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Mike S. · Joined: 27 Apr 2006 Posts: 91 Location: New York City

Location:

Semi-rural riverside District 7 neighborhood near Phu My Hung (the modern and expensive neighborhood with English schools).

For $250 US per month you get:

one nicely furnished medium sized room in a new house

private bathroom

fridge

A/C

cable TV

daily maid service

laundry service

use of kitchen

use of internet computer

near the 139 bus to Phu My Hung or just ride a bike there

no hassles from xe oms, postcard/book/sunglasses/massage vendors

and best of all:

FRESH AIR ! ! !

PM me if interested

Cheers, Mike

hot_rock · Joined: 16 Apr 2010 Posts: 107

Fantastic avatar

chim35 · Joined: 25 Jun 2010 Posts: 35

chim35 · Joined: 25 Jun 2010 Posts: 35

Also, when you say "semi-rural", I react, how can there be anything remotely rural in this most urban of cities?

Or if this is really true, is it possible to rent a house there that has some land so you can grow a garden?

Magic8ball · Joined: 08 May 2009 Posts: 27 Location: HCMC

chim35 · Joined: 25 Jun 2010 Posts: 35

yogurtpooh · Joined: 26 Oct 2010 Posts: 85

if you buy most of your produce from the major supermarkets it should be a lot safer. they go through some inspections at least...

barkwood · Joined: 15 Dec 2010 Posts: 10

Check it out: http://www.organikvn.com/[url] Its here now. Also Big C is implementing an organic produce section. District 7 is like a different city...or even a different country. Who knows the real cost of such gentrification?

tonyjones01 · Joined: 20 Aug 2010 Posts: 67

For a garden; get a house with a rooftop, plenty of room there. Just make sure and create some shade.

chim35 · Joined: 25 Jun 2010 Posts: 35

Hmmm. interesting. I've only been to district 7 once, visited Phu My Hung at night. I did notice that it was much quieter and cleaner than District 1, but I wouldn't describe it as semi-rural. If there are semi-rural parts of HCMC, maybe in Nha Be district or Can Gio (I've been doing some googling on this), I should pay a visit. If I could only find a way to wake up early so I can make a day trip out of it, and return before the buses stop running, usually at 6 or 7 PM. Gotta stop waking up at noon.

I heard about that Organik farm in Dalat, but it's very limited in its offerings and fairly expensive. I'd rather grow my own. The rooftop is a great idea, thanks Tony. But that means renting a whole multistory house, which is a lot bigger than I need.

Also been looking into indoor gardening with Grow Lights. I'll bet you'd have a lot less trouble with bugs if you did it indoors or on the roof, rather than in a plot of land.

I know Co-op Mart claims its vegetables are "rau sach" (clean vegetables) but that's not the same thing as organic. They don't have any organic standards in VN. When they call it organic, they mean "less pesticides" not "no pesticides.", and I doubt if they ever heard of a compost pile in VN.