sglad, this is what you posted earlier:
Thanks for the interesting trip report. I've never been to Pattaya - my Thai friends are always telling me not to bother but I would like to check it out for myself.
It seemed to me that you were querying for some advice or comments? Yes? No?
Some suggested Phuket and Chiang Mai as fun places. But you didn't mention Phuket in you posts and you already live in CM and seem to know you way around there.
Others extolled the merits of Bangkok, but you have already been and lived in Bangkok and know you way around so you need no advice in that regard.
So it is either come down to Pattaya and see for yourself or not.
Students learn by doing, don't they?