"All" Cotton Socks in Kaoshiung

Taiwan Where Can I Find...?
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Looking for high % cotton socks, white. I think it can go as high as 93 or so %. I can’t handle the 40-odd % blend w/ whatever nylon/polyester.
Any walk-in shops in Kaoshiung I can buy some? Please no online suggestions. Thanks

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I have been looking for high % cotton socks in Kaohsiung as well. I found some (84%) in Carrefour, although not in white. Another place to look is POYA. It’s a pain as you will have to check the labels yourself. Some that are marketed as “cotton socks” are only about 60% cotton,

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Costco usually has all cotton socks. Not white perhaps though.

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This one says 100%, store near Wu-Fu & Minguqan rd, on WuFu road near this shop also has many shoe shops I found all cotton ones there cheaper.

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WHY DOES ANYONE WANT TO SUFFER WITH COTTON SOCKS IN TAIWAN?!?!?

Wool sock convert here. I wear nothing else. They changed my life. Comfortable in all temperatures and humidities. Thick wool socks are actually incredibly comfortable in 38 degree, 100% humidity. Someone explained the science, but I don’t care. They work!! They’re also great when it’s 15 degrees like today. Do yourself a favor. I’m partial to Darn Tough brand, but they’re expensive, and way more pricy in TW than the US, where they’re made. But those are at most camping goods stores. Smart wool is an acceptable close second (but not guaranteed for life like Darntough). Costco has wool socks too. The other nice thing about wool is that it’s naturally odor resistant. You don’t technically need to wash them between every wear. YMMV

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OK Thanks. Carrefour, POYA, Costco & Invincible. I’ll give a look around.
As for: “WHY DOES ANYONE WANT TO SUFFER WITH COTTON SOCKS IN TAIWAN?!?!”
I’ve never “suffered” from wearing cotton heavy sox. They’re what I prefer. I would never say that people who like to drink Pepsi are suffering when they could be drinking Coca-Cola. It’s just what they prefer. Are those who drink the local TTL brews suffering because they’re not knocking back the well-brewed Taihu products? I think not. Although outside of cost considerations, it does puzzle me.