One thing to consider in Taiwan that many foreigners overlook is the real difficulty of renting property after age 65 due to the “ghost factor.” [image] Taiwan ghosts Old Taiwanese struggle to rent apartments because landlords worry they will die at home and drive down property values. …

[image] Taiwan_Luthiers: In the West people have no such superstition. Yes they do. An unnatural death will definitely devalue a house. Some are even demolished. [image] Death can really kill your home value Many things can hurt the value of your property, especially a murder, or…

[image] Taiwan_Luthiers: It’s Taiwan society. People don’t want to buy a house where someone died in it. In the West people have no such superstition. I don’t think that’s completely true. Incidentally, I remember going to see a room in a small but pretty nice flatshare in the UK years ago wi…

Or the guy didn’t commit suicide but was suicided, if you know what I mean…

That would not be my first guess, TL…

Also was your girlfriend Taiwanese or Asian? But I can imagine not being comfortable living in a house where someone died, as thousands of things may cross your mind. Like if there’s a suspicion the death was actually not a suicide it is natural for people to fear the killer may return to kill you. …

[image] Taiwan_Luthiers: Also was your girlfriend Taiwanese or Asian? Neither. She was Peruvian (or, since shortly after, Peruvian–British), and a scientist/archeologist, if that makes a difference. [image] Taiwan_Luthiers: But I can imagine not being comfortable living in a house where …

People die in hospitals daily, and yet I haven’t seen people refuse to stay in them overnight. my grandparents died at home peacefully in their sleep (a few years apart ) and it wasn’t a problem to rent out their place. I guess some people could step away from a place where a gruesome death happen…

Happy ghosts are OK. What you don’t want is an unhappy ghost, cos they’ll stick around and hide the ketchup.

They’re slightly different. The home of a lunatic mass murderer and a home where two schoolgirls were raped and murdered. Slightly different than not wanting to live in a house in case Old Man Jenkins’ ghost appears.

I think what’s different about the West is landlords aren’t skittish about renting to old people after age 65. In fact I think most landlords like old people because they’re quiet and more reliable.

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Explant September 29, 2021, 5:18am 36

I ask this type of question a lot. But generally speaking, people that fear typical ghost type narratives arent the most logical.