Originally Posted by
dvhighdrive88
Greetings. For those who have been and know please offer their advice to a few questions about living in Shanghai.
1) On the websites we's seen rents as high as 5K US a month in the downtown area for a good size apartment. Obviously this kind of rent is for big business people. How about the outlying areas that are safe and moderately clean (by China standards!). Any idea what a decent family sized place would go for?
2) Do expats hang amongst themselves manily or do the CHinese accept foreigners (especially Americans) socially?
3) What if you had a Finance MBA with many years of managerial expereince, would it be difficult to find a good paying English speaking position in the same work?
Thanks. dv
1) The expat places command high dollar, but the locals don't make enough money to afford that. You can easily find rents much lower. It would be difficult to give a price unless you narrowed down the geographical area to a specific part of the city.
2) Are you single? Wouldn't be difficult at all to meet a single Chinese girl if you are in which case the answer to your question is yes the Chinese do accept foreigners socially. The caveat to that is how deeply they accept you. They will almost universally accept you on the surface, but to get into deeper relationships takes a bit more work. Expats with families, especially those working for big corporations, tend to hang out amoung themselves more.
3) Don't know.
Typhoonpilot