Some differences between BKK and PP :
Condos in PP : limited choices, low quality,︀ and/or overpriced , a perfect market for Chinese money launderers.
Restaurants, bars, and other options:︁ probably 50 times fewer than in Bangkok.
Much less developed, everything is more complicated than︂ in Bangkok , deliveries, services, opportunities.
BKK is a real hub with two international airports,︃ where you can easily fly anywhere.
English proficiency is still much lower than in BKK︄ (when compared to PP).
Also less safe than BKK (although that’s relative , still nothing︅ like LATAM, of course).
For me, PP feels like a big village, and in my︆ view, you need a real reason to live there , like roots (one of my︇ best friends is French-Khmer and spends about half the year there), or for business, or︈ because you have a Khmer wife…
But other than that, I have a hard time︉ imagining a reason to settle in PP, within Asia.