Is it safe to stay at places just over the Cambodia border during a border run from Thailand?

When I did it at the Surin border, I literally walked from the Immigration to stamp out, to the Cambodian immigration which was over the road, to get Cambodian stamp… And then straight back to the Thai immigration. It was all open, kids running between the two countries as if it where open borders…

Didn’t seem unsafe there… But if you don’t have to stay, why bother? The border crossing at Poipet, different scenario. That has a no man’s land inbetween the two countries, which houses two casinos. I got stuck for a night there with a friend and not out of choice. We stamped out of Thailand and then went to the casino. When we came out, Cambodian immigration was closed and we were stuck. Casino hotel rooms full so we had to stay in the workers hotel 🤣… That place didn’t feel safe lol. But it was about 15 years ago….