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โญ๏ธ All ๐ต Cost ๐ก ๐ Fun ๐ฎ Safety โ๏ธ Feels -9° 16° -6° 22°AQI 91$1,506 / mo1Mbpsโญ๏ธ All ๐ต Cost ๐ก ๐ Fun ๐ฎ Safety โ๏ธ Feels -5° 23° -2° 28°AQI 342$1,526 / mo1MbpsI lived and worked (at a law firm) in Chengdu for about 3 months. I absolutely loved the city! It's so different from east coast China, especially given the Tibetan influences in many areas. I had a company arrange my apartment and registrations, but was a seamless process. I am a white, American male who speaks a decent bit of Mandarin, and I found the locals to be incredibly hospitable. China is general is extremely affordable for a Westerner, and Chengdu offers the luxuries of any large, West
โญ๏ธ All ๐ต Cost ๐ก ๐ Fun ๐ฎ Safety โ๏ธ Feels 13° 55° 13° 56°AQI 97๐ท3$1,308 / mo2Mbpsโญ๏ธ All ๐ต Cost ๐ก ๐ Fun ๐ฎ Safety ๐ค Feels 7° 45° 8° 47°AQI 264$1,586 / mo1Mbpsโญ๏ธ All ๐ต Cost ๐ก ๐ Fun ๐ฎ Safety โ๏ธ Feels -9° 16° -4° 24°AQI 385$1,256 / mo2MbpsDefinitely an underrated place for nomads - Huge city with a small town feel. Lots of different neighborhoods to appeal to different types of people: some commercial, some hipstery, some historical, some modern. Food and rent is cheap (and the food is damn good). People are very friendly as compared to other big Asian cities. You can also get easy work as a tutor and make good extra cash. I survived for five months tutoring and doing other English related work for max 12 hrs a week (leaving me
โญ๏ธ All ๐ต Cost ๐ก ๐ Fun ๐ฎ Safety โ๏ธ Feels 2° 36° 5° 41°AQI 266$2,775 / mo2Mbpsโญ๏ธ All ๐ต Cost ๐ก ๐ Fun ๐ฎ Safety ๐ฅ Feels 21° 70° 20° 67°AQI 577$1,462 / mo1Mbpsโญ๏ธ All ๐ต Cost ๐ก ๐ Fun ๐ฎ Safety โ๏ธ Feels 22° 72° 22° 72°AQI 728$2,321 / mo5Mbpsโญ๏ธ All ๐ต Cost ๐ก ๐ Fun ๐ฎ Safety ๐ง Feels 12° 54° 12° 54°AQI 219$1,426 / mo1Mbpsโญ๏ธ All ๐ต Cost ๐ก ๐ Fun ๐ฎ Safety โ๏ธ Feels 13° 55° 14° 56°AQI 5010$1,286 / mo1Mbpsโญ๏ธ All ๐ต Cost ๐ก ๐ Fun ๐ฎ Safety โ๏ธ Feels 21° 70° 21° 71°AQI 7211$1,063 / mo2Mbpsโญ๏ธ All ๐ต Cost ๐ก ๐ Fun ๐ฎ Safety ๐ง Feels 5° 41° 6° 43°AQI 912$1,217 / mo2Mbpsโญ๏ธ All ๐ต Cost ๐ก ๐ Fun ๐ฎ Safety โ๏ธ Feels 4° 39° 7° 44°AQI 5013$1,316 / mo2Mbpsโญ๏ธ All ๐ต Cost ๐ก ๐ Fun ๐ฎ Safety โ๏ธ Feels 8° 46° 9° 49°AQI 6514$1,059 / mo1Mbpsโญ๏ธ All ๐ต Cost ๐ก ๐ Fun ๐ฎ Safety โ๏ธ Feels 7° 45° 9° 49°AQI 6115$1,321 / mo1Mbpsโญ๏ธ All ๐ต Cost ๐ก ๐ Fun ๐ฎ Safety โ๏ธ Feels 22° 72° 22° 71°AQI 7416$1,611 / mo2Mbpsโญ๏ธ All ๐ต Cost ๐ก ๐ Fun ๐ฎ Safety โ๏ธ Feels 12° 54° 13° 55°AQI 3417$1,163 / mo1MbpsShanghai is a giant city and your experience really depends on a few factors like: 1) where you live in the city 2) do you speak basic Mandarin 3) do you make nice money 4) do you have to use the internet If you can afford to live in Jing'an or the French Concession, you can live a fashionable metropolitan lifestyle like you would in New York City. There's amazing food (Asian, Western and fusion). You'll be surrounded by entrepreneurs, artists, fashion designers and models. Many of whom d
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