Pattaya is like one big city of whores... great place for a few days if you wanna party
Dunno if I'd wanna live there though... Check out this news site and you soon realise for such a small city there sure is a lot of crazy shit going on
http://pattayaone.net/news/
Personally I prefer Bangkok.... but if it's a beach your looking for and laid back living take DWB's advice..