• lobut@lemmy.ca
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    3 days ago

    I’m ethnically Chinese but never been there, well only the airport … but why’s it suck so much?

    I know people that wanna go back due to cost of living but I heard housing isn’t cheap neither (depending on where you live perhaps?)

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      2 days ago

      It doesn’t.

      Housing is extremely affordable compared to here in the U.S. So is food, transportation and healthcare.

      I highly recommend Kunming

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        2 days ago

        I’m definitely going to visit next year … just putting away money for now. I’ll see if I can add Kunming to the list, thanks!

        I can’t wait to eat more food. My Cantonese is “okay” but my Mandarin is garbage … I’m gonna spend the next year or so watching dramas and stuff to catch up!

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          2 days ago

          Remember, if you order the mushroom hot pot you have to wait a bit before eating it. Maybe you already know this but we didn’t and gave our server a heart attack. 😆 Fortunately we had only taken a couple bites and neither of us experienced ill effects.

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            2 days ago

            Yo seriously? I love hot pot so that was going to be inevitable. Thanks 😂!

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        3 days ago

        lol I was on my way to Vietnam … only had a 3 hour layover and didn’t plan on leaving the airport.