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englishmaster
Joined: 03 Sep 2004
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| If "Jong-Li" is one and the same with the city also spelled "Chungli," then I have been there and do not deem it uninhabitable. I really don't know why some would consider it a bad place to live when it's exactly the same as any other Taiwanese burg. I was in Banciao once, too, by accident, and I couldn't see any difference between it and any other Taiwanese burg. Since you'll be working in Jong-Li, you may as well live there and avoid wasting time and money on a commute. |
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lou_la
Joined: 04 Oct 2005
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Location: Bristol
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| Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 9:32 pm Post subject: |
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| JZer wrote: |
It depends how close your school is to the train station!!!
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Very very good point - I used to live in NeiLi and work in Taoyuan - the train ride was only 4minutes, but then had at least a 35min walk to the school. Wasn't nice in the rain!
I kind of like JongLi - as englishmaster said, there's not much to make it different to other taiwanese places. I much prefer it to Taoyuan - it's not as crowed together, the teachers there seemed to have a much better community than in Taoyuan. The middle of town is nicer too.
Try JongLi for a bit, seems a bit silly not to. If you want a smaller place, NeiLi (between Taoyuan and JongLi) was a nice place - I even lived in a house instead of a huge block of flats, which was cool. All depends on what you want from where you live though, peace and quiet or entertainment! |
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trw
Joined: 28 Jun 2008
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Location: Chicago, IL, USA
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| Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 10:26 pm Post subject: |
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| Thanks to everyone for the advice. It's encouraging to know that Jhong-Li might not be hell on earth. I'll probably start my search there. And maybe living there will help (force) me to learn Mandarin more quickly than I might if I lived in Taipei. Not that I have any real idea of what I'm talking about! |
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steve_c
Joined: 25 Nov 2006
Posts: 96
Location: Luzhu (or Lujhu or Luchu or...sigh)
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| Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 3:47 am Post subject: |
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| trw wrote: |
| Not that I have any real idea of what I'm talking about! |
LOL, you sound a lot like me when I first came. Enjoy your adventure!  |
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killian
Joined: 10 Jan 2003
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Location: fairmont city, illinois, USA
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| Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2008 4:37 am Post subject: |
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lotsa work in chungli. easy enough to live there. just south, there is yangmei which has some nice hillside communities populated by not a few foreigners.
close to airport for visa/escape runs. |
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