I love everything about Pattaya what about you ?

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[BigStar]

1 hour ago, KHUNSURIN said:

I made a fast trip down to Pattaya to see my Dermatologist. The Big C Extra on Central Pattaya Rd. needs to be gutted. As soon as you walk in , there is a very strong sewerage odor. Tukcom is a shell of itself from ten years ago. A lot of commercial space , almost empty now . 2 top floors closed . Soi 7 had the Pig and Whistle , my favorite spot for Sunday Roast. Gone now. Also gone on Soi 7 The Tequila Reef. Probably the best spot to enjoy Mexican cuisine while watching NFL Football. My last stop before heading back to the bus station was the Harbor Mall. Horrid. They close at 6PM. Maybe Anunkin can get them to stay open till 9.... Laaaaaalllll.

 

 

 

 

 

[OneMoreFarang]

Pattaya is a "good place" in many ways. But it also has some problems.

Overcharging motorcycle taxis.

Aggressive ladyboys.

(last time I was there) lots of Russian salespeople on the streets.

In general: Many Thais like to overcharge farangs. Sometimes we can avoid that but often it's just a hassle.

 

I live in Bangkok and I visited Pattaya many times - but not so often in the last years.

What I like in Bangkok is that there are lots of "normal people". Pattaya seems to be full of people who only drink all day and night, and of course annoying tourists. 

[BigStar]

3 hours ago, JimTripper said:

Because I can't take a baht bus to jomtein three times a day, plus I have already lived there and ate at all those places already. Also, it's not that big. I was pretty much eating at the same places down there as well. Taking a taxi out of the area to eat every day is not an option either 🤣, so don't bother.

 

 

Though you've eaten at a place already, you could eat at it again. Moreover, you can order a few dishes here and there for takeout and eat them later, even within the next couple of days. Yeah, keep 'em in your fridge. 

 

And you can order from the several online food services.

 

When I first came to Pattaya, I bought a hot plate and cooked on that for a year or so. I rarely eat out, 'cause as you've noted it tends to be less healthy for you.

 

3 hours ago, JimTripper said:

Your suggestions suck.

 

No, they're good suggestions, and we can thank @newnative for taking time to write up thorough refutations of the common nonsense here. After so many years, I've become too bored to make the effort any longer.

 

[BigStar]

11 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

What I like in Bangkok is that there are lots of "normal people". Pattaya seems to be full of people who only drink all day and night, and of course annoying tourists. 

 

Now here you've made a point. Pattaya is after all a tourist resort. The tourists lend a sense of excitement (not to mention craziness) and create its dynamism. Always change, construction, and renovation. The "normal people" are rather behind the scenes and in the quieter areas, which as a tourist yourself you may not have got to.

 

I rather miss the static, stable sense of older Bangkok neighborhoods, too--but not enough to move there unless I had some compelling reason. Pattaya's advantages far outweigh its negatives. :)

 

 

[Georgealbert]

Pattaya does have a lot more to offer than the bar/girl/etc scene.

 

The problem is that a vast majority of visitors to Pattaya go for those reasons, nothing wrong with that, but many then believe the whole of the Pattaya area, and the rest of Thailand is the same.

 

As many have said, get away from the central area and you find a very diverse and normal way of life.

 

I would describe the greater Pattaya area, as in the map below, and wonder how many have explored all these areas.

[BigStar]

3 hours ago, brianthainess said:

Or the wind and driving rain, stink from drains, floods, and pollution. Walking anywhere, uneven trip hazard, blocked footpaths, dodging traffic as you step on the road. Living somewhere is a lot different from being on holiday one month a year. I hope I didn't make you cry too much.  

 

 

 

[JimTripper]

2 hours ago, KHUNSURIN said:

My last stop before heading back to the bus station was the Harbor Mall. Horrid. They close at 6PM. Maybe Anunkin can get them to stay open till 9.... Laaaaaalllll.

I actually live by the Harbor Mall and like it because it's almost always deserted, but still has a sundae shop and a coffee shop. It's great for relaxing or working. Also, comfy chairs and desk to work on a laptop that are always available. Upstairs has places that sell used computer parts. Low key, interesting with no hassle or hard sales pitches. Many people, Thai's especially, don't like places that are quiet and empty. They seem to draw energy from noise and having other people hustling around.

People like very different things. It's interesting that almost everybody avoids that place like the plague, but I find it an oasis. I think there's a lesson there for me somewhere about living in Pattaya around crowds and noise.

[Prubangboy]

5 hours ago, GypsyT said:

 

 

Pattaya is like Sleezy Las Vegas but 70% cheaper and the weather's much better. Girls/women are 200% better too.

 

 

I agree with your agreement. I don't like to gamble, but I def enjoyed the Neon sizzle of downtown Vegas. I'm not much of a boozer, but feel free to turn me loose in the New Orleans French Quarter any time. I'm not a monger, but to hang out in a bar on the back road with old perverts enjoying what may be the best days of their lives -is up there with the best of it.

 

Whether you partake or not, Pattaya offers old-style sin in a uniquely safe setting. Long may it run. Golf courses and The Temple of Awareness are great things too.

 

My personal Pattaya love story is about when I got dysentary in Myanmar and went there to convalesce. Some nowhere motel behind Diana Inn. I found community and support. There's a famous chicken and rice place nearby that kept me alive. I'll bet it's still there.

 

That big shopping center across the road had a guy selling old Buddha's and amulets on the top floor (this is an old story). From talking and buying from him, I developed a 25+ year interest in Thai art and antiques. Women in bars would tell me about their their bar front shrines. Devout Thai people with good English and a willingness to talk about their stuff is rare, but not in Pattaya.

 

Tourist police: "What are you doing with that girl?".

 

Me: "Uh, Anthropology?".

 

 

[newnative]

2 hours ago, JimTripper said:

Lack of interest in new areas 🤣. I can't wait to get out of here! My lease ends in 5 months. I will send you a postcard.

      You still have 5 months???!!!  It seems like you have been miserable here for at least a year already!  You're way overdue to move to the next place to be miserable.  

[ozimoron]

The weather in Pattaya is perfect right now.

[BigStar]

Just now, ozimoron said:

The weather in Pattaya is perfect right now.

 

YES. Great day to be in Pattaya!

[GypsyT]

32 minutes ago, BigStar said:

YES. Great day to be in Pattaya!

Absolutely!

It's 24-26 C at night on Jomtien. I'm naked. My Thai gf from Lake Mabprachan joined me yesterday. She brought her blanket, wool socks and thick night gown....

 

 

[JimTripper]

9 hours ago, GypsyT said:

I agree. Maybe top 2 or 3?

 

Pattaya is like Sleezy Las Vegas but 70% cheaper and the weather's much better. Girls/women are 200% better too.

I like Vegas much more then Pattaya. Even when I can afford a lot less in Vegas. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[jacko45k]

21 hours ago, GypsyT said:

I agree. Maybe top 2 or 3?

 

Pattaya is like Sleezy Las Vegas but 70% cheaper and the weather's much better. Girls/women are 200% better too.

 

 

People in the States pay way too much for everything, and over-tip. Vegas typifies that!

[herfiehandbag]

On 12/23/2023 at 12:55 PM, proton said:

I detest everything about it, including most of the clueless foreign lumps I have seen there in my thankfully short visits over the years. Mostly drunks, sex tourists and thick tattooed up specimens swaggering about. The whole place is a national embarrassment, and in parts nothing more than an open air brothel. 

Must have really distracted you from your tours of the temples and second hand bookshops!

[PJ71]

19 hours ago, GypsyT said:

Absolutely!

It's 24-26 C at night on Jomtien. I'm naked. My Thai gf from Lake Mabprachan joined me yesterday. She brought her blanket, wool socks and thick night gown....

 

 

Thanks for letting us know your naked.

[Mike Teavee]

On 12/24/2023 at 5:37 PM, JimTripper said:

I like Vegas much more then Pattaya. Even when I can afford a lot less in Vegas. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Hardly surprising given your thread on wanting to find a “Gringo Ghetto” where you can live without having to interact with Thais…

 

Cleary your idea of what makes a place good  to live in wouldn’t be shared by the vast majority of people.

[JimTripper]

7 minutes ago, Mike Teavee said:

Hardly surprising given your thread on wanting to find a “Gringo Ghetto” where you can live without having to interact with Thais…

 

Cleary your idea of what makes a place good  to live in wouldn’t be shared by the vast majority of people.

Thanks for confirming. If you want to add anything else please let us know 🤣.

[GypsyT]

On 12/24/2023 at 1:56 PM, Prubangboy said:

I don't like to gamble, but I def enjoyed the Neon sizzle of downtown Vegas.

Me too! I stayed most at Sam Boyd's places, like California, Main Street Station and Fremond. No stupid "resort fees".

California had great Hawaiian food and my Hawaiian in-laws got me discount rates.

 

Now every casino hotel has $20-45 resort fee. Plain rip-off. When on area I go to Mesquite, at AZ border.

[georgegeorgia]

2 hours ago, GypsyT said:

Me too! I stayed most at Sam Boyd's places, like California, Main Street Station and Fremond. No stupid "resort fees".

California had great Hawaiian food and my Hawaiian in-laws got me discount rates.

 

Now every casino hotel has $20-45 resort fee. Plain rip-off. When on area I go to Mesquite, at AZ border.

Your post reminds me of Hawaiian pizza 

I love the pineapple and ham on it.

Do they have real Hawaiian pizza in las Vegas?

 

[GypsyT]

Don't know... but in the US they make anything! For $$.

 

I only eat real Italian pizza and they have very few ingredients;

 

"But we must always remember the origins; Italian pizza is a dish born from the union of 4 simple ingredients for the dough (flour, water, salt and yeast) and enriched with equally simple toppings."

[thaibeachlovers]

On 12/23/2023 at 5:33 PM, FruitPudding said:

Pattaya is okay for a trip, bit too touristy to live there. It would be like living in Nana area of Bangkok.

 

I would say living outside Pattaya on the coast would probably be quite nice.

I dream of living IN Nana Plaza. Bliss.

[JoseThailand]

On 12/23/2023 at 11:04 AM, georgegeorgia said:

I get so peeved off when I read posts that just knock Pattaya continually .

I was actually in tears last night reading posts on another forum where the writer was so negative Pattaya 

Please let's be grateful 

I love Pattaya and as soon as I can I'm going to retire there., but I'm planning in the next few years .

 

For those of you who haven't retired what's your dream about living in Pattaya ?

Mine is to live in the Arcadia resort in Soi 5 Jomtien and walk to the RAGE fight academy where they have muay  Thai boxing for seniors 

 

Wake up every morning to the sunshine  with a coffee on the balcony , stroll thru my day with the gym and Canterbury Tales bookshop ,

What a life to enjoy in Pattaya 

 

Relax at night in a bar ,enjoy our trip me left 

 

If only I could retire ...we all love Pattaya !! 🤗

 

 

You sound like you are in a retirement age already haha

[2baht]

I like the pristine, squeaky clean image of Pattaya, cracks me up everytime I read it and how the ladyboys steal gold chains from anyone they can on Beach Road! 

[GypsyT]

Pattaya is a great place to get reformed;

In other countries I've been accused being reckless, crazy, immoral, hell raiser, no good citizens etc etc

 

In Pattaya I am one of the most normal....

 

 

[georgegeorgia]

And the thing is , Pattaya is very safe for a party town.

 

Compare that to other similar Cities around the World where alcohol is the main factor in violence 

 

[brewsterbudgen]

There can be no doubt that Pattaya is changing dramatically - this weekend's festival/concert proves that.  A "farang ghetto"?  I don't think so!

[georgegeorgia]

Just now, brewsterbudgen said:

There can be no doubt that Pattaya is changing dramatically - this weekend's festival/concert proves that.  A "farang ghetto"?  I don't think so!

And what did it prove, what examples do you mean?

 

I know the crime wouldn't be as high as other cities I guess ,less drunken behaviour etc 

[brewsterbudgen]

7 hours ago, georgegeorgia said:

And what did it prove, what examples do you mean?

 

I know the crime wouldn't be as high as other cities I guess ,less drunken behaviour etc 

 The example I gave was this weekend's New Year concert/festival, although I would also use the recent Fireworks too.  Pattaya is very popular with rich hi-so Thais (or maybe their kids) and not just a sex town (although it is that too, if you only hang out around soi 6!).