As someone who comes from an old-world country, the United Kingdom, I'm still impressed and astounded by the pace of development that occurs in a city like Bangkok. Yes we live here all the time and so sometimes we even get frustrated that the city is not being developed fast enough to keep up with the rate of social and economic change that the modern world demands, and I would agree with you to a point, especially in regards to public sector development, but more about that later on. However in the private sector the changes are close to breathtaking.