Phnom Penh....the good, the bad, the ugly....and the downright evil

Now I promised to comment on the rough with the smooth and Phnom Penh, in my view, is definitely at the rough end.
The good: the food and that some people are trying to make a difference - two French guys have set up a restaurant called 'Friends' to train street kids how to cook and run a restaurant to give them work, skills and to get them off the street.
The bad: Phnom Penh is the first Asian city that I haven't taken to and the first one that I haven't felt safe in, even in a group. No doubt there will be people out there saying "You're so wrong, it's fabulous. You need to appreciate it's charm". To me, it has an 'edge' to it that's not good - people don't smile at you like other Asian cities but have a look of suspicion in their eyes. Poverty, rubbish, pollution is everywhere and there are 25k street kids roaming around. Pickpocketing and begging go hand in hand.
The ugly: They are savvy to tourism but it appears in a predatory way. When we wouldn't use his tuk tuk, one driver spat at us! It is also a bit of a shock to see a man on a motorbike, steering with one hand and holding a 8-10 month old baby with the other along with a gun held against the child's body.
The downright evil: see post on Pol Pot and the Killing Fields.

I didn't stay long enough for Phnom Penh to show me whether it had a more pleasant side to it. The atrocities of the Killing Fields is the draw but I predict this city becoming a lot more tortuous to foreign tourists in years to come.