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Greeted by Indians in a lift
What about Thai markets? You have to hold your breath forever -
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Abandoned, Derelict, Decaying Locations Around Thailand
Assume it was setup specifically for the TV show? Was it ever open to the public? Any idea on the future of it? -
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Marijuana use dramatically increases risk of dying from heart attacks and stroke, large stud
do you think a pharmaceutical company wants people smoking weed instead of using their drugs? CNN is partially funded by Pfizer -
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Moving a family to Pattaya from Bangkok thoughts?
Actually, the 'sex capital aspect' was one of the reasons why we hesitated to choose Pattaya in the first place, in December 2009. We thought we'd steer clear. Instead, we lived in Rayong for about a year when we first moved to Thailand. You're correct that you can get some of the 'stuff' in other places in Thailand. Rayong checked some of our wants and needs boxes, but, ultimately, fell short. Chiang Mai would also check a number of boxes, and we have visited a number of times. But, we have a box to check marked 'beaches', not mountains, and we wouldn't want the pollution problem certain months of the year. Plus, far from Bangkok. Ditto for Phuket checking some of our boxes but spouse and I didn't like it that much when we visited and we want to be closer to Bangkok, where spouse's family lives. Speaking of Bangkok, we like it enough to have a getaway condo there but don't see ourselves living there full-time. Visiting for short periods works better for us--and we like that it's less than a 2-hour drive from Pattaya to center city. Housing is one of our biggest boxes to check and I think it would be difficult to find a big, sprawling 4-bedroom house with pool all on one level in Bangkok to match what we have here--and certainly the price would be much more, and the selection much less. Pattaya checks that box easily, Bangkok doesn't. The Bangkok relatives, all fairly wealthy, live in 2-story cookie cutter boxes in the suburbs, on tiny land plots with no pool--but lots of traffic congestion worse than Pattaya. Not for us. Not mentioned in my earlier post is we also like the large and diverse expat community that Pattaya has, likely one of the biggest in the country. An important box to check for us, perhaps not as important to others. And, that's how it is. When looking for a place to live, everyone will have their list of boxes to be checked off; we have ours. Likely the lists will have some of the same things, but many others that are different. Nothing wrong with that. Whatever floats your boat. For us, and our list, Pattaya simply checks more of our boxes than any other place in Thailand, even though some of those other places have, as you say, some of the same 'stuff'. -
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UK Breaking Barriers: Blaise Metreweli Becomes First Woman to Lead MI6
Looks like DEI. Smells like DEI. Walks like DEI. It could be DEI. But give her a chance to FUBAR, How much field experience does she have? Real field experience. Not an appointed Department Head. Rank and File approval or gossiping behind closed doors saying WTF? -
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Crime Thai Police Dismantle Scam Ring Targeting Australians, Arrest 13 Foreign Nationals
So Pattaya is where those Alpha Hotels are calling me from!
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