This thread is hilarious
I used to live in Thailand on/off for a decade and I have lived the last 4 years in Sihanoukville.
Some people in this thread that claim to be "in the know" and know some friends that "are in the know" are wayyyyy off based on my first-hand experience.
I think most of it comes down to you style of life. I have never been at the girly bars here, I don't run around drunk at night, I don't smoke weed.
I have an ordinary family life, I run a business and I have a great life here.
I have hired numerous people to work for me, and fortunately noone has hacked me to death yet.
"The Most dangerous place on eart" ... get real. I feel a lot safer here than I would in most big cities back in Europe, and from what I hear cities in US are even worse.
Maybe I'm just "green", and "think I live in paradise" and very naive.
"only weirdo's drunks and junks and the few good people that work low wages as teachers and the NGO moneymakers thats a fact and will be"
I dont consider myself to be in any of these categories, zigi. Maybe you just mingle with the wrong kind of people.