Comments on: The Changing Face of Bangkok – 1970 vs 2009 https://www.gregtodiffer.com/the-changing-face-of-bangkok-1970-vs-2009/ Stories, rants & observations about expat life in Asia's craziest city Thu, 17 Nov 2016 15:48:47 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 By: Pete, FrogBlogger https://www.gregtodiffer.com/the-changing-face-of-bangkok-1970-vs-2009/#comment-140 Sun, 31 May 2009 09:08:55 +0000 http://gregtodiffer.dreamhosters.com/?p=87#comment-140 Mixed feelings about ThaiVisa – fantastic source of info, but endless carping, insulting, and general moronicity from some of the expats contributing there 🙁

Yours is a great blog by the way, love the format and content.

]]> By: Greg https://www.gregtodiffer.com/the-changing-face-of-bangkok-1970-vs-2009/#comment-139 Sat, 30 May 2009 06:00:18 +0000 http://gregtodiffer.dreamhosters.com/?p=87#comment-139 Strangely_brown, great Crumb comic. Toss in a few Pad Thai stands and it could be Bangkok!

Suzy, not at all, thanks for reading.

]]> By: suzy https://www.gregtodiffer.com/the-changing-face-of-bangkok-1970-vs-2009/#comment-138 Sat, 30 May 2009 05:23:00 +0000 http://gregtodiffer.dreamhosters.com/?p=87#comment-138 great post greg! i linked to it on my blog, hope you don’t mind.

]]> By: Reid https://www.gregtodiffer.com/the-changing-face-of-bangkok-1970-vs-2009/#comment-134 Fri, 29 May 2009 18:48:37 +0000 http://gregtodiffer.dreamhosters.com/?p=87#comment-134 Hmm, I think those buses were painted blue/white and would still be seen below the Skytrain in the last picture, if we could see the street.

]]> By: Brennan https://www.gregtodiffer.com/the-changing-face-of-bangkok-1970-vs-2009/#comment-137 Fri, 29 May 2009 16:19:25 +0000 http://gregtodiffer.dreamhosters.com/?p=87#comment-137 It’s amazing how fast the world is changing. In 1975 there were 3.9 billion people on the planet. Now there is 6.9 billion! http://www.ibiblio.org/lunarbin/worldpop

]]> By: strangely_brown https://www.gregtodiffer.com/the-changing-face-of-bangkok-1970-vs-2009/#comment-136 Fri, 29 May 2009 16:10:39 +0000 http://gregtodiffer.dreamhosters.com/?p=87#comment-136 Robert Crumb brilliantly captured a similar sentiment about the US of A in this drawing:

http://bp3.blogger.com/_MTQOG4Xa538/Rdv_jWk9pqI/AAAAAAAAAJ0/Sd73agTuqhA/s1600-h/crumb-america.gif

]]> By: @mavinbkk https://www.gregtodiffer.com/the-changing-face-of-bangkok-1970-vs-2009/#comment-135 Fri, 29 May 2009 14:59:53 +0000 http://gregtodiffer.dreamhosters.com/?p=87#comment-135 Excellent pics – great to compare then and now. Cheers

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