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... More so than usual. The boarded up shop area from along Rama 4 into silom road highlighting the downward spiral of the area

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I have noticed that also. I think some of those businesses might have went under due to all of the protesting last year in that area, just my opinion. I am sure the rents in that area are sky high.

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Bangkok is not an attractive City, it's dirty to say the least.....

ever been to MUMBAI ??bah.gif

That's a dump too.... The list is endless....

Its annoying to see loads of new condo builds but no improvement in widening pavements and improving surrounding infrastructure.

The city missed a trick by not making legislation forcing condo builders to improve the place.

Its a great city too however in parts....and a lot cheaper than New York or London...or Singapore.

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Was in the soi 15-21 area a few days ago and I thought how much nicer Silom seemed than Sukhumvit west of Soi 19. That area of Sukhumvit really looks more rundown grey and filthy than ever viewing it from a car going down the street. Doesn't seem as bad when you are walking. Going into the sois of course it is usually better.

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Thailand was never colonized ( which had its negative points- don't get me wrong); however, it has adopted various Western ideas which were never perfected or in their ways of doing things so there is not a 100% understanding how to implement things such as city planning, safety, or seriously enforcing laws that are already written in the books. An example I can give is how the city of Pattaya knocked down street curbing to make a slope so people with wheelchairs could easily have access to the so called sidewalks. Problem: Many of the slopes are too narrow for the width of a wheel chair & the narrow sidewalks have obstacles of utility poles, street signs, pot-holes& vendors.

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Bangkok is not an attractive City, it's dirty to say the least.....

ever been to MUMBAI ??bah.gif

That's a dump too.... The list is endless....

Its annoying to see loads of new condo builds but no improvement in widening pavements and improving surrounding infrastructure.

The city missed a trick by not making legislation forcing condo builders to improve the place.

Its a great city too however in parts....and a lot cheaper than New York or London...or Singapore.

Wow the 80th richest country's capital is cheaper than 3 in the top 30. How about comparing it to the capital of Venezuela, Belarus or Mexico?

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Thailand was never colonized ( which had its negative points- don't get me wrong); however, it has adopted various Western ideas which were never perfected or in their ways of doing things so there is not a 100% understanding how to implement things such as city planning, safety, or seriously enforcing laws that are already written in the books. An example I can give is how the city of Pattaya knocked down street curbing to make a slope so people with wheelchairs could easily have access to the so called sidewalks. Problem: Many of the slopes are too narrow for the width of a wheel chair & the narrow sidewalks have obstacles of utility poles, street signs, pot-holes& vendors.

Which just shows how stupid they are. Or that the slopes were not put there for wheelchairs, but for motorcycles. Same as in Bangkok.

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Wait till the city sinks and the tides rise

will the tuk tuks have motors on the back

or ''welcome to the floating market of Silom''

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Silom/Patpong/Surawong.........smelly, grubby but oh, so irresistible.

Full of very happy memories and we regularly re-visit our old haunts and what remain of all our old pals in that area.....................

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Silom/Patpong/Surawong.........smelly, grubby but oh, so irresistible.

Full of very happy memories and we regularly re-visit our old haunts and what remain of all our old pals in that area.....................

You're my kind of guy, Always. I read the other responses here and just shake my head . . . clueless.

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The take mentality always leaves blackspots , lets hope they wake up and start cleaning the country before they loose their tourism industry . Prayath wont be affected but many individual and small businesses will loose out and Thailand will soon rejoin the Third world.

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I have noticed that also. I think some of those businesses might have went under due to all of the protesting last year in that area, just my opinion. I am sure the rents in that area are sky high.

" might have "went" ??

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When areas are older they are disparaged as dumps. When they are redeveloped they are disparaged as being too expensive or too "mallish". IMHO

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Thailand was never colonized ( which had its negative points- don't get me wrong); however, it has adopted various Western ideas which were never perfected or in their ways of doing things so there is not a 100% understanding how to implement things such as city planning, safety, or seriously enforcing laws that are already written in the books. An example I can give is how the city of Pattaya knocked down street curbing to make a slope so people with wheelchairs could easily have access to the so called sidewalks. Problem: Many of the slopes are too narrow for the width of a wheel chair & the narrow sidewalks have obstacles of utility poles, street signs, pot-holes& vendors.

Great points and some that people consistently overlook. HK and Singapore were colonized by the British and they were able to pick up efficient ways to run a society. Thailand has had to learn on its own and that isn't a good fit with its society which has traditionally been feudal and insular.

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