agreed but these little posses of high-fiving laowai are little kings who can scoff at anything that moves. There is the actual name 'scofflaws' for these types.

I guess they were scoffing for a good 5 year stretch or so the long-term people tell me. There was no 'raids' but just slowly shutting it down. I even noticed in the last 1 or 2 years the local laowai bar in my new city has become so quiet you'd think it was closed the odd nights I've driven by. Again, they might be inside but almost never seeing them outside shouting it up, whistling at girls etc anymore.