(Otto Mation) Posted February 14, 2008 Share Posted February 14, 2008 In a nation already littered with scores of abandoned skyscrapers, and saddled with stifling abject poverty and ignorance, the question is... why? · EarthTimes content includes: an article. View the full article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstonmacbro Posted February 17, 2008 Share Posted February 17, 2008 I think you're right on the money. With lots of these supertowers the question is "why?" I mean, like the ones in Dubai... will they ever see full (90% or better) occupancy? Or will they just sit there, magnificent yes, but empty? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
editor Posted February 17, 2008 Share Posted February 17, 2008 I think some people put two and two together and got 22. They saw cheap land, cheap labor, cheap material costs, and lots of tourists and decided it would be a gold mine. Meanwhile the people they have building skyscrapers in Thailand can't read or write let alone interpret the instructions from their supervisors so you end up with incredibly shoddy construction. After spending time in Thailand I don't get frustrated with dumb people working behind the counter at menial jobs in America. They're freaking rocket surgeons compared to the average Thai. What's amazing to me is that such a large population living in such ignorance and poverty is so docile (except in the south where Muslim extremists are blowing up Buddhist monks). Most other places it's the formula for revolution. Here are a couple of pictures of abandoned Thai skyscrapers: Most of those photos are from a Wall Street Journal article on the situation. It's also amazing to me that in Bangkok you have thousands of children wearing rags and starving to death in rat-infested dirt ditches, but then you have all of this vacant potential housing. These are projects that the developers simply walked away from. If the king would spend more time worrying about the welfare of his citizens and less time waging a huge PR and legal war to promote himself to God-like status, Thailand might not be the rancid armpit of Southeast Asia. (Can you tell I had a bad time in Thailand?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstonmacbro Posted February 17, 2008 Share Posted February 17, 2008 (Can you tell I had a bad time in Thailand?)Just a little. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
editor Posted February 17, 2008 Share Posted February 17, 2008 Just a little.It only has a little to do with getting shaken down for bribes by immigration authorities while I was there. I know many a time I've had to send someone who works for me down to Mexico with some extra money to pay bribes on their way back, but it was the first time it happened to me personally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VicMan Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 What's amazing to me is that such a large population living in such ignorance and poverty is so docile (except in the south where Muslim extremists are blowing up Buddhist monks).It's likely the Thai character - According to the KnowPhuket website displays of violence/anger are against Thai culture.I particularly like this article: http://www.knowphuket.com/Articles/2007051...be-grateful.htm "She should be Grateful !" - According to this many Thai love living in Thailand and are not afraid of their previous lives Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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