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Originally Posted by dean1810
It's funny how everyone who visited Pattaya have the need to justify them self against the stereotype it holds by shitting on the city haha. All these crazy party scene can be completely avoided staying in selected areas.
It's not so much justifying it's more like the lack of options, honestly. That's why I like BKK. You can go that hooker route and you'll have moar good options than almost anywhere in the world, except maybe Pattaya and not moar than maybe a handful of other places around the world. But at the same time you can stay away completely from anything like that and spend all your life exploring the various other nightclubs/other parties/museums/parks/shops, whatever other places and these will not be secondary options, these will be prime options, that's completely where it's at, and you will meet interesting peeps from around the world, usually.
In Pattaya, yeah there are other options, but quite honestly, like 90% of the city, and that's being generous, is being built around the P4P trade. I told the stories before, no need to repeat it, hookers were approaching me on the beach, at lunch, etc. Just no safe spaces. I wasn't even single.
It doesn't matter, there are options but just not that great, you can go visit the temple which looks pretty much like any other temple in TH, you can visit the beach, don't walk too far, you might find some sewage lines, you can go to the water park, mainly if you have kids I suppose, restaurants and stuff but come on...
Leading directly to the second point; if you're caucasian white or something, and under 50, you just don't fit in that well in Pattaya IMHO. Most of your peers will be over 50, many over 60. When/if I make it to that age group I could totally see having a moar positive view of the place, but for the moment I can very well do without it. But if that's what you want I have no problem with it at all....