Taiwan does have some good hiking and bike trails, but home is either the same or better.
I think the crowds are what differentiates Taiwan from the USA. Taiwanese like crowds and being constantly around people.
If Taiwanese like shopping, I’m surprised they don’t like the USA. there’s so many stores there, which are usually cheaper than here for brand names. I think they prefer shopping in the outdoor markets with the crowds.
I am a fellow Coloradian!!!
After a year in Taiwan, I subscribe. Most Taiwanese are boring and not in the good way. Taiwan is a consumerist oriented society. The fact that you can get 22.000 TWD out of school and that most young people (young here meaning until 30) still live with their parents is not really an incentive to exit their comfort zone.
It is not for me to judge if this is right or wrong, but as an European, many of the behaviors and risk adverse mindset of the average Taiwan young adult or adult rub me in a wrong manner. Yes, you do have girls that prefer to learn how to dance than to do shopping, you do have boys that prefer to hike than to play Minecraft, you have a 21 year old that is living on his or her own instead of with parents but these are the exception, not the rule.
In my view, it all comes down with the high standard of living found in Taiwan. In most places of the world, as there is no cushion and you either swim or die (this can mean anything from England to Argentina), you develop maturity fast. Here, you go to college and then you get a job. It is socially acceptable to live with your parents until you get married which means that you have a minimum of 20K in disposable income, which is quite a lot. Then you get married, move in with him or her and you learn life skills, if it is not too late.
I’m not the first to say this. This is what many of the older Taiwanese I’ve met here told me. Of course, Taiwan as a country is not boring. It is diverse, full of opportunities and it is hard to be bored here. The problem is that there are few people who see this and most of them are not from Taiwan.
As far as compared to the US, honestly, I’ve found the “boring USA” more interesting, mostly because people are encouraged to seek their own truth as compared to Taiwan.
Taiwan and USA both have their charms. USA is a great place to enjoy the great out doors, cheap cars ( fuel, road conditions, and many race tracks for car enthusiasts to enjoy) , great ethnic foods, and wonderful shopping experiences. Taiwan is a great place to enjoy the single scene where lots of local single women love dating foreigners . IMHO Taiwan offers the most attractive female selection (highest concentration of attractive female per square feet compared to nearby Asian countries). Taiwan is blessed with mixture of genes from other races due to its history. The Portuguese occupied Taiwan in 1544, The Dutch occupied Taiwan in 1566, The Japanese occupied Taiwan from 1895 to 1945. Mixing of DNA among various races yields the best gene selection in a given specie. I find Taiwanese Women to be smart, attractive, cultured and educated. This is the best hunting ground for singles by far.
so you think taiwanese people are a mix of dutch, portugese and japanese ? who told you this? lol
‘lots of local women enjoy dating foreigners’ is a myth. some who have acquired a taste for foreigners (usually women who have lived overseas) enjoy dating them. but by far most taiwanese girls enjoy dating safe taiwanese guys who will pay for everything, appear like they won’t cheat and who will get along with their family. i mean maybe it feels like a lot because theres just so many people here but in reality? no.
I think you got that backwards. In reality there’s a lot because there’s so many people that live here.
Like a couple of others mentioned, I don’t think Taiwan is any more “boring” than anywhere else. Yes, most people there are shallow and consumerist, but most British people aren’t any better. It depends what you do with your time. I’m back in England now, but I’d say that my life here is considerably more boring than it was in Taiwan. In Taiwan, I’d go out with colleagues for drinks after work and go hiking with people I’d meet on Meetup.com on weekends. But here in Theale (the middle of nowhere) where I work in England, all my colleagues are married and have children, so they never want to do anything after work, and London (where I live) is so big and expensive that it’s difficult to join social activities on weekends (and there isn’t anywhere to go hiking).
I think the reverse of people in Taiwan living with their parents into their 30s is that, here in England (probably not so much in London), everybody is married and never wants to socialise with their colleagues. I never had that problem working in an office in Taiwan, probably because comparatively few people there get married and have children.
One thing I miss about Taiwan is that hiking and eating out are popular activities, whereas here in England, you’re considered “boring” if you’re my age and you don’t go clubbing (something I find incredibly boring).
ok, proportionately to the population it isn’t a lot. happy now smart arse?
word. nandos is pretty good for most people in the uk, eating out wise. when you move to asia you realise theres levels to this thing.
i do like the quiet life in the uk, but it gets old fast. really fast.
No. Say what you mean and mean what you say! If there’s a lot because there’s a lot of people here, like you said, than in reality there’s a lot. Who cares if it’s proportional to the population. If you want to meet a lot of people, and you can meet 1 out of ten people every day, or 10 out of a thousand, where would you rather be?
ah well, you can’t please everyone.
There’s one hell of a lot of great dateable and available girls in Taiwan as an aggregate total regardless that they may be a small fraction of the total population.
Absolutely. Anyone in their 20s who thinks Taiwan is boring needs to get laid multiple times 
Do not know guys, i have fun every where i go.
No where i saw so many nice girls as in taiwan, a lot of marriage material girls comparing to home.
Maybe guys you should try to immigrate to another local country like belgieum or spain and try to get a job there for 20 usd/h without much skills. Locals will laught in your face. Try to get a local gf. Good luck with it.
Taiwan is one of better place, if not best place for young people.
I had time of my life there, was online nomad, nice income, many days off. Travell to differrent cities, great cafeterias everywhere, drove all around with scooters, live like 5 min from beach and half an hour from moutains. Run marathons.
Maybe sometimes place is a bit too chinese, not that diverse and this can make things a bit boring. Common people are a bit boring, indeed collectivits, but as said this how locals are, most of locas are boring. It just take some time to find cool people. So after few months i left and spent some time abroad, cause i missed diversity.
Yea funny asians people find west boring. Cause they do no outdoor activity and do not enjoy night life. And cause they are socially shy and hardly adjust to hang out with people from another race/culture
Yeah, I’m beyond useless when it comes to women, but in Taiwan I was actually able to go on some real-life dates. And they weren’t with crazy women who were desperate to date a foreigner (I avoided women like that like the plague) - I went on dates with actual interesting and well-educated women. I can’t imagine how it must be for confident and attractive foreign guys there.
When I think back at the dating, the mountains, and the social activities, I’m legitimately confused at how anybody could call Taiwan “boring”.
-The US can be boring because you don’t feel special and you’re just a regular anonymous schlub with nothing to really set you apart from the countless other anonymous schlubs. Suddenly you have to work to make an impression in every social interaction, instead of just coasting by on being a foreigner.
-Taiwan can be boring because sometimes as the odd foreigner out you feel TOO special, and you don’t know if other friendly Taiwanese really want to be friends, or if they’re just using you to practice their English. And if you’re cornered into a conversation with someone just loudly repeating broken English phrases to you outside a classroom environment, boy, that can also get bloody boring.
ah someone who understands things here. Finally
Maybe it’s not a lot, but those that do are really aggressive and forward about it.
Taiwanese are very friendly to foreigners in general. However I often feel that they are friendly only to caucasians and not so much to South East Asian laborers from Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines .
Taiwanese women are naturally attracted to caucasian men. They may not be mad enough to marry us but casual dating is so easy comparable to my single days living in the U.S.
It’s been a blessing living in Taiwan. The food, low cost of living, cheap healthcare, and abundance of beautiful single ladies make Taiwan my favorite place to live.
they aren’t always friendly to westerners either especially behind your back. and especially on the subject of dating taiwanese women.
and dude we get it, you got some attention here so you are happy about it. but don’t talk like its all taiwanese women chasing foreigners cus it really isn’t.