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barry3000

I am leaving my school next year and was thinking of going to a northern city does anyone have any suggestions for a nice clean place with good food and nice people

james0 · Joined: 23 Jun 2007 Posts: 29

Austin, Texas. Vancouver, Canada, Portland, Oregon, maybe London if you have the money, Paris.

barry3000 · Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2007 4:59 am Post subject:

sorry but I dont think that geography is your strong point I did ask for northern cities in CHINA!!!

AussieGuyInChina · Joined: 23 Nov 2006 Posts: 403

.......... and Cairns & Darwin are both very liveable northern cities, although they are in the southern hemisphere.

barry3000 · Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2007 5:03 am Post subject:

like I said a few moments ago about geography here we go again... Northern cities in CHINA!!!

arioch36 · Joined: 21 Jan 2003 Posts: 3589

barry3000 · Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2007 6:48 am Post subject: you couldnt be more wrong

I cant really blame anyone here for not wanting to stay out after dark let alone 10:00. here in Da Li we get lots of maniac motorcyclists thrashing round the streets with no crash helmets as soon as the sun hits the brown sludge about an hour before sunset... no fancy a change from listening to cantonese all the time and want to make my mandarin moderately better

therock · Joined: 31 Jul 2005 Posts: 1266 Location: China

Why not try the North Pole Laughing

How far north do you want to go? the obvious recommendations are Beijing and Dalian. But you could also consider Harbin, which is cold, but it's suppose to be nice in winter. Also the mandarin spoken in Harbin is apparently the clearest in all of China.

barry3000 · Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2007 7:05 am Post subject: everyone's a comedian arent they?

well it seems like you are all comedians I'm not allowed to be one apparently. and maybe Harbin being a bit too cold for my aging joints in winter is not a good idea

therock · Joined: 31 Jul 2005 Posts: 1266 Location: China

arioch36 · Joined: 21 Jan 2003 Posts: 3589

Still go with Dalian. Cleaner, friendlier, better restaurandts (with bathrooms with western seats and toilet paper, some semblance of culture.

Dalian!

TingBuDong · Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2007 9:09 am Post subject:

Smaller cities can be really nice. I live in Zhangye, Gansu province, a city of only around 100,000. In my experience the best food in China, and the people are quite nice. Perhaps average on cleanliness, but completely without pollution. It's remote and not too Westernized but that's what I like. I met a teacher working in Xi'an and he liked it, and other than the pollution I enjoyed the few days I spent there. Yinchuan in Ningxia seemed like a quite pleasant and overlooked place when I was there.