You had previously asked for the coolest area during the summer [Where is the coolest place in Taiwan to live in throughout the summer? - have you abandoned that idea now or found “near Taipei” to be that area? 
And seeing what goes down those rivers at the west coast I wonder about swimming or surfing there… 
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Not really… I have always known that Taipei would not contain the coolest area to live in which is near the sea nor would I wish to live in taipei with all those masses of high-rises and surrounding mountains… Taipei is a blubbering cauldron of heat in the summer…
I am really looking at the small towns or more rural areas along the west coast… just trying to get the feelers on these areas from people who may have lived or seen these areas before…