The new American dream: to move away from the nightmare that America has become.
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Still haven’t abandoned that “dream” of nuclear family of four. Same dream, different venue. And if that’s your dream; great, you found your spot. But there’s no one dream.
1000$ for rent in China? What the fuck man the average salary in China is like 800USD, they must be overcharging
This is Shenzhen one of the richest cities in China, so average salary in China does not apply here.
From a Google search:
Shenzhen monthly average is often reported around 12,400–13,000 RMB ($1,700–$1,800 USD
So more than twice what you claim for the area this is in.
As a teacher he is probably living on a pretty normal wage.
Does American teachers get better salaries? I would guess they bring prestige to private schools
...Americans bringing prestige to education? What would give you that idea?
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Oh yeah China is great when you're a rich person.
Becasue paying $1000 rent and $100 groceries makes you upper class over there.
People tend to forget that China sucks.
$1000 for a three bedroom apartment doesn't sound that outrageous to me.
When I lived about 20 minutes away from Washington, D.C. in the late 2010s I was paying ~$1700/month for a single bedroom apartment D=
Couldn't the same be said of the west, except that rent and food are 3-4 times those amounts?
Another thing people don’t mention is their job. Most of the time they’re working remote so they’re still benefitting from their American pay. I had an acquaintance who lived in China for a year because he wanted to find himself or something. He said most of the apartments look like concrete boxes and their is barely any hot water.
The article clearly states that he is working in China as an English teacher.
The water is one thing. But I always heard the concrete box apartments are just how they're sold. They mass produce concrete apartment blocks. But the idea isn't that you're supposed to just live in the box. When you buy an apartment, you're buying an empty shell, a blank canvas. The intention is that after buying it, you will then put in the money to outfit it with drywall or other interior finishings of your choice. Though I imagine there are scummy landlords that just rent out the bare concrete boxes.
I'm sure China, Thailand or somewhere like that is great to go to for a while if you're being paid a salary meant for the US or Europe. I doubt the people who have always lived there see the value at all and have all sorts of bullshit that a visitor probably doesn't even see. Especially for China that imposes all kinds of social controls that highly restrict free expression, free movement, etc.
There's a lot of places that heavily lured digital nomads for a time that ended up pissing off tons of locals when rent went up across the board.
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