Just curious how large is the Western/foreign presence in Tienmu these days compared to the 1970s/80s. It was certainly considered an expat enclave back then. For the old timers who have personally witnessed the evolution of Tienmu (& Taipei) over the last 30-50 years, would be great to hear your vi…

I don’t run into that many foreigners in Neihu at all. I thought there would be more with all the high tech jobs and AIT. They seem to be more concentrated in Dazhi though.

[image] Tianmu: You live in Tianmu and tell me if you think it’s the same as those places I already stated that I lived there before.:wink:

[image] Malasang88: don’t run into that many foreigners in Neihu …Because if you look at the stats (I seem to be the only one boring enough to do this ) there are few white collar foreigners in Taiwan, many students couldn’t come in and their numbers have actually been decreasing significantl…

Foreigners live more spread out now, but families with kids live close to the International schools mostly, not all tho.

[image] Brianjones: [image] Tianmu: You live in Tianmu and tell me if you think it’s the same as those places I already stated that I lived there before.:wink: You apparently weren’t paying attention.

[image] Malasang88: I don’t run into that many foreigners in Neihu at all. I thought there would be more with all the high tech jobs and AIT. They seem to be more concentrated in Dazhi though. I’ve known some who have lived there, but yeah it seems most view it as a place to shop and go to t…

[image] Tianmu: You apparently weren’t paying attention. Yes that must be it. Or you were paying too much attention to there instead of elsewhere. :nerd_face:

[image] Brianjones: [image] Tianmu: You apparently weren’t paying attention. Yes that must be it. Or you were paying too much attention to there instead of elsewhere. :nerd_face: Uh-huh. Keep trying.

You didn’t even pay attention that I had lived in Tianmu. How is it possible you didn’t know that ? :laughing:

[image] bdog: To call anywhere in Taiwan a ‘foreign enclave’ seems to me a bit of a stretch. It is just not anything like HK or Singapore like that, in terms of sheer numbers. Yeah, I agree (although it may have been different in the 1970s). It’s just like saying Dulan is the hipster capital …

Is Tienmu still a Western/foreign enclave now?

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Tianmu January 14, 2022, 6:23am 40

Uh-huh. Keep trying.