Bangkok vs Phnom Penh

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Bangkok vs Phnom Penh

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Pros and cons. What's different about the two? I would like to hear how they compare to each other.

The food, the people, parks, traffic, pollution, nightlife, etc.
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Re: Bangkok vs Phnom Penh

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Food Bangkok 1 PP 0
People Bangkok 1 PP 1
Parks Bangkok 2 PP 1
Traffic Bangkok 2 PP 2
Nightlife Bangkok 787653 PP 2
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Re: Bangkok vs Phnom Penh

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Food: Bangkok: +5 Phnom Penh: -20
People: Bangkok: complete assholes Phnom Penh: utter nutters
Parks: Bangkok: have Phnom Penh: no have
Traffic: Bangkok: crazy Phnom Penh: reckless, respectless and lethal
Nightlife: Bangkok: boring Phnom Penh: :bad: (next Zombie movie will be shot in Phnom Penh. The fact that they will not need any makeup artists makes the entire production about 50 % cheaper)
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Re: Bangkok vs Phnom Penh

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You can't really compare Bangkok and Phnom Penh, they're just far too different...years apart, and I hope PP never becomes anything like Bangkok.
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Re: Bangkok vs Phnom Penh

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Phnom Penh is a better city than Bangkok, but it is steadily becoming more and more like Bangkok, so it may turn into an even worse city within 5-10 years. A direct comparison might even score Bangkok with more points, but that is because there are certain traits of Phnom Penh that can't be quantified. For example, healthcare: Bangkok better, nightlife: Bangkok again, schools: certainly Bangkok, public transportation: obviously Bangkok, Thai food definitely beats Khmer food, so bangkok once more, but there is a quality of life in Phnom Penh that the rat race that is Bangkok doesn't have. Having said that, Hanoi beats both.
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Apples and oranges. PP cannot be compared to BKK. Chiang Mai maybe. I used to love Bangkok. Every year I like BKK a little less and enjoy PP a little more. SGN is somewhere in between.
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In Phnom Penh many people happy to speak English, but in Bangkok No one speaks English to me :(
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Re: Bangkok vs Phnom Penh

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prahkeitouj wrote:In Phnom Penh many people happy to speak English, but in Bangkok No one speaks English to me :(
So true ! That's why my Thai is much better than my Khmer although I've been here so much longer.
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Re: Bangkok vs Phnom Penh

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if i had to live in one over the other id choose PP, bangkok is just far too big and busy for me the traffic is a complete nightmare! i wouldnt say the nightlife is better in BKK, it costs a bomb to go out drinking in BKK, and the pollution is terrible also and the place stinks, PP is far from the best city in the world either i think its a bit of a shit hole too tbh, the food in Thailand is by far superior street/restaurant with a lot better choice, but the atmosphere in PP i find better than the rat race in BKK
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Re: Bangkok vs Phnom Penh

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Food: BKK 5, PP 2
People: BKK 1, PP 1
Parks: BKK 0.5, PP -0.5
Traffic: BKK 1, PP -1
Public Transport: BKK 2, PP -5
Girls: BKK 129, PP 129
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