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| Which city/town/area has the most to offer (Job Market-Activities-Culture-Pubs)young english teachers? |
| Taipei |
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66% |
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| Kaohsiung |
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0% |
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| Taichung |
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25% |
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| Tainan |
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0% |
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| Hualien |
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8% |
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| Hsinchu |
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creztor
Joined: 30 Dec 2009
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| Just Google it. Can't mention them here due to obvious conflict of interest reasons. Don't trust recruiters. You can't trust anyone who gets paid to convince you to take a job out in the middle of nowhere. |
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knight4ever
Joined: 02 Sep 2010
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Location: Shenzhen
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| Posted: Tue Sep 07, 2010 2:34 am Post subject: |
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| Thanks creztor! |
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zipper
Joined: 14 Dec 2009
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| Posted: Tue Sep 07, 2010 5:02 am Post subject: |
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| Voted Taichung, but I live in Changhua County; which is south of Taichung. I like it here, because there's less rain in the winter and for it's proximity to Taichung City where I occasionally go and hit the pubs and KTVs with my wife. |
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Dr_Zoidberg
Joined: 29 Sep 2004
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| Posted: Tue Sep 07, 2010 11:29 am Post subject: |
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| zipper wrote: |
| Voted Taichung, but I live in Changhua County; which is south of Taichung. I like it here, because there's less rain in the winter and for it's proximity to Taichung City where I occasionally go and hit the pubs and KTVs with my wife. |
Yep, Taichung is the place to be. |
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creztor
Joined: 30 Dec 2009
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| Posted: Tue Sep 07, 2010 11:34 am Post subject: |
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| Taichung, land of roaming gangs, hookers and street shootings. Sorry guys, Taichung is a shocker of a place. Just watch the news and you'll see most of the shiess that goes down happens in and around Taichung. I am sure the weather and everything is fine, heck they even have quite a few job listings there, but there's too much nasty stuff for my liking. |
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zipper
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| Posted: Tue Sep 07, 2010 2:00 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah, I know. Taipei is a police state compared to Taichung. I am like a fly, I guess.  |
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JZer
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I have not lived anywhere else so I cannot say whether it is the best or not but I think that Xindian in Taipei County is a good place to live.
It is quiet and has access to a nice bike path. I usually play basketball or ride my bike after work in Xindian. I am in the best shape in years. Not to mention that rent is not bad in Xindian either. |
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zipper
Joined: 14 Dec 2009
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| Posted: Tue Sep 07, 2010 2:25 pm Post subject: |
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| Xindian brings back fond memories. I lived there back in 94 when contractors were still boring a tunnel under Xindian Mountain or hill. I forget the exact name, though. It was a rainy winter and spring, and I drove my little scooter to a bunch of houses and apartments throughout Xindian area to teach English for this agency called "Anderson." They were paying me around 800 NT an hour when the NT was 25/1. I wonder if Anderson is still in business today. I lived in Xindian while I was finishing up my BU directed study project. I used to ride to Chiang Kai Shek Memorial Hall every other day to relax or walk on the stones, before walking across the street and heading up to the 12 floor of the Department of Communicable Disease and Control. They didn't allow cars, trucks, scooters in Chiang Kai Shek Memorial Hall back then. Just school children doing their "Double Ten" parade rehearsals. Nothing ever remains the same; everything is in a perpetual state of change. Oh well, life is very short for me. Sorry for the reminiscent rant. |
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Dr_Zoidberg
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| Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2010 2:27 pm Post subject: |
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| creztor wrote: |
| Taichung, land of roaming gangs, hookers and street shootings. Sorry guys, Taichung is a shocker of a place. Just watch the news and you'll see most of the shiess that goes down happens in and around Taichung. I am sure the weather and everything is fine, heck they even have quite a few job listings there, but there's too much nasty stuff for my liking. |
Taipei is the only part of the island the government has control of. The rest of it is owned by the criminal gangs. Even so, having lived among it for six years I can honestly say foreigners are for the most part unmolested. The only ones I've ever heard of getting into trouble were those who went looking for it. |
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Rooster_2006
Joined: 24 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2010 7:13 pm Post subject: |
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| Dr_Zoidberg wrote: |
| creztor wrote: |
| Taichung, land of roaming gangs, hookers and street shootings. Sorry guys, Taichung is a shocker of a place. Just watch the news and you'll see most of the shiess that goes down happens in and around Taichung. I am sure the weather and everything is fine, heck they even have quite a few job listings there, but there's too much nasty stuff for my liking. |
Taipei is the only part of the island the government has control of. The rest of it is owned by the criminal gangs. Even so, having lived among it for six years I can honestly say foreigners are for the most part unmolested. The only ones I've ever heard of getting into trouble were those who went looking for it. |
Very few people actually go out looking for trouble...
Personally, I haven't been the victim of any hate crimes here in Taiwan, but I was the victim of three hate crimes in Korea and one in Hong Kong.
I really don't like it when people blame the victims and assume right off the bat "he was looking for trouble."
My guess is that the majority of anti-foreigner hate crimes (regardless of country) are perpetrated against foreigners who didn't know when to turn around and walk the other way (that was not necessarily their own fault), but that doesn't mean all hate crimes had a "two to tango" component.
In my nine years in the Far East, I've been attacked four times (once in Hong Kong, three times in Korea). Three of those incidents involved a highly-charged situation in which I could have walked away had I had more willpower and just turned the other cheek. However, one of them was when I was just walking to the Family Mart.
Based on my personal experience, I think that about 75% of hate crimes are avoidable if you ALWAYS walk away at the first sign of trouble. Someone knees you in the butt and calls you a @#$%? Walk away. Someone denies you service at a restaurant because you're a foreigner? Don't make a big deal about it, walk away. Someone calls you a @#$% and a bunch of people start laughing? Walk away. You see another foreigner getting the crap beaten out of him by three guys? Walk away. If you walk away from situations like that, yes, you'll probably be fine 75% of the time.
However, there is that pretty much inescapable 25% of hate crimes that occur with no provocation whatsoever. And people who have never been victims tend to downplay that 25%, but trust me, it's there. And you have to be careful no matter where you are.
Certain individuals are more at risk than others. Most racists start fights with men, not women (although women are at an elevated risk for sexual assault). And if you're over a certain age, your susceptibility goes down. The racists prefer to use young men as punching bags. |
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markcmc
Joined: 18 Jan 2010
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Location: Taiwan
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| Posted: Thu Sep 09, 2010 2:41 am Post subject: |
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| I've lived in Taipei City, Taipei County & Miaoli County. All of them were good. Taipei is probably best if you like big cities with all modern conveniences, and it's certainly the most cosmopolitan city in Taiwan. |
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zipper
Joined: 14 Dec 2009
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| Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2010 12:49 pm Post subject: |
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| Rooster_2006 wrote: |
| . And if you're over a certain age, your susceptibility goes down. The racists prefer to use young men as punching bags. |
Rooster, you have an interesting point here. I think that it might be due to competition for females which usually becomes more intense among crowds. Maybe there's a problem of insecurity and self esteem among some of the younger ones that might be xenophobic. However, I think that the far right racial ideologues may not discriminate against foreigners based on age, but rather on nationality and race. These are the more dangerous ones to avoid, but I haven't seen such ideologues here in Taiwan.
I usually go out a couple times a week and crash Taiwanese parties of older people hanging out in local parks or by rivers. For instance, if I see a group of old geezers like myself, I will sit by or among them and drink a couple of beers. Before long, smiles and nods are exchanged usually followed by them talking to me in a language I don't understand, but I go along with the gestures and things workout pretty fine. Most people in my community are familiar with me and don't perceive me as a threat, because I sit among them, smile, nod, eat and drink responsibly into oblivion. (I couldn't do it with Koreans, however.)
Nonetheless, if I tried that with kids 20 years my junior, I am sure that they would think that I am a retard or something.
Bottom line, as you said, use your street smarts and avoid unhealthy situations. |
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adogadie
Joined: 18 Sep 2010
Posts: 82
Location: Taiwan
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| Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2010 12:28 pm Post subject: |
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| Hualien. Quite a beautiful and peaceful area to live. |
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FoundWaldo
Joined: 01 Jun 2010
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| Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2010 2:41 am Post subject: |
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| I taught in Taipei (which I loved), but I would have to say Hualien or Taidung were the two nicest places I visited in Taiwan. Both definitely have the 'small town' feel, and there isn't much of a nightlife, but the streets are clean, the skies are actually blue, and the people are even friendlier. |
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