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dezz · Joined: 18 Dec 2008 Posts: 15

Hello again all

Well today i need some info on Changsha as I�ll be moving there in march or may.

Basically I�m looking for is good housing, area, schools, average pay....ect

I�m Scottish, male, 26, blah blah all the things a school looks for in a laowai don�t ask me why ha-ha.

Thanks for the help

Buck Lin · Joined: 13 Oct 2008 Posts: 405 Location: nanchang china

Dez it is a little Beijing. Lots of foreigners and foreign eating establishments. Very new city. Will they be able to understand your Scotich accent and reproduce those long RRRRRRRRRRRs you people are famous for? And despite what the say I don't think you are the worst of the worst but the most hospitable people to spend time with in the UK.

dezz · Joined: 18 Dec 2008 Posts: 15

Well I have worked my accent to a natural one over the years in china.

Are there really a lot of laowai in Changsha? How is it for jobs? Pay? ect

are you there? English or Chinese?

Please give me the INFO he he

Buck Lin · Joined: 13 Oct 2008 Posts: 405 Location: nanchang china

I was joking about the Scotish accent. Chinese are very accepting about accents. I have just made a few stop overs there. I have never looked for work. The city is very prosperous. Let me know if you have something because I am in between jobs at the moment and am in Nanchang, which is about three hours away by bullet train.

dezz · Joined: 18 Dec 2008 Posts: 15

bump.....

because i really need the info on this place i mean im gona be there for 5-6 years so you can understand my bumpage Razz

Buck Lin · Joined: 13 Oct 2008 Posts: 405 Location: nanchang china

It's a nice clean city with a north south layout much like Beijing. I ran into many foreigners there. Because it is in Hunan the birthplace of Mao I think there is old crony money there.

danswayne · Joined: 23 Apr 2006 Posts: 237

If you know how to use the PM function on the forum send me some info and I will be happy to contact you. I have beenn in Changsha for quite a while and will be happy to share.

Loop · Joined: 07 Sep 2005 Posts: 178 Location: NE China

Here's a little info on the basic aspects of Changsha:
http://wikitravel.org/en/Changsha

Best wishes.

TexasHighway · Joined: 03 Dec 2005 Posts: 779

What school will you be teaching at, Dezz? In what part of Changsha is it located?

dezz · Joined: 18 Dec 2008 Posts: 15

Well i'm working for ABC school at the moment and may trancfer down to changsha branch as they have one there ...not sure were i'll get a house thats why i need help Razz

dezz · Joined: 18 Dec 2008 Posts: 15

ok so here i am at changsha and im finding myself without a job so any one in changsha working as an english teacher fill me in on whats hot and whats not.

thanks.

oh and were is the best place for a house?

dezz · Joined: 18 Dec 2008 Posts: 15

some one must be in changsha? how about xiangtan?

tashidelek · Joined: 03 May 2009 Posts: 23 Location: beijing

suanlatudousi · Joined: 10 Oct 2008 Posts: 384

So you moved to Changsa without any clue as to a job ? It's been how long now ? 5 or 6 months ?

You should REALLY think things through it seems.