A decade ago, Bradley Krae left the United States to teach English in Shenzhen, China. He spends less money and says the has found his own version of the American Dream there.
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 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.
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 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.