12 hours ago, EVENKEEL said:

What's a booze tourist?

5 to 10 beers a day

 

Instead of 5 temples a day

Pattaya is the cheapest beach city in Thailand. If you think Pattaya is expensive try Bangladesh.

 

 

Any videos of Jomtien?

16 minutes ago, Sparktrader said:

Pattaya is the cheapest beach city in Thailand. If you think Pattaya is expensive try Bangladesh.

There seems to be a segment from the UK and Europe that must live in flophouse situations back home, though I don't know how cheap those run and normally people on that low end would not be able to fly to a foreign country and get situated.

 

Maybe some of it is just people getting older and complaining just to complain or vent.

 

When you get a bit older and start facing physical ailments I can see how it would be easy to just start complaining about anything, not necessarily what's specifically bothering you.

20 hours ago, hotandsticky said:

 

 

Whilst I agree with all that, things have changed over the last 15 years.

 

There are far more 'Farang friendly' outlets and a big increase in local Farang distribution. When I stay in Buriram province I can get supplies of everything that I can get in Pattaya

When I lived in Bangkok my mate who lives in Buriram but works in Bangkok used to bring us a monthly supply from the Buriram Pie man...  http://www.burirampieman.com/ better than TInnies (Jomtien) IMHO. 

 

 

 

 

30 minutes ago, Red Forever said:

Most of us living in Amnaat Charoen forget just how lucky we are here compared with most places.

Have you invested in Bread-makers?????

1 hour ago, Mike Teavee said:

When I lived in Bangkok my mate who lives in Buriram but works in Bangkok used to bring us a monthly supply from the Buriram Pie man...  http://www.burirampieman.com/ better than TInnies (Jomtien) IMHO. 

 

 

 

 

That is some statement ????, for me, I am not sure anything can beat Tinnies.

 

I like the deep filled Buriram pies over the usual 'Pattaya pies' but their highlight was their steak and kidney puddings....suet pastry is not easy to handle in Thailand but they somehow managed it better than others 

1 hour ago, Sparktrader said:

5 to 10 beers a day

 

Instead of 5 temples a day

seen one temple, you've seen 'em all. Pattaya bars are much more interesting than temples.

On 11/4/2022 at 9:07 AM, JimTripper said:

Does anyone think it's still a good idea to live long term in Pattaya?

I wouldn't live there short term, but that's just me. ????

8 minutes ago, daveAustin said:

I wouldn't live there short term, but that's just me. ????

Been here 13 years, it's home.

2 hours ago, Lemsta69 said:

seen one temple, you've seen 'em all. Pattaya bars are much more interesting than temples.

Drunk 1 beer drunk em all

4 hours ago, Sparktrader said:

Any videos of Jomtien?

Loads on Youtube

5 hours ago, JimTripper said:

There seems to be a segment from the UK and Europe that must live in flophouse situations back home

Very true. You've no doubt heard the old saying that "you can take the Brit out of the council estate, but you can't take the council estate out of the Brit."

 

5 hours ago, JimTripper said:

Maybe some of it is just people getting older and complaining just to complain or vent.

A lot of it, but, with some notable exceptions, it seems to emanate from a particular nationality. An Australian joke you may not have heard:

 

Q: How can you tell when a jet landing in Australia is from England?
A: When the engines are turned off the whining continues.

 

So you can safely ignore the vast majority of complaints. OK, maybe you won't like that haircut you got for B60, but there are plenty of other barbers. You're agile enough to dodge the occasional misplaced paving stone.????Think: local Third World charm. Personally, if I go to a foreign country, I like it to be foreign.

 

The "show stoppers" our professional whingers always bring up mostly have nothing to do with themselves. Like, their critical plans to sun themselves on the beach in the rain during low season were intolerably disrupted by one of those occasional afternoon FLOODS! Their fave hangout, the Bali Hai pier, isn't sufficiently beautified for their delicate sensibilities. The distinctively dystopian modernist Waterfront sculpture is offending them all the way in New Zealand!

 

The only one of any personal relevance might be the lack of seating on the newer Promenade. In the good ole days our mongers could drink Changs from a 7/11 and chat w/ a lot of ho's w/o buying them a drink and maybe arrange a short-time, no bar fine. That's what it all comes down to. So, the Authorities ended most of that, a scene disgusting to normal tourists and hostile for normal women; now more people enjoy the Promenade than ever before. True, the aesthetics were better before, but time moves on. Roll with it.

 

On 11/4/2022 at 12:11 PM, KhunLA said:

I myself couldn't live in Patts, as if I saw 10 farangs in one day, I'd be in a state of depression and desperate to move ????

And given that the feeling would be mutual, staying away works best for you and the Patts economy.

 

 

21 hours ago, hotandsticky said:

No. I use Nookies Delights who source source all the usual Pattaya products.

What is a usual Pattaya product ?

7 minutes ago, BigStar said:

And given that the feeling would be mutual, staying away works best for you and the Patts economy.

Agree ... nothing in Patts I need to buy or 'rent' that I can't find here.  Never needed P4P, so the Patts economy will have to continue without me ... ????

 

Nothing there for me to see or do, that isn't better elsewhere at points south of us, or locally.

2 hours ago, Sparktrader said:

Drunk 1 beer drunk em all

Takes 3 or 4 to get the dust off!

18 hours ago, BigStar said:

But as you've called attention to your impressive awareness of stereotypical vids about Pattaya's famous red light district, you may watch those to your heart's content, as may the OP.???? Personally, having lived here for decades, I find those videos quite boring, esp. the idiot commentary over them.

Thanks for clarifying that.

 

I'm looking to relocate from Bkk and a buying fully furnished 2 BR condo on Pratumnak  hill over looking the ocean and at 9.5 mill is the cheapest seaside condo in many other countries... 

21 hours ago, hotandsticky said:

No. I use Nookies Delights who source source all the usual Pattaya products.

Nothing more delightful than a bit of nookie.

 

5 hours ago, hotandsticky said:

kidney puddings.

OMG. such a yucky food. I hate it. 

I like Pattaya and live there for 6-month in a year. What I like about. 

1. Walking distance to Jomtien beach for a evening stroll

2. Availability of good hospitals. 

3. Availability of foods from different countries for home delivery 

4. Sugar babies on demand for 2000/3000 baht a night
5. And now ganja

6. Access to Bangkok for 130 baht bus ride or 1500 baht taxi ride. 

7. Cheap labor for cleaning, laundry, etc.

8. Modern malls, movie theatres, etc. 

9. Cheap Bolt taxi to anywhere in Pattaya for less than 100 baht. 

10. Cheap used motorbikes for running around in back alleys. 

 

Overall I like my 6-month stay in Pattay. The only problem is during the rain when roads are flooded and even grab orders are cancelled or delayed. I lived in Bangkok for two years near Thonglor BTS.  Also lived in Benidorm(Spain)  and Albufeira (Portugal) before. I have a house near Chicago and a condo in Las Vegas. 

Only true draw back of pattaya is the traffic, if you want to use a car/pick up

Motor bike is the way to go.

Something for everyone in the area.

 

1 hour ago, Onerak said:

OMG. such a yucky food. I hate it. 

You deliberately cut part of the description which of course was 'Steak and Kidney Puddings'.... do you work for CNN?

 

9 hours ago, Sparktrader said:

Saw 1 farang yesterday. Nearly had heart failure.

I wish you'd seen 2.

I've lived in Pattaya for over 12 years and was a regular visitor here for a few years before taking early retirement and moving here, I like it because I can get almost anything I want, I have a friend who lives the other side of Korat, we often send him stuff he can't buy locally, the last item was was Lime marmalade, we live well out of town, nice & quiet area near the lake, it has a walking/running/cycling track all the way round which is well used.

 

Nothing wrong with Pattaya at all.

2 hours ago, Onerak said:

OMG. such a yucky food. I hate it. 

 

 

Don't buy it then............................

3 hours ago, heybuz said:

Nothing more delightful than a bit of nookie.

 

You have obviously never met him..........????

 

 

(those that know, will know).

10 minutes ago, hotandsticky said:

You have obviously never met him..........????

 

 

(those that know, will know).

Nookie as a word has a different connotation where I come from, something you'll find in the red light district.

On 11/4/2022 at 12:20 PM, proton said:

If you are interested in degradation, cheapish rough looking women, never ending pavement works, scammers on the beach, loud nightlife and terrible traffic it's just the place ????

I'd prefer this to an Issan Granny with a Thai ex husband in the next village.