# Living in Nantou? **URL:** \ **Category:** Living in Taiwan\ **Tags:** nantou\ **Created:** [September 27, 2018, 9:40am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/living-in-nantou/173030 "2018-09-27T09:40:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Uncreativeusername](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/uncreativeusername/32/126999_2.png) [@Uncreativeusername](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Uncreativeusername)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2018, 9:40am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/living-in-nantou/173030/1 "2018-09-27T09:40:12Z")
I keep changing my mind whether I want to stay or go. One day I’m thinking “Yeah, I think I can do it. It will be good for me”, the next I read a bad story here or have my own bad experience and feel I just want to go home. Paralyzed by indecision. But anyway it seems I have the opportunity to teach in Nantou, specifically a small town close to Nantou city. So I’m wondering if anyone knows much about what it’s like there? I have stayed with a friends family in a different town once and it seemed fairly comfy. I suppose it’s not too far from Taichung either. I imagine being surrounded by mountains, with a scooter, could be fun. However being the only white fella around might not be so much. I’m not at all outgoing, and have been struggling to make friends so I worry it might be worse for me. ---
**Author:** ![Brianjones](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/eada6e/32.png) [@Brianjones](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Brianjones)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2018, 9:56am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/living-in-nantou/173030/2 "2018-09-27T09:56:41Z")
I knew a teacher in Puli once and he absolutely loved it there, the waterfalls, the freedom, he had a local gf which may have helped …They lived at the bottom of a betelnut farm talk about going local. It could be as good or as bad as you make it but you are going to have to put yourself out there a bit. You could join a local church, find out where the other foreigners hang out (there’s usually one place), make friends with some Thais or other foreign labourers or join a football or basketball team, get into cycling or motorbiking … ---
**Author:** ![Uncreativeusername](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/uncreativeusername/32/126999_2.png) [@Uncreativeusername](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Uncreativeusername)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2018, 12:42pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/living-in-nantou/173030/3 "2018-09-27T12:42:28Z")
Yeah you definitely make some good points. And I really ought to be going to church… There is at least an English mass there so that’s a little promising. I wonder how big the foreigner population is there. ---
**Author:** ![Brianjones](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/eada6e/32.png) [@Brianjones](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Brianjones)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2018, 1:12pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/living-in-nantou/173030/4 "2018-09-27T13:12:47Z")
Search Facebook and see if you can get any ideas…Check Taichung info exchange first ? ---
**Author:** ![Explant](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/explant/32/130551_2.png) [@Explant](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Explant)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2018, 4:02pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/living-in-nantou/173030/5 "2018-09-27T16:02:45Z")
The countryside is so much better. But it can be the worst part of taiwan if you marry into the local family and live in the same village. I think its worth it so long as there is separation from traditional family.