Fuck mate where do I start! Pattaya to me is 10000% better because the whole city has much better food , infrastructure, and variety than Angeles . In pattaya you also have the seaside options that Angeles does not and it is infinitely more safer than Angeles. Philo food is average whereas Thai food is more varied. Angeles is a dust bowl of a town. You may get more of a GFE feel from Philo chicks but don't be fooled by that...they are sharks who just want to get themselves and their entire family out of a failing country. Thais are very happy to live in their own country.