[dpb001]

It took only one long solo wait at a crosswalk in Chon Buri to convince me that it was worth paying about 3 USD to travel about 6 blocks. Traffic yielding to a single pedestrian is a quaint notion and as you say a lone farang seems to be a soi dog magnet.

[ghaff]

Some SE Asian cities are OK except for the heat/humidity like Singapore, Penang, and Hong Kong. But, yeah, most of the big SE Asian cities are pretty horrible to get around and certainly aren't pedestrian friendly except very locally.

[throwaway290]

Hong Kong is one of the most walkable of them yep. But if it is "lists of coveted cities", idk how coveted it is;)

[ghaff]

I'd say Hong Kong is pretty coveted, albeit expensive.