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mcloo7
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 Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2013 2:26 am Post subject: Does anyone know anything about Nantong |
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| I got an offer for a job with Web I in Nantong. Does anyone know anything about living in Nantong? |
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roadwalker
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| Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2013 2:48 am Post subject: Re: Does anyone know anything about Nantong |
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| mcloo7 wrote: |
| I got an offer for a job with Web I in Nantong. Does anyone know anything about living in Nantong? |
I didn't live there, but visited a Chinese friend there. The city itself didn't seem too bad. It was a good size for getting around and still having some where to go. Some pretty areas around the river. Usual Chinese city stuff. From the city by bus Shanghai is about 2.5 to 3 hours. Nantong is NOT on the main train lines through Jiangsu. I don't know if there is any train at all.
If you are in "Greater Nantong" you may feel isolated. That part of Jiangsu is cut off from the rest of the province and the other areas outside the city that I was able to see were more industrial than natural. Lot's of light industry further out. |
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mcloo7
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| Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2013 2:58 am Post subject: |
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rogerwilco
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I have visited Nantong several times.
It is a bit isolated from the rest of Jiangsu, but it is an OK city.
It does have a Metro supermarket, and an area with several Western restaurants .
Not the best place to be in China, but not so bad either. |
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unesco
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I lived there for a year. It gets boring very quickly. I think its much better on the other side of the Yangtze, Suzhou, Wuxi and Changzhou are far better places to live and all have WEBs. They also pay better. WEB Nantong will tell you that the cost of living there is lower, in fact I would say its slightly more expensive and its more isolated transport wise. Having said that you can survive there but you will have a better experience elsewhere.
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mcloo7
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| Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2013 1:38 pm Post subject: |
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| unesco wrote: |
I lived there for a year. It gets boring very quickly. I think its much better on the other side of the Yangtze, Suzhou, Wuxi and Changzhou are far better places to live and all have WEBs. They also pay better. WEB Nantong will tell you that the cost of living there is lower, in fact I would say its slightly more expensive and its more isolated transport wise. Having said that you can survive there but you will have a better experience elsewhere.
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Thanks. |
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mcloo7
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| Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2013 5:56 pm Post subject: |
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| unesco wrote: |
I lived there for a year. It gets boring very quickly. I think its much better on the other side of the Yangtze, Suzhou, Wuxi and Changzhou are far better places to live and all have WEBs. They also pay better. WEB Nantong will tell you that the cost of living there is lower, in fact I would say its slightly more expensive and its more isolated transport wise. Having said that you can survive there but you will have a better experience elsewhere.
cheers |
For some reason, I had that same feeling just by looking at it on a map. That's helpful, thanks. |
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