Kaohsiung Pros and Cons

[DKaoshuing]

@Brianjones

The chance of Kaohsiung ever having locally created well paid jobs are almost zero.
It’s also quite industrial and hot and a bit polluted and also a bit taike so people aren’t ever going to rush to live there, but in Taiwan it’s a decent option I feel (once you have the income ). On the other hand Kaohsiung is probably the best laid out city with the nicest parks and harbour.

For foreigners though …a bit of a challenge unless you are the type who is quite independent .

Still some way to make an income, youtuber (btw Beef noodle looks great) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTJCUNwyh9w

[Brianjones]

One thousand ntd a month if they stay in Kaohsiung too long. I guess they can milk some government agencies for money for a bit.

[daoxiaomian]

@Gmu

Property Prices Comparison Between Kaohsiung and Taipei

This was very interesting although I admit some of the categories are opaque to me.

[DKaoshuing]

10 Most Impressive Stadiums In The World

Kaoshuing on this list, it’s a great place to go for a concert

[DKaoshuing]

@hansioux

@DKaoshuing

Summer has too much water !!! Like today (raining ). Its winter that’s dry.

It’s usually when it doesn’t rain enough before summer time that water shortages occur. Once that happens, during the summer it’s usually flash rains where most of the water have to be allowed to flow down to the ocean, which also brings a lot of deposits rendering the reservoir with less capacity.

The best situation is that it rained enough during the plum rain season, and that will secure enough water in the reservoirs.

For example, this year there’s a water shortage looming. It might be raining in Kaohsiung today, but we are almost dry.

These rains aren’t enough to make up for the current shortage, and the flash rains are already here.

I lot of those in the south have a lot more water this week, some areas 45cm rain today, Top 10 Today | Central Weather Administration and 66cm (25 inches) for the week.

[hansioux]

@DKaoshuing

I lot of those in the south have a lot more water this week, some areas 45cm rain today, Top 10 Today | Central Weather Administration and 66cm (25 inches) for the week.

As of May 21, the past couple of days of raining amounted to an increase of 0.09% of water in reservoirs per day. So…

[whatswiththeyams]

Rain here has been hectic

[H5N1]

Don’t forget that Takao, Formosa experienced a great deal of “kinetic aerial re-decoration” during the Second Great Unpleasantness.
The empty lot next to the history museum is the part of Takao City hall which was blown sky-high in a USAAF bombing raid.
There was lots of space created by bombing, and that made larger roads easier.

[OrangeOrganics]

I reckon if you were a Hong Kong immigrant opening some restaurant or something, the Kaohsiung could be fine. Or some kind of freelance gig. Working for a Taiwanese company there, no, fuck that.

[KHHville]

Kaohsiung City aims to become the New Southbound gateway by building its 5G...

Chairperson Dr. Kung Ming-Hsin of the National Development Council specifically expressed his support. He said that the living environment in Kaohsiung is similar to that of the new southbound countries and it is easier to establish contact with the southbound market. Dr. Kung further suggested that as smart cities enter the 5G era, it would create new opportunities for innovative smart applications and systems. Kaohsiung can offer its unique environment and industrial setup as a preferred POC test field and transforms into a gateway for export to new southbound countries.

Leader in 5G on the island someday?
It feels like central government will be steering a lot more money to south Taiwan (Tainan-Kaohsiung-Pingtung) in the future.

[Gmu]

Honestly perhaps the air quality kaohsiung have a nice skyline

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[KHHville]

I recognize the top picture
Should be up in the hills around the zoo. I take bike rides up/around/down to then around the harbor and up the coast past NSYSU.
Great relaxing loop that get hills in going out and back.

[afterspivak]

@KHHville

Great relaxing loop

Just watch out for the monkeys!

Guy

[KHHville]

I do… Like for dogs, just make noise or clap hands far ahead of when you’ll pass them, so it’s not a “surprise” to them.

[DrewC]

@Gmu

Honestly perhaps the air quality kaohsiung have a nice skyline

Do you mean aside from the air quality? Yes, we do have the occasional clear day… maybe six or eight times a year.

[Gain]

@DrewC

Do you mean aside from the air quality? Yes, we do have the occasional clear day… maybe six or eight times a year.

[DrewC]

C’mon… even when it’s sunny and the sky is blue, there’s still a haze in the air.

[Gain]

@DrewC

C’mon… even when it’s sunny and the sky is blue, there’s still a haze in the air.

Sometimes in winter, yes, but in other seasons, no.

[Brianjones]

These kinds of clear views are very rare actually.

[Brianjones]

There’s almost always a haze and that includes Taipei. Having lived close to a lookout over Taipei city for years I’m well aware how rare a clear sky like that is in Taipei.
And the Kaohsiung one is rarer than any blue moon . It basically never looks like that.
In fact these photos might be processed, especially the fifth one above.