Is Snooky changing for the worse?
Is Snooky changing for the worse?
Hi Gang,
I lived in Snooky for 18 months. I hear that rents have gone up, construction is rampant, and that it has been inundated by Chinese. Is this true?
Thanks.
I lived in Snooky for 18 months. I hear that rents have gone up, construction is rampant, and that it has been inundated by Chinese. Is this true?
Thanks.
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Is it changing for the worse? Depends from who you ask. If you liked the old Sihanoukville, then probably you would think it is changing for the worse.hyku1147 wrote:Hi Gang,
I lived in Snooky for 18 months. I hear that rents have gone up, construction is rampant, and that it has been inundated by Chinese. Is this true?
Thanks.
Rents going up, construction is rampant and there are lot of Chinese.. all true. Though rents should start to come down within next two years. But number of constructions and the amount of Chinese probably just getting more in future.
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Other than Otres I always thought it was kind of a shithole. By most accounts it's a bigger shithole now... I haven't been in quite a few years though.
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Hahahaha....
... If you are a high-ranking CPP hood or a Chinese con-artist, it's changing for the better... If you are an ordinary person who has to ride a moto through the clouds of dust created by crumbling roads destroyed by overweight cement trucks, it is changing for the worse...
If you are a real estate snot who has the leverage to flip police- and CPP-owned seaside property, it is changing for the better... If you are an ordinary Cambodian citizen or feckless foreigner who once had a bit of a business on rented property, you have already been chased out of town -- back to the provinces or Battambong, or dull Kampot... Or maybe Vietnam...
Everyday more and more locals and farang pack-up and go... Temporary Chinese laborers arrive, and a few local guys got jobs driving the cement trucks, and the bus tourists from China are still going to keep coming, I suppose. But, I think even the Chinese tourists will stop coming once they see how ugly it is... (Of course, the Chinese have a plan to bus cruise ship tourists direct from the port to the mammoth new 45-storey casino-hotel-condos near Independence beach... So, they won't have to see the mess, as they are likely to be kept confined at the hotel...)
Downtown Sihanoukville is presently a dust bowl, garbage is everywhere. The water is reduced to a trickle in many places because too many new buildings have been constructed without proper planning or building of infrastructures... The Chinese should be forced to pay for a new water treatment reservoir and plant...
Right now, the town looks like the set of a post-apocalyptic sci-fi horror movie, after global warming has ruined the world totally...
Hahahaha!
... If you are a high-ranking CPP hood or a Chinese con-artist, it's changing for the better... If you are an ordinary person who has to ride a moto through the clouds of dust created by crumbling roads destroyed by overweight cement trucks, it is changing for the worse...
If you are a real estate snot who has the leverage to flip police- and CPP-owned seaside property, it is changing for the better... If you are an ordinary Cambodian citizen or feckless foreigner who once had a bit of a business on rented property, you have already been chased out of town -- back to the provinces or Battambong, or dull Kampot... Or maybe Vietnam...
Everyday more and more locals and farang pack-up and go... Temporary Chinese laborers arrive, and a few local guys got jobs driving the cement trucks, and the bus tourists from China are still going to keep coming, I suppose. But, I think even the Chinese tourists will stop coming once they see how ugly it is... (Of course, the Chinese have a plan to bus cruise ship tourists direct from the port to the mammoth new 45-storey casino-hotel-condos near Independence beach... So, they won't have to see the mess, as they are likely to be kept confined at the hotel...)
Downtown Sihanoukville is presently a dust bowl, garbage is everywhere. The water is reduced to a trickle in many places because too many new buildings have been constructed without proper planning or building of infrastructures... The Chinese should be forced to pay for a new water treatment reservoir and plant...
Right now, the town looks like the set of a post-apocalyptic sci-fi horror movie, after global warming has ruined the world totally...
Hahahaha!
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Snooky., was my main Cambodian home for over 15 years.
As of a couple of weeks ago I no longer have a place there.
I come and go all the time. Last month was the first time I have been in Cambodia since 2001 that I did not go to Snooky, I stayed at my place in PP.
Snooky is ruined for Westerners. Mind you the Chinese invasion has been good to me financially.
As of a couple of weeks ago I no longer have a place there.
I come and go all the time. Last month was the first time I have been in Cambodia since 2001 that I did not go to Snooky, I stayed at my place in PP.
Snooky is ruined for Westerners. Mind you the Chinese invasion has been good to me financially.
Note to self: Must be nice to morons.
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Read this photo essay for more on Sihanoukville, published in July, 2018......
https://international.thenewslens.com/article/99562
https://international.thenewslens.com/article/99562
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Game over man. Game over.
The thing is, if they are paying triple or 4x plus the rent to sell noodle soup in prime real estate areas, then is this new transition only temporary?
The thing is, if they are paying triple or 4x plus the rent to sell noodle soup in prime real estate areas, then is this new transition only temporary?
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A buddy of mine just got back from Snooky and changed his mind about opening a business there. I asked him why and he said it was inundated with the poorest class Chinese. Considering he's Chinese I figure it must be horrible right now. My first home was in Snooky and I really enjoyed it. Shame things have gone to shit.
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How can a place change for the worse when it already was the worse ?
Shitsville was always one of the most terrible places in Cambodia, too many old dirty sexpats and lacking in a relaxed vibe you want for a beach holiday. Some diamonds about, like Tony’s place but could only really enjoy the islands. I once bypassed the enter mainland and had a chopper back to PP.
Now even the few bright spots are gone, just burn the fucker down once the Chinese rape and pillaged it.
Now even the few bright spots are gone, just burn the fucker down once the Chinese rape and pillaged it.
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I was told (by various people) that the majority of the Chinese there now are indeed bottom feeders. In time they will be pushed out.
Little Macau was touted (in jest) a while ago but there’s a lot of operators from there coming to Cambodia to set up.
China has trillions of dollars plus its citizens are loaded with cheap cash. Will it crash? I don’t think so but who knows.
Little Macau was touted (in jest) a while ago but there’s a lot of operators from there coming to Cambodia to set up.
China has trillions of dollars plus its citizens are loaded with cheap cash. Will it crash? I don’t think so but who knows.
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i speak gook and lived in china for may years. i kinda see things differently.
sihanoukville is a shithole - i will never go back beacuse of the thieving, corrupt, racist cops and how the funk did the pirce of a hooker on victory hill escalate so quickly.
tart wud be happy-daze for 20$ for dirt-chute action in 2008. now 50$+? get the fuk out of here.admittedly, i havent aged like a fine wine or anything.
anyhow, i only go there for 50c beers and tarts. shithole
PS 5$ hookers down by the port r younger , fresher and cleaner. u azzhols on victory hill r paying quadruple for their left-overs
sihanoukville is a shithole - i will never go back beacuse of the thieving, corrupt, racist cops and how the funk did the pirce of a hooker on victory hill escalate so quickly.
tart wud be happy-daze for 20$ for dirt-chute action in 2008. now 50$+? get the fuk out of here.admittedly, i havent aged like a fine wine or anything.
anyhow, i only go there for 50c beers and tarts. shithole
PS 5$ hookers down by the port r younger , fresher and cleaner. u azzhols on victory hill r paying quadruple for their left-overs
Brilliant. Thanks for your contribution.AnassRamaIV wrote:i speak gook and lived in china for may years. i kinda see things differently.
sihanoukville is a shithole - i will never go back beacuse of the thieving, corrupt, racist cops and how the funk did the pirce of a hooker on victory hill escalate so quickly.
tart wud be happy-daze for 20$ for dirt-chute action in 2008. now 50$+? get the fuk out of here.admittedly, i havent aged like a fine wine or anything.
anyhow, i only go there for 50c beers and tarts. shithole
PS 5$ hookers down by the port r younger , fresher and cleaner. u azzhols on victory hill r paying quadruple for their left-overs
pew, pew, pew, pew!
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yes.
all change is bad.
it's in the bible.
all change is bad.
it's in the bible.
Why, oh why, didn't I take the Blue pill?
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