Has he ever driven a bus?
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A degree to work at Starbucks, now a degree to drive a bus. Humourless Taiwan doesnât even see how hilarious they are.
Simpsons nails it again
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Iâm saying thatâs the low bar. If I compare same size cities in canada and Taiwan, the lowbars are very skewed. I rent places all over Taiwan and am a landlord in Canada. I jnow exactly what the numbers are 
1k cdn for a house with tiny outdoor area. Same thing in Taiwan in an equal sized city (albiet Taiwan is far mirenlucritive and busy, even in the âstixâ). 5k ntd lowball. Your money goes further here even if certain things like groceries and cars are more expensive.
Buying a home in Taiwan is the polar opposite, way more than Canada (outside a city). Big ticket items are top of the list in terms of costs considered in my opinion.
You canât rent a place for 5k in Taiwan unless itâs a complete and utter dump or a one bed taofang with nothing included.
After looking on 591 surprisingly there are still quite a few taofang for a single person in Kaohsiung for approx 5k though (some limited to students).
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The catch is you canât flip customers the bird when they upset you. Also if one flips you the bird⌠you lose your job when they make a false statement to the police.
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Then every bus driver must be losing money each month given how shit they are. Perhaps this is all just an elaborate money making scheme for the bus company.
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You can tell them to âget rootedâ, no one in the civilised world knows what that means, so your job is safe 
I have shown you that this thought process is totally wrong a couple times already, no? With pictures and price points.
Iâm talking from experience.
I also mentioned, above, bare minimum. Meaning the cheapest. Well, to be fair itâs also easy to get free rental agreements in Taiwan, loads of wealthy people just want their speculation assets maintained. But that aside, Normal rent. I have 3 right now in the 4-6k/month. All of those also have buildings in the general area asking for 10s of thousands a month. This is nothing new nor abnormal.
Stop listening to agents. Stop looking at shitty websites specifically designed to cater to speculation investment people wanting to rent out their building or screw people. Go to the source, ie: the landlords! Only foreigners have this issue it seems. And retarded city people that cna barely tie their own shoe laces without mommy of gugu supervising them.
Taiwanese are very much aware of this, outside the coddled folk Iâm not sure why some people keep insisting this isnât possible when itâs truly just objectively reality and proven on this very website with pictures and figures.
I will concede some places are shit holes. Some arent, thats the process to fins a home anywhere. It isnt any differnt in the US or canada. I have rented dire traps for 50k a montth when trying to use it for a factory. Both spectrums exist. Using 581 only is probably why people are having trouble. Learn Mandarin (there is a legit reason i keep repeating this), buy a scooter, buy some drinks and have a smile. Taiwan is anyoneâs oyster. For cheap.
After networking, shitâŚI get offered land for free use every week, at least. Itâs out there. Nation wide. Get out there and get it!
Donât agree at all market rate in the cities is market rate. Foreigners arenât stupid they use the same way to find places for rent as practically everybody else. If you get a cheap place for a few months while somebody is waiting to rent or sell something that is different than getting a long term lease for instance.
Rental rates in Taiwan are determined by school accessibility (huji being critical and requires express agreement of the landlord to list your kids on it ) and convenience and work availability and general environment of the area. Families need 2 to 3 bedroom places to live in at least they arenât paying 5k a month. You want a higher paid job in the north you have to pay higher rents. And yes the pay in the North and Hsinchu can be 2x,3x,4x other places in Taiwan that is if you could get that kind of job in the first place (often it doesnât exist outside metro areas). Apartments in popular areas arenât just hanging around empty except for specific reasons.
First you say foreigners have issues them you say Taiwanese are coddled. 
Look harder. Iâve already showed you why this is wrong.
At the same time, if you want to live in Daan or somewhere right downtown in any city. Thatâs your choice. Iâm not denying that. All i am saying is if someone buys a scooter and wants to work in downtown, you cna rent outside of the popular areas EASILY very cheap. The rent:buy ration in railway is truly extreme. Sure, next to ximendin a tiny little store kight be 300k/month. But a 30 min scooter drive away itâs fine to find a cheap place to live. Undeniable, for sure. Proven many times. Everyone in taiwan knows this. If a person doesnât want to commute, pay more. Thatâs on you. But itâs easy to live and rent cheap here. Thus saving money and everything I have already repeated a thousand times remains fact.
Just saying. Live cheaper, often healthier, outside the shit holes of âconvenienceâ. Of have lots of shiny new crap furniture in a central location with a new paint job job and waste 5x the money.
I just rented a new house (because I want to have another child and need a safer place to live without so much traffic, pollution etc). Just shy of 2 fen, large house by Taiwan standards (3 bed, 1 bath, 2 luv and massive side room and massive kitchen) 7k. I spent 7k to repaint. 23k to redo ALL the electricity. Signed for many years. Nice solid house, I wanted to change some styles. So can divide the roughly 30 k (4 days work) into the 10 year contract and add that to the rental fee. This is easy. This is normal. If people pulled the entitlement of what a landlord should do out of their but and went out to find a good house, itâs bonkers how easy it is.
Edit. Taiwnaese are coddled. And yet some foreigners are even more precious. Well, certain types of foreigners. Understand what I mean by this ahaha? Even the entitled locals arenât as picky and can figure things out. But again, I insist: foreigners should learn Mandarin. Then they can talk to electricians, plumbers, neighbours, landlordâs, police, strangers etc etc and figure this basic shit out.
Perhaps you could give them the good old âup your bumâ gesture? Not many Taiwanese know that one. Given it to a few Americans too and they had no idea what it means. If one asks you could tell them itâs âa peace gestureâ and tell them to do it to every Brit they find.
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Yeah, or hark back to 2021 Korean conspiracy bullshit with this one
Thread hijacked again???
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You seem to still have a lot of anger over something that happened nearly 2 years ago, that didnât even involve you.
Do you need to talk to someone about it?
I donât know what youâre talking about? What happened nearly 2 years ago?
Covid?
My brother-in-law drove a bus in Taiwan. Itâs very hard work that requires quite a bit of skill and experience. If you hit someone, which is almost inevitable, you face civil and criminal liability.
How many people did he hit during his career?
In other words, the driver gets thrown under the bus even if the cause is driver fatigue due to working excess hours. The government isnât doing much about it. Basically anything happens, regardless of the cause, itâs all blamed on the driver.
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