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