As if it happens every day 
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The stupidity of this comment really boggles my mind. Aside from the insensitivity of it, youāre many times more likely to die on a bus than a train.
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I heard taoyuan is a sort of mini hub for the overseas workers? As in filippinas and indonesians?
Could be a lot of fun
sounds like the Pfizer shot didnāt kill your horny outlook 
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Lol perhaps YOUR mind is thinking it but me not?
Ok ok we are on the same page
I feel every train station is a hub for overseas worker. I mean maybe some just decide not to stray too far from the airport.
So anything to report, found a any decent drinking places?
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Now I have a morbid curiosity about Taoyuan; Iāve never explored it beyond the airport, and I want to know if itās as bad as everyone says.
I think Taoyuan is great! I should drop by again and take some pics of places I like.
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None of these top sites are enticing meā¦
2, 3, 6, and 8 are stupid. Who the fuq wrote that piece?
With a child, you can think of going to Leefoo Village Theme Park.
We took our 2 kids when very little (one in a stroller). Worked out fine.
Edit: Leefoo in Hsinchu County. Guess a thread on Hsinchu is now needed in 3, 2, 1ā¦
So basically the best things in Taoyuan are . . . not in Taoyuan! 
Sorry Marco!
Guy
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Taoyuan is a good comparison with Taipei that is becoming more gentrified, cluby, and boring.
Taoyuan is crowded and the traffic is disastrous with no way to open the streets to make it betterā¦
Theyāre trying to make it better and there will be an MRT eventually but they take any place that could be a park area and turn it into a library or something what the hell is going on with that?
But if youāre
- single and want to have a good time or
- you have a family and want to find a home
then itās a good city option.
Youāre looking for a good time is a good place to go. If you want to have a family and buy a house then itās better than linkou.
Iāve never known Taoyuan for anything other than the airport. Where/what are the āsingle and want to have a good timeā places there?
So basically if youāre breathing as everyone is either 1 or 2.
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I guess you could be a single person who doesnāt want to have a good time, or a family who isnāt looking for a home, or a person in a relationship with no kids.
Seriously, though, I always thought Taoyuan was just an airport surrounded by warehouses and factories on the outskirts of metro Taipei. What am I missing? Since the pandemic started and I canāt leave Taiwan easily Iām always looking for fun stuff on-island for single people. So far I havenāt found much outside of Taipei and Kaohsiung.
Taoyuan is, like most counties, a sprawling complex space, ranging from the grimmest factory zones to the high mountains and sacred trees of Lala-shan.
The areas around the HSR station seem to be following the Zhubei modelāfancier looking, with some nice looking malls if that is your sort of thing.
Oh Taoyuan is also by far the most international of the counties in Taiwanāpopulated by workers from SE Asia basically keeping the Made in Taiwan dream alive.
Guy
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Sprawling housing and malls are definitely NOT my sort of thing. Yes, I was aware that the factories brought in a large number of SE Asian workers. Iām still interested in how any of this translates into a fun singles scene and where that is, though.
Lot of farmland turned into boring residential areas along the new MRT lines. Not really a fan of that. So boring. Like in Bade where I am heading now.
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Hiya,
We are hopefully moving to Taoyuan within the next few months (really, as soon as work visas start to be processed, we have our work permits sorted).
Iāve heard Taoyuan referred to as the āmost boring city in Taiwanā. What is there to see and do in the area?
We arenāt big on nightlife, definitely prefer museums / art / culture and good food.
TIA 