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Moving a family to Pattaya from Bangkok thoughts?
From your post, it seems you are still experiencing Pattaya as a tourist, rather than as someone who lives here year-round. As residents living on the Darkside, spouse and I are living normal, non-tourist lives, doing normal, non-tourist everyday things. Our resident lifestyle never brings us into much interaction with tourists, other than the ones we see walking around in the malls, big box stores, hospital, restaurants, etc. Being residents, we go in our car to Terminal 21, Central Festival, Home Pro, Index, Boonthavorn, Bangkok Pattaya Hospital, Lotus's, Big C, car dealership, etc., as needed and we park in the parking garages, go into the mall, store, hospital, etc., do what we came for, get back in the car, and either go back home or go somewhere else and do the same thing--perhaps we'll stop at a freestanding restaurant, or so on. We're not walking around outside of Festival or T21 in the heat gawking at the ocean and we're not interacting with the tourists hanging around outside those areas. This, I might add, is pretty much what we did in the US. Get in the car, drive to the mall, do shopping, see a movie, eat at a restaurant, get back in the car, and go home. This is also exactly what we did when we lived in town, whether it was at Lumpini Park Beach condo in south Jomtien, Garden Cliff condo in Wongamat in the north, or Northshore condo right on Pattaya Beach. We did occasionally walk the beach promenade when we lived at Northshore and never had any problems with anyone--but the north part of the beach walking north is nicer than the part close to Festival and further south--at least it was when we lived there several years ago. As a resident, you learn these things. On the Darkside, we take walks around our housing project and there's the big trail around Mabprachan Lake, and also another park nearby for us to use. Spouse goes to a local badminton facility. We also have our home gym and pool to help us keep fit. When we meet friends to socialize we'll meet at their house or ours or we'll arrange to meet at a restaurant somewhere, either at one of the malls or a freestanding restaurant like View Ang. Again, not a lot of interaction with the tourists, other than those that might also be dining if we are at a restaurant. Checked my phone and from my house on the Darkside Google tells me it's 1 hour and 20 minutes to Suvarnabhumi at this time of the day. Not bad, I think, and not a single traffic light along the way. You didn't mention what private schools you checked but I doubt all the 18 Pattaya has are massive, although we don't have kids and I admit I don't know that much about them. I did check that Rugby has 1200 students--but that does cover kindergarten thru high school, so I don't think each grade would be super large. Just my take as a resident on some of your observations. And now on to my day. Good luck wherever you end up. -
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North Korean Officials Air Brushed out & Vanish from State Media Photos
First thing I thought when I saw that boat lying on it's side was "I wouldn't want to be the Project Manager of that project". Executions were inevitable for such a public embarrassment... -
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Analysis Thailand in Trouble: Expats Exit as Vietnam Steals the Show
exactly what everyone I know that still connects with me. Some are well off money wise but still not anywhere near happy. Family complaining more and more as prices are going up and friends of theirs losing their jobs and all needing more money and some kind of control over their future. None seem to think it is going to get better within the next 3+ years anyway and some of those voted for this activity. Looking like here is going to be some BIG changes coming soon too. Also you I am sure have seen where the BBB has a provision from both parties about taxing US remittances to foreign countries. I have contacted my bank already in the states to provide them with whatever "proof" of my citizenship if necessary so those funds I send to myself won't be levied of any tax. Especially from what I read, the recouping of any taxes taken out of my transfers will be "convoluted" according to the email I got about this bill even though it is aimed at foreigners sending money out of the US, it will mean even more extra work for US banks and wanting less and less to have customers living overseas. In any case, life here is still great IMHO and have no plans to relocate. -
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Rohingya Militancy Risks New Crisis on Bangladesh Border
UNICEF A fragile calm in the Rohingya refugee camps of Bangladesh is under threat as armed groups regroup and launch attacks against the Arakan Army across the Myanmar border—raising fears of a broader insurgency and jeopardising already slim hopes for refugee repatriation. According to a new report by the International Crisis Group, Rohingya factions long divided by infighting have united in opposition to the Arakan Army, a powerful ethnic Rakhine force that recently seized control of northern Rakhine State from Myanmar’s military. The move has sparked renewed recruitment drives in the camps, with militant leaders invoking religious language to rally support for what they now frame as a “jihad” against “non-believers”. The push risks destabilising an already volatile region. Although a Rohingya insurgency stands little chance of defeating the Arakan Army, any escalation could fuel ethnic tensions, increase civilian casualties, and further entrench distrust in Rakhine. Bangladesh’s interim government is now walking a dangerous tightrope. While its security agencies appear to be tolerating the Rohingya unity campaign—perhaps to pressure the Arakan Army into accepting refugee returns—they also risk being seen as complicit in fuelling cross-border conflict. Such perceptions have already strained tentative diplomatic overtures between Dhaka and the Arakan Army. The stakes are high. With over a million Rohingya still stranded in Bangladesh, any breakdown in trust with the Arakan Army—now the de facto authority across the entire border region—would seriously damage prospects for repatriation. Moreover, the insurgency risks casting the Rohingya on the “wrong side” of Myanmar’s broader anti-junta resistance. The Arakan Army is one of the military regime’s fiercest opponents and enjoys wide public support. By attacking it, Rohingya militants could further alienate themselves from the broader population and deepen anti-Rohingya sentiment. Crisis Group warns that urgent action is needed. Bangladesh should curb militant influence in the camps and expand humanitarian trade across the border, while the Arakan Army must show it can govern fairly and open talks with Rohingya representatives. With foreign aid to the camps already drying up, the report concludes that failure to act now risks dragging the region into a new, far more dangerous chapter. -2025-06-20 -
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Report Starvation Claims Life of Thai Teen as Family Faces Severe Hardship
Something seems very odd about this story, is there no temple nearby, 14 Yr old why wasn't he in school, where were his friends? Must be difficult to die of starvation in an area like nontaburi,
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