I agree. And if you ever want human company of the western type or real restaurants and musuems and such things, you might think about someplace closer to snivilization…
You can always try Yilan. A lot less pollution than Taibei county. You can ride on straight, flat, uncrowded country roads. A big loop around the county would be a good 40-50km while going south to the Su-Hua highway would give you some altitude or north along the Coastal highway would give you more varied scenery. With the tunnel open, it’s only an hour drive to Taibei city. Live next to Luodong sports park, and you’ve got yourself a pretty nice set-up.
you could move to Taidong and enjoy rides with clean air. Since your work doesn’t need a specific location.
Traffic is much safer here too.
you could move to Taidong and enjoy rides with clean air. Since your work doesn’t need a specific location.
Traffic is much safer here too.[/quote]
You just want some company! lol
Taiwan certainly seems overall more dangerous then suburbia USA. But then , yes , its much more lively. YOu feel more ALIVE !! Theres much more happening and more adventure. Taiwan seems more potentially deadly in many ways but you tend to enjoy every minute you are ALIVE 
haha.
just crossing the street can give you all that !!
We already get four months of winter where we are in Canada, so replacing it with four months of rain doesn’t seem like a great deal. And, come to think of it, anywhere north of Taichung gets pretty cold anyway during the winter. Doesn’t it? I ride in single-digit temperatures right into November here in Canada, though I don’t like it much. It gets down to single digits up north in Taiwan, doesn’t it?
I don’t have any connection to “suburbia USA.”
We already get four months of winter where we are in Canada, so replacing it with four months of rain doesn’t seem like a great deal. And, come to think of it, anywhere north of Taichung gets pretty cold anyway during the winter. Doesn’t it? I ride in single-digit temperatures right into November here in Canada, though I don’t like it much. It gets down to single digits up north in Taiwan, doesn’t it?
I don’t have any connection to “suburbia USA.”[/quote]
haha sorry bout that, i knew you would say something bout that. Just that i have been previously lambasted when i said something like IN THE USA (cuz im living in the USA) and some yobs will point out that i should stick to what im talking about> LIke in my neighborhood. So of course?? i can not share any comments bout CANADA?? Which if i was to express my limited viewpoints bout it? I would think it looks pretty much like USA to me. Forgive me if im wrong 
[quote=“CrazyIvan”]Muzha sounds the ideal place for you, except we got too much rain here.
We have a bicycle route along the river, which is allegedly extended to Danshui. I never try that but I did jogging along the river all the time. That should be a nice place. Plus, if you live right next to the campus, the surrouding is just green.[/quote]
It goes from Muzha to the JinMei bridge but there is still the need to walk along the dike. Construction seems never ending and is slated for completion late 07.
You serious? It takes 12 mins from my house to 101 in the car.
you could move to Taidong and enjoy rides with clean air. Since your work doesn’t need a specific location.
Traffic is much safer here too.[/quote]
You just want some company! lol[/quote]
Need to try to get enough down here for a decent happy hour like you all enjoy up there.
Elegua meant that Singapore and HK are a watered down version of Asia. Singapore at least has fewer bridges and tunnels than HK.
I can understand neither the purpose of the remarks, nor the difficulty in deciphering them.
Slightly(!) off topic - do those flimsy face masks that people wear on scooters actually have any benefit?
gasd
[quote=“michangel”]don’t move back. buy a small apartment where you can pop into whenever u get the urge. but if you move back, u’ll be doing the same second guessing about canada.
bc, ultimately, the best of Taiwan is experienced in short snippets. one month, two months, three months.[/quote]
That is pretty much how I see it as well.
[quote=“Ironman”][quote=“michangel”]don’t move back. buy a small apartment where you can pop into whenever u get the urge. but if you move back, u’ll be doing the same second guessing about canada.
bc, ultimately, the best of Taiwan is experienced in short snippets. one month, two months, three months.[/quote]
That is pretty much how I see it as well.[/quote]
That’s also how I see it.
Have you thought about relocating to Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, or some other city? I think being away from a big city could have something to do with your dream of returning to Taiwan. And if relocating to a big city still has you jonesing for Taiwan, then you at least would know it’s Taiwan you’re ultimately after, not just any ol’ city life.
Relocating within your province or country, to me, would seem a smarter move first.
When I’m at my worst and miss Taiwan and starting to get crazy thinking I want to move back there, all I need to think of is reading my journals from my Taiwan days and how I hated the ways animals and people were treated, the humidity, the dirtiness, dog shit, rudeness, etc. I saw everyday and I’m not missing it enough to want to move back again.
Don’t listen to Ironman - Taichung is where it’s at.
View from my front door
View from my back garden
Views from my front garden… and all 10 minutes from the city when the missus craves her black smog and scooter noise… err I mean vibrant Taiwanese city life.
sdg
Revisiting this thread. I think my (Taiwanese) wife and (Canadian) I were just getting a bit tired of the Great White North there for a bit, but the ennui seems to have passed. Nope, there’s no danger of us actually relocating to Taiwan at present. I think the suggestion that Taiwan is best enjoyed in smaller doses of time is a good one.
As for this response:
[quote=“smithsgj”]Elegua meant that Singapore and HK are a watered down version of Asia. Singapore at least has fewer bridges and tunnels than HK.
I can understand neither the purpose of the remarks, nor the difficulty in deciphering them.[/quote]
- I’ve never seen Singapore referred to as “SIN” before, so I didn’t make the connection.
- The notion that Hong Kong or Singapore are “watered down” versions of Asia is such an unlikely one that it made it past my radar. I can envision a 22-year-old backpacker fresh off the plane entertaining such a pedestrian prejudice, but a middle-aged guy like me talking about returning to Taiwan? Does not compute.
- Bridges and tunnels. What’s this got to do with anything?