Thailand Flooding - Highway Parking lot

Driving from the Chaengwattana area that's still not flooded to downtown. People have been leaving their cars because it's the only high ground. While we were driving we saw a few people walking back from where they left their car, or biking.

Cars in Thailand are expensive compared to the US or EU. People here also make way less that those in the west. Losing their car or truck could in some cases mean their livelihood. Thailand's public transportation is also very young, privately owned, and limited to just downtown. So people are either forced to pay high rent and live downtown if they work downtown, take buses (which are notoriously slow and late), or taxis. Carpooling here is unheard of.

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