuart FL, about 20-odd years ago. It's overrated.

 

Stuart I mean.