Another example of big vs small

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Re: Another example of big vs small

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My pet hate, the scumbag vendors, certainly represent an inherent Khmer value-total lack of consideration of others.
About a year ago, authorities marked out a parking area in front of Wat Ounalom, at the junction of Sothearos and Sisowath. They also marked a turning lane for vehicles turning right from Sothearos into Sisowath. Some arsehole vendor immediately established there, across the entire lane. They are still doing it today.
For six years, I drove home daily along riverside during peak hour. There were regular jams caused by illegally parked vendors, not by luxury SUVs. Wealth should not be a factor when condemning the behaviour of ignorant, selfish pricks.
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Re: Another example of big vs small

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dron's humanity is touching. [Mod edit: No need for name calling.] Reminscent of the wannabe social climbers who posted on the dead forum. So funny that people who can't afford to live in their own countries lambast the poor in the host country. Middle class vendors ineed. Maybe d is also for doh.
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Re: Another example of big vs small

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enforcement, or the lack there of, to be specific
Money is not the problem, the problem is no money
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Re: Another example of big vs small

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Username Taken wrote: Sun May 06, 2018 8:18 am Sounds like you're not really suited to Cambodia if you want to change it to become more orderly.

Tokyo Vs Phnom Penh is like apples vs bananas. Not the same.

You mention bas reliefs then post pics of the countryside. ???

Thailand is famous for its street food.
Sounds like your not suited for humanity if you want a country to stay poor, backwards, unregulated and polluted just because you personally find it charming.
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Re: Another example of big vs small

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that genius wrote: Sun May 06, 2018 9:43 am dron's humanity is touching. [Mod edit: No need for name calling.] Reminscent of the wannabe social climbers who posted on the dead forum. So funny that people who can't afford to live in their own countries lambast the poor in the host country. Middle class vendors ineed. Maybe d is also for doh.
LOL I can def afford to live in my own country my man, don't worry about that. Cambodia needs to develop and get organized for the benefit of Khmer people, not me.

By the way, the same anarchy and lack of regulation that has for years allowed things like selfish petite bourgeois vendors to take over and destroy public spaces is also what allows luxury SUVs to double and triple park, and property developers to put in massive towers that aren't even connected to a sewer. :hattip:
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What country are you talking about?

Cambodia has improved in leaps and bounds over the past couple of decades. Just because you find roadside vendors dirty and unhygienic doesn't mean that they are.
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dron wrote: Sun May 06, 2018 10:23 am
that genius wrote: Sun May 06, 2018 9:43 am dron's humanity is touching. [Mod edit: No need for name calling.] Reminscent of the wannabe social climbers who posted on the dead forum. So funny that people who can't afford to live in their own countries lambast the poor in the host country. Middle class vendors ineed. Maybe d is also for doh.
LOL I can def afford to live in my own country my man, don't worry about that. Cambodia needs to develop and get organized for the benefit of Khmer people, not me.

By the way, the same anarchy and lack of regulation that has for years allowed things like selfish petite bourgeois vendors to take over and destroy public spaces is also what allows luxury SUVs to double and triple park, and property developers to put in massive towers that aren't even connected to a sewer. :hattip:
Go then! Please! Cambodia does need many things, but you are probably not one of them.
I am sooooo very sorry if you can't understand or appreciate my sarcastic facetiousness.
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i think some posters are more suited to live in the rigidity of singapore style nanny country :beer3:
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Re: Another example of big vs small

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Sounds like the locals are with me and not you guys. Sorry, but they don't wanna have their park trashed so that Kieu and Srey Pov can make money selling hot dogs.
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Re: Another example of big vs small

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I don't think you understand the term bourgeois. So you're trying to convince us all that of all the countries your fantastic wealth enables you to live in, you chose Cambodia...yet you run it down at every opportunity. Bad case of bendixitis...just tell us the truth, you're here because home is ferked and you can't achieve the same standard of living with your pittance anywhere else. Nothing to be ashamed of, except perhaps if you feel shamed.
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