More like 90% of SEA is nasty and third-world, including Thailand. Penang is, and always will be, cleaner than any similar-sized city in TH. Additionally, people in Malaysia actually drive like semi-civilized human beings because the white man from Britan made them learn how. Until I visited Malaysia, I had no idea how far Thailand still has to go to be considered civilized enough to even understand western values.
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