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[chops]

poanoi, on 2012-05-23 03:26:14, said:

It's a place with no gogo bars within reach, so boring like hell but you save money.
Rent is also less than half so again you save yourself money

Not really.  The main attraction to living there is that it's not so noisy or filled with tourists.  I prefer to live around normal Thai people.

[DrTuner]

I've never actually been in a bar on the dark side, although I've lived here for a few years. If I want that sort of thing, I'll drag myself to Beach Road/Walking Street for people watching, my favorite past time when sitting in a bar. Restaurants are another matter, we do frequent Vientiane and I'd be happy to see more restaurants like that. Don't think it'll happen though, even Vientiane is almost empty when we go there on weekends.

[johnnybgood]

pluto_manibo, on 2012-05-24 10:31:16, said:

For me Darkside has been home for 10 yrs. It has changed immensely since then but I still enjoy what it has to offer. Frankly, I have no interest in the hole in the wall bars and all the useless banter that comes with it. However, I do enjoy the more natural surroundings of the area ( not busy soi nerm plub waan/kao noi or kao thalo), bike rides, cross country running, motorcross, fast access to motorway, lakes, golf courses, more and more varied restaurants, wider plots of land, lack of 2 week idiots who feel they know all and are rude. If you live here, you have access to everything Pattaya has to offer, when and if you want it, without having to face the ugliness of it 24 hrs a day. Sadly, as it happens everywhere, this will change with time....then it will be time to move somewhere else!

He's not wrong...I  pressed  like.

[LennyW]

The darkside is the place where happy and content people live....... you don't see us on ThaiVisa complaining about the Traffic, Russians, Dodgy Condo developments, Bar closures, Traffic lights, ++ Pricing, etc, etc, etc,.......

[cartmanfinn]

LennyW, on 2012-05-26 07:15:36, said:

The darkside is the place where happy and content people live....... you don't see us on ThaiVisa complaining about the Traffic, Russians, Dodgy Condo developments, Bar closures, Traffic lights, ++ Pricing, etc, etc, etc,.......

Nuff said!

[Wittywitty]

I don't see dark sides. They are just lifestyles that people choose to pursue.