Homeless People on Dongtan Beach

[jimn]

This may be perceived by some as being a bit callous, but I am fed up with the drunk homeless people that live on the footpath in the car park on Dongtan beach Jomtien. There are at least 30 of them that have set up home there. They have their sparse belongings piled up at the back of the beach and bring them up to the top where they sleep and drink all day. There is a woman who has a few dirty beach mats and tries to rent them out. They are always load and drunk, visible to the authorities, but they don't care. As a foreigner who lives here, I feel intimidated and if anything damages Thailand's reputation, it's this.

[Magictoad]

"As a foreigner who lives here, I feel intimidated "

Well you are definitely in the wrong place then. You should try India or Burma or Pakistan or Afghanistan or Turkey or Libya or any of the 60 or so countries I've visited..That area of Pattaya is a Gay area and not the least bit intimidating.

[jimn]

3 minutes ago, Magictoad said:

"As a foreigner who lives here, I feel intimidated "

Well you are definitely in the wrong place then. You should try India or Burma or Pakistan or Afghanistan or Turkey or Libya or any of the 60 or so countries I've visited..That area of Pattaya is a Gay area and not the least bit intimidating.

I know the beach area is known as a gay area, but not at that part of the beach near the 7/11 100 metre's down from the corner of Therapaya Road. The gay part is much further down and only really at night. Good on you for visiting those countries, I have been to India on many occasions. The comments you made were totally irrelevant to the question I posed, but you chose to turn it around, I was asking a serious question.

[scubascuba3]

Move?

[save the frogs]

why would you feel intimidated?

just avoid going to that part of the beach.

 

where should they be moved to? if you have a better place for them, maybe you can bring it to the attention of the authorities. 

 

[Guderian]

Just walk south along the beach from the 7-eleven instead of north. Unless you're heading for the gay beach places, of course, lol.

[Upnotover]

1 hour ago, jimn said:

.As a foreigner who lives here, I feel intimidated

Luckily for you, you have choices. They don't.