Surely not?Originally Posted by cdnmatt
Surely not?
The junta knows what it's doing; Sukhumvit 38- one of the most popular areas used by vendors- is being cleared for a new upper-class housing development. The wealthy will make more money and the poor will be cleansed. We call it gentrification in the west. The junta is merely paying back those who brought it to power.
Ok, maybe not retards, but inhumane assholes I think it a pretty accurate description. If there's no longer a demand from the people of Thailand for street markets, then the markets will disappear on their own due to supply and demand.
For now though, everyone loves the markets. Where I live at least, the markets are packed every night with people getting dinner, and food for their kids.
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Actually, this still strikes a nerve with me. If it's just a street or two in Bangkok, then I really don't give a shit. However, if the junta thinks they're going to roll out this little policy change nationwide, then they're simply delusional. There's no way they havr the police power to do that.
I mean, on every corner on every street in every city in this country has someone selling some kind of food. Have fun getting rid of that.
If you are following the story in the Bangkok Post and now the government's reaction to the story, the plan gets a bit more clear. It sounds as though, what they would like to see is for the street vendors to be in specific areas of the city and not spread out over every passable sidewalk. The country and the city yearns to modernize with the rest of the world and that includes getting rid of the stuff other countries or cities have long since disposed of.
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https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic...et-food-areas/
Yes, they are claiming that the original story was a misinterpretation. They're just going to regulate the current free-for-all. It does make some more sense.
That stretch is already gone for some time, and.. the government had nothing to do with it. The row of shophouses on the right was privatly owned and the landowner decided that an apartment building would earn more. Most of the vendors moved beneath the space right under Sutti Mansion II. As a consequence they now stop operating much earlier then before.
And no the Junta has absolutely no idea what it is doing, and it will end badly that much is certain.
Edit: forgot to quote, this in in reply to the Sukhumvit Soi 38 being cleared by the government nonsense.
Last edited by justaguy; April 20th, 2017 at 09:06.
This is a pattern being repeated all over Asia, at least in the bits I've seen. 'Businesses' that just set up shop wherever there happens to be a space are being cleared away and legitimate rent paying ones are moving in. This unfortunately does get rid of your favourite pissed on the way home late night snack seller but it also means that the old woman can walk on the pavement and not have to step into the road.
Thai political bullshit, and people are buying it ? These food vendors aren't some tourist attraction but a main source of food for the people that live in the area they serve. How does moving them to another location help these people ?
Do I now need to take a 60 baht taxi ride x2 just to get Tam Lao, Khai Yang and 2 khao niow worth 40 baht ?
You mean there's political bullshit somewhere in the world that people don't buy?
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