Kamphaeng Ngam is different from the other communities. Huuses of the highland people are found to be interspersed with those of lowland Thais along Khlong Mae kha. In fact, there are two sections of Kamphaeng Ngam; that which lies along the road and that which lies along the waterway. In the first section stand well-built houses of better-off people. There are no houses of the highland people here. Only in the latter section where poor lowland Thais live do we find the houses of the highland people mingling with them. These poor lowland Thai people are the ones who have played an important role in the development of the communities and the incorporation of the highland people into the communities.