Cost of Living in Shenzhen, China
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China looks amazing, like looking into the future. It's even more amazing when you remember how different China was just 20 or 30 years ago.
It is very futuristic, especially where I live. It's crazy I almost want to make a video just talking about how there's so many things here that feel so futuristic!
Then why not? Just do it. We would love to see it.
buddy 30 years can change a lot
China also still has many poor places，China just a nice and ordinary country.
China's 2019 anniversaries:March 17: 60 years since the Dalai Lama fled TibetApril 25: 20 years since the Falun Gong sit-in protest, which eventually led to the group's repressionMay 4: 100 years since the May Fourth MovementJune 4: 30 years since the Tiananmen Square massacreJuly 5: 10 years since the Urumqi riots in Xinjiang Autonomous RegionOctober 1: 70 years since the founding of the People's Republic of ChinaDecember 20: 20 years since Macau was transferred by Portugal to Chinese rule
Me, a Chinese living in the US, listening to an American living in China talking about how convenient it’s to pay everything via wechat and feeling amazed XD
go home soon
@@daijohn2441 shut up
$833 a month living in Shenzhen is cheap, you go to all the expensive restaurants all the time but you still don't spend that much, that's wonderful you have a good life in China.
CHN 山
Dahai when you consider the local salary, it’s not such a bargain.
suburbanite11 $1,500/month
This video is a little out of date. In Shenzhen, you can now use your mobile app to pay for public transportation, not cards. I had one of these cards a few years back. Within two years, I had to return the card and the card balance was refunded.
Everything about Shenzhen becomes outdated in a year or two :)
Is it more expensive
@@ociabi No it's still same price, still cheap. I was there last time December 2019.
So glad to hear positive of a country we’ve been taught to fear. It’s beautiful there and it don’t see any smog😊
Yes, it is actually great if you if try not to DEAD FOCUS on it’s bad sides. Every country has its flaws but there are also great things about it. China is a great country but it’s just very controversial:/
@@letsdoodlesomethinghome3404 I disagree about the 'dead focus' there is more bad than people realise but is not as bad as the media will make out, I find SerpentZA and Laowhy86 do a good job avcurately depicting it (obv don't take their vids specifically on like bad things as example) but I still think it's awesome (not lately but a year or so ago)
Finally someone talking in a positive way about China. Other vloggers from China are very negative about almost everything. Thumbs up to you
Farhan Ullah actually just Winston, cmilk etc. The new batch of vloggers are all very positive I find.
Winston & Cmilk are not negative, they are HONEST - both positive and negative, because China is truly a mix of positive and negative!
burrito rustler exactly. Hell I hated China but their vids made me want to visit. Though to be honest I think Japan is more my kind of place, more civilised...
Farhan Ullah everyone has different experiences.
@@MaTtRoSiTy Japan is a totally different society, Taiwan is what China could learn to be if they weren't so brain dead in mainland China
Really cool to see you showing the great sides of China. China is so developed that the last time I've got a chance to experience the contrasts of hanging out in less wealthy and very wealthy areas really opened my eyes. I used to spend my time whatever places I randomly ended up to because I traveled a lot solely by walking through dozens of blocks to experience the local culture. Many cities in China is so financially secured that a normal person (salary of 2000-3000 US dollars/month) can't afford to spend money to live nor shop monthly - like Shenzhen, Chongqing, Foshan or Changsha. But I'm glad you enjoyed being in a country where my roots are from :) I'd love to visit the place ASAP as well. Thanks for showing some places.
I am from India and returned from shenzhen yesterday, as this was my first trip to China, I really missed my cheap Indian food and getting Indian food is expensive in China, but Shenzhen is a place which can make you a hero in electronics related business, you need to have a vision and these guys would turn it i to reality for a very affordable price.
Loved Shenzhen and looking forward to get a business opportunity to visit again.
Hi,I am a Shenzhen Girl, I hope you like your life in Shenzhen. May be one day we can have a coffee together lol .Love your video~
Haha maybe!
我也在深圳，我们也可以一起喝咖啡
I thought UA-cam is banned in China..
@@goulianchawnmang4984 it is, but people use a VPN and watch anything they want. Even can use Google.
so we can.
Your math is wrong. One person will still need to rent a apartment while two people can share only one apartment instead of rent two apartment
Most singles here share an apartment. Or get a cheaper one (mine is 1,200CNY per month)
I miss China so bad，I'm currently a college student in US，seriously… US's public transportation is a joke， and the need of bubbletea is driving me crazy🙃
That’s so weird. I am from Toronto. I was in Denver for 1 week and was suddenly craving for REAL Asian food and bubble tea. Funny thing is that I don’t normally drink bbtea XD.....
You should study in Australia. But housing prices are way more expensive
I'm a Chinese and living in the UK now, trust me, buddy, the public transportation ain't a joke if you ever saw what the British did
relatable
@@chopaface Zhen Zhu Nai Cha is booble tea
I think the rent should not be split by 2 persons, even you're only one person living in China, the rent will be closed to 2 persons' expense, especially the apartment like that, 1 person or 2 persons doesn't make any difference. May be it will save you a little bit, but not too much.
I thought the same thing.
Yes one person's rent is larger than 2 persons' rent divided by 2. This applies everywhere.
Damn right
I was going to make the same comment on apartment costs. Single person for apartment would almost be the same as two person, except maybe smaller size.
Poppy also did not mention with transportation that foreigners can need to take their passports in certain situations. Overall though, very good video
01LuvDan exactly.!
Thank you so much for sharing. We love you here in Iran 🇮🇷
Thank you SO MUCH for posting this!! I recently took a job teaching in China, will leave soon, and needed an idea of what my expenses will be each month. So far from what I have gathered (not just from you, but other people as well) the expenses are very reasonable!
Tim Higgins friendly remind you you should buy a vpn before you go,cause it's a must have for an expats who live in china
welcome toChina
Great video. Considering Shenzhen is the silicon valley of the East, I'm paying 4 grand a month for a single room apartment in the silicon valley of the West. That looks like a pretty good deal!
You spend more than 50% on housing, if you search for new apartments you can easily save around 1500 rmb/month to use in other categories and indulge yourself more.
Samer Tabbal or she can work harder to drive up youtube revenue. Lowering her standards wont help her achieve her goals
Saving money doesn't mean lowering ones standard, there is always better bargains especially in China, they always build more and expand cities, that means more empty apartments and more chance to find something better for less.
Well, the area she lives is above average, is more expat friendly, so it costs relatively more than many other areas in shenzhen.
J.S.O. Chan Wherever she is happy and can work well from ☺
Fewer money, worse living environment.
tap water in China is actually semi-potable, meaning it is ok to drink but officially it needs to be boiled just in case. if you don't drink a ton at a time it really is fine. the big bottled water is spring water, e.g. fancy. you can just boil a pot of tap water, and put into a water jar and drink it through out the day. the coffee or tea they make in the shops are just boiled tap water.
alanOHALAN that’s what they told me at first, but I was sick all the time until I switched to bottled water only. Some people are more sensitive, apparently
Yes I guess now the pollution is pretty bad it can affect the water at some places I guess. so how about boiled tap water, does it make you sick too? thats what most people drink there.
The problem with the tap water (even boiled) is the heavy metals and sediment. Boiling is not going to get rid of that. Yes, almost all locals are drinking it on a daily basis but I still wouldn't consider it ideal or "ok"
I know what you mean. I wonder if it can be tested. I know that the tap water in China doesn't have fluoride, which the American tap water has.
Do you know there are lots of USA city have heavy metals and sediment problem in the tap water
www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-lead-testing/
Hi Poppy, I am a student and I am studying in Florida right now, Shenzhen is my hometown. And my family lives really close to you now which is in Mangrove bay.I use to studying English in the building that just beside Hi-tech park station. I love to go to the costal city and coco-park. I love to ride bikes around the Shenzhen Bay. I watched every videos that you made in Shenzhen. The scenes are so familiar to me. I felt I came back home. I miss Shenzhen!
Andy Liu 这种没有意义的回复最好少点，情商
你这似乎是和po主对着干啊，一个从美帝跑到中帝，一个从中帝跑到美帝。
并不觉得没用意义啊 看到一个人在你熟悉的地方生活总是很开心的 还有exploring world 总是很好的 不管美国人来中国 还是中国人去美国啊
Wei Zhang 逗比，别人离开家乡，看到有人分享家乡的内容开心都不能留言？
Mangrove bay, must be rich🙃
I like reading the comments and replies after you've posted a video. It's like there's a small community that's formed around your videos and people get help and clarity on some questions without you having to respond. Pretty cool.
This was one of the few breakdowns, of any cost of living, that was systematic, intelligent, useful, and entertaining. Thank you so much, it was fun watching this video. Hope to see more of your content.
You can't just cut the costs in half, because single people will enevidably end up paying more for rent and utilities.
Thanks! We first went to Shenzhen ~ 18 years ago. At that time, it was quite industrial. What a change!! If you compare those costs to say, NYC or LA it's quite a bargain!
Rent is extremely low compared to Hong Kong, which is one of the most expensive places in the world.
As a Shanghainese living in Australia I found your video so interesting - it offers such a different perspective into Chinese / Shenzhen life!
My Dad is a music teacher in Shenzhen and when I was a kid we were pulled over by cops. But after the cops heard my parents are teachers, they let us go and said how much they respect teachers. Hope this can give u an idea the status difference between teachers in China and the States. Teacher have always been the most respected occupation since ancient China. Local teachers can easily make a fortune by outside tutoring. In my international school, a teacher with a non-Chinese passport earned, back in 2009, around US$6000 per month, on top of housing benefits etc. And what a contrast compared to the US treat their teachers in Oklahoma, West Virginia and Arizona.
Unfortunately this is true, teachers in the US who aren’t professors get little to no pay and it’s ridiculous because university costs so much!
Exactly Poppy ! Not to mention I am a California Resident and if I would pay EXACTLY the same to attend an university in Colorado or New York if I were to apply as an international student from Shenzhen... :(
Some pictures make me homesick. I lived in Shenzhen for 3 years.
I love your channel! Thank you for making these kinds of videos,they are very usefull!
Hey Poppy! I've been watching your videos for a while but I just really want to say that I love your style! So informative and to the point, interesting too. Your now one of my favorite travel vloggers because of this. Keep it up :)
Thank you so much!
I have been loved in Shenzhen for 10 years~ miss the city so much~
What???
very objective analysis and introduction. I live in Shenzhen for five years and I can say you are definitely right.
Greetings from Saudi Arabia, and many thanks for your great informative videos . I am moving to Shenzhen in the near future and I am learning more about it via watching videos and reading .
I wish you a very happy life
Hi poppy,you can buy import products in Hong Kong,there are much cheaper than in Shenzhen,since the import products didn't need to pay the import tax there.for example the iPhone ten is cost 7300 RMB in Hong Kong while in China cost 8300 RMB.
Thanks for the tip!
Love your vlog! I subscribed at the first glance of your video because the way you talk like a close friend to audiences ---you are always exciting and passionate about your adventure in China, having an open mind and respect different cultures . It's so interesting to see how China changes or differ from America through your lenses. Your video will break stereotypes & help people from other cultures better understanding China. BTW, hope you enjoyed your Thanksgiving while you are far away from home.
Wow your comment made me smile so much I can't even stop smiling haha Thank you so much for your kind words! My Thanksgiving consisted of pasta but oh well, next time haha..Happy Thanksgiving!
You're so punctual...a new video at around 4am (London time).
Many more UA-cam videos to be watched today but doubt any will top this...lovely lifestyle insight, beautiful visuals and clear expenditure analysis combined with a free maths lesson.
P.S. Those bicycles are screaming to be toppled like dominoes! :D
Thank you for noticing, I've been trying really hard to be consistent! hahaha your domino comment is hilarious! And thank you so much I'm glad my video was good it took me a while to make! :)
Thank you Poppy, one day will like to send my daughter to study in China, you video was very insightful. I wish my daughter grows strong like you look/do
where are u from
I was on a vacay to HK and we also went to Shenzhen. Transportation in HK isn't expensive compared to some countries in Europe, but in Shenzhen it really costs almost nothing :D. I also want to say that I have higher monthly costs living here in Mid Europe and I would probably feel happier living in South China. *Awesome video btw.*
If you are calculating living expenses for one, you can't divide the rent in half.
Almoe Mason Just rent a small one that not cost that much.
Is getting a roommate not that common in China?
@@MavisCCC How would I know, I've never been to China.
@@almoemason well I don't know either, but that's immediately what I thought. It doesn't seem like a very strange idea to get a roommate unless it's known that in China that doesn't happen 🤔
@@lenplexlin7945 First, let me say even though I have spent 30 years travling the world, and have spent a good amount of time in Asia. I have never been to China. So, I was not making a statement about renting in China per say. I was making a statement about making the assumption there would always be a couple, and math. If there is not two then you cannot divide the rent in half. Jezz ... stop overthinking things folks
$833 is a bargain!
Costs $2000/month to rent an apartment in my city.
What a 2nd world filth troll xd
When I lived in LA, I paid $650 a month to split a bedroom three ways in an apartment with 5 of us total. For all my expenses to be this cost works great for me! haha
China and USA seems very alike in price, and considering China has so way more population compare to USA. But i think this guy is a troll saying it cost $2000/month to rent an Apartment.
rent for a 2-bed rooms apartment in downtown Vancouver (new building, built in 2015) is CDN$4,200, which is roughly USD$3305
so... you might want to do some research first before calling other people "troll".
Some New Luxus Apartment i dont doubt is Worth that much, but a normal Apartmants dont cost that much. How many People in Your country u think will afford 3305usd a month just for Apartment? xd
That's really cheap, in Australia you will spend over $800 per week per person if you rent, more with a mortgage.
Its very expensive in OZ.
I’m coming to Shenzhen China next month and I can say the food cost is just fair
Cool video and informative overview of what it is costing you to live here in Shenzhen, well done.
Shenzhen is so amazing and beautiful!
I enjoyed watching your video as always. And you are funny as hell. The end cracked me up. Thank you, Poppy.
Haha thank you! I wasn't sure if the ending would have been too much but I just love those socks so I couldn't resist haha
I believe that “tree” there in the video is a new tech for lowering PM 2.5 levels that’s also implemented in other cities across China.
I think foreigners can choose the other cities in China, such as Nanjing city and Chengdu city, very beautiful and modern cities but might be cheaper than Shenzhen.
I lived in Jiangxi province for 3 years. It's very cheap there.
That is so cheap.I'm single with very few monthly expenses in Denver and I pay $1,500. And I don't go out much, I don't shop much, or drink much.
Will you marry me and move to China together!?
@Rusty what's a DACA?
buy cheese on taobao
lol lol!LOL
might be fake lol
In China the Fake stuff. Send to the west for sell . In China! All Real stuff . No Fake using in China . LOL .
Make your own cheese, even cheaper
Happy Holiday's!!!
Happy Thanksgiving Poppy!!!
Politically not correct, we Chinese wont celebrate Thanksgiving .
it is said onto her so it is correct politically because of her heritage
@L Z Happy Thanksgiving!!!!!
One thing I need to mention is, in China, people’s average monthly salary are just around 500 US dollars, which is really low. In Shenzhen it may be around 1000 US dollars. So those living cost in China are fairly cheap to Americans who earn their salary in United States, but are REALLY STRESSFUL to people who are general class in China, because the living cost are so high compare to salary, especially the housing, even renting a home.
I really enjoyed your elaborate presentation, its really beutiful and informative
The cheese you bought is buy one get one free(买一送一), did you notice it?
ohh, just found u got two
It was a bargain that day! Normally that's the price for 1 so I obviously needed to indulge haha
Poppy you should open a cheese shop in China.
@@fk3993 no, should smuggle cheese from the US to China.
That City Where You Live in Looks a Lot More Clean and Modern than Any City in the USA by far.
Jennifer Lorence yeah this is the best City in China ,it’s new and creative and let young people to achieve their goals.
I used to live in Shenzhen for 4 years and I will come back there .
wait till you see the smaller cities and villages in China littered with Garbage water so polluted you would not wash your dog in it
@@archie764 can you tell me which small city or villages? you know it but the environmental satellite and The ministry of environmental protection and the ministry of land and resources don't know it?
王青峰 。
Great video. Thanks for sharing.
Super fun to see what Shenzhen costs are like . . . Shanghai is also pretty expensive. Now, living in Dali, we see lower costs!!!! Hope you have some more China videos soon!!!
That figure you posted is awesome. To me, 833USD a month for everything is an incredible deal!
That's right Wi Fi in China is everywhere,thanks to the company ZTE,That same company tried to connect the whole Phillippines by Wi Fi but lots of politics and bribery halted the project,there is a new administration now in the Phillippines,I hope ZTE will try again to connect the entire Phillippines with Wi Fi so the Phillippines will smoothly flow in trade,business,etc
ZTE is a Chinese company,maybe they don't trust us.
Yep, the number is reasonable, in most of big city in China like Shanghai or Beijing.
I lived in these first tier cities -- Shanghai, Shenzhen, and Beijing. Beijing is the most expensive from food, rent, and especially luxury goods.
*China is not cheap anymore.* Some Chinese people even migrate to Europe, because it's cheaper to buy a flat in here, than in Shenzhen of Shanghai. So they buy an expensive flat and get a residency from that. Then they open up shops or a coffee places, or a restaurants, because it's impossible for them to get a regular career, since it's difficult to enter a high paying career, if not super duper educated with lot's of local experience.
The good thing for the Chinese people is that they are not afraid to work from 10am to 10 pm, if they own a business.
The purpose is to move money offshore and to get a EU residency. Not to avoid China cost-of-living.
Very informative, seems like it's the same costs for us living near NYC.
Great cost breakdown. Whether this is sustainable depends largely on the income-side of things. I'd be interested in a video on what the income ranges are for certain occupations there. For example, would an individual in accounting with a six-figure salary in the US expect to make the same there? Or does everything get downgraded because you're not a fluent speaker or non-native?
Hi,Poppy. There was a little ticket on the cheese you bought, which means buy one get one free. You can pay attention to it next time, as it can help you to save money. Love your videos. Thank you for telling others about what China is like. I do appreciate it.
Cost in Shenzhen is really expensive because it's one of the first-tier cities in China (ten times higher than that in my hometown, a fourth tier city). Frankly speaking, though here are some fascinating things, I never love the first-tier cities. The pace is too fast, the price for food and living is extremely expensive. I really love the third/fourth tier cities. The only advantage of the first-tier cities is the job in my opinion.
i visited Datong recently and really enjoyed the city and the people. And someone there told me a bullet train will be going into service in November connecting them to Beijing. Would Datong quality as 3rd/4th tier? Only 3 million people
It's a shame the apartment is so much, luckily mitigated by the fact you're sharing it. I'm surprised a couple of backpacker types aren't happy in a normal Chinese apartment that runs more like 1,500-2,000 RMB.
I came in expecting to hear you guys were spending 5,000 a month each on food and shopping, so even with the expensive apartment, you get by better than I thought.
NO pass whatever it takes so she can comfortably live and work. What may be ok for you may not be satisfactory for her.
There are NO appartments under 2000 in sz. even a 1 room walkup is 3000. Unless you live really far from CBD.
Right - but my point is she's a self-proclaimed backpacker, so I'm surprised she felt the need for such an expensive apartment.
Well Shenzhen is a big city with a lot of areas. If you're up in Bao'an or Longhua you can get an apartment for 1,400/month easily. Of course they also exist down south, the only real exception being Shekou. You can easily find an apartment for 2,000 with a living room and kitchen in Luohu or Futian districts.
Hi Poppy! Thank you sooo much for all your videos, I learned way more than you can imagine and I'm so thankful for that and you! I have a video suggestion, why don't you make a video showing us newbies how to use wechat to pay for things and that sort of stuff? I'm moving to China soon and I would love to see a demo!
they have it in English
Rakkasan06 Hi! I know it's in English but what i mean is how she pays for stuff with it, like at restaurants, renting bikes etc. Like what procedure you take for wiring money into wechat. i also think it would be a fun video if she showed all the things you can do with wechat!
Hi there,you have to creat a bank account in China first,then link the wechat pay to that bank account.then you can pay with such app. pay money is simply,every restaurant and store provided QR code for you,you scan it within that app,then input your password,that's.
Ken Yup thank you Ken! 🙏
Just last week (mid-November 2017), two China vloggers posted videos about China as a cashless society and on how they used smart phones to pay for everything via Wechat or Alipay. Here's the link: Syifa Adriana from Indonesia: ua-cam.com/video/rIVZBS-6bm4/v-deo.html. OR Kenan: ua-cam.com/video/cCLm2CCh5Hg/v-deo.html
I'd personally set the 5500RMB as a set price instead of dividing it by 2. I think most people don't have the luxury of living with a spouse or partner. Estimate conservatively.
skylinec83 i agree!
I have rented a small 1b1b apt in Nanshan, Shenzhen, which costed me 3500RMB per month one year ago.
The increasing rental cost is pushing people out of Shenzhen
Jianwei Chen foreigners live only in China because they have a big business in developing games etc. 🙂
Jianwei Chen that’s everywhere now
I born in H.K.,living in Toronto for 45 years...
Two years I went to Shenchuen.. it a beautiful new city.My ex.collegeau led me the way.
U are smart !!
$833 is so cheap! Eating out daily and a coffee and milk tea is wonderful. Wow!
Hi Poppy,As a Chinese from the second tier city currently living in hk, I think your monthly expenses are moderate for a person living in Shenzhen but so much lower than in hk😭
QIAN JIA
Would you mind to expose your monthy expense?
Ken Yup yeah. I'd like to know too. Is it possible for you to live in shzh and travel to hk for work ?
sammy fuente renting a same studio in HK will cost more than all the costs combined in her video. Not to mention other costs...
Since I am a student now, I rent the apartment in a relatively low price at hk$5000. I can save a lot money eating in university canteen, but if you eat out each meal normally may cost you hk$50-100
Oh forgot to say 5000 is just for an about 4 square meters room, I shared the kitchen and bathroom with three other roommates
Shenzhen is my city. But I have not been back there for more than 5 years.
There are so many places I used to visit a lot in this video.
I teared up because of all the memories. TT
Thank you so much for showing me how it looks like now.
The same water bottle from Link costs just 110 rupees here in Delhi which means less than 2 US dollars.
Hello Poppy,
People purchase merchandises on Taobao, its generally because they are cheap. Please, keep in mind, the quality is not always guaranteed comparable to the stuff that are sold in the mall, which high quality is guaranteed. Also, as you know, the tab water is not drinkable in china, but you could buy a cattle to boil the water and wait it to cool down. This is the general method that are used by many Chinese people for water. I will keep watching your videos and give my point of view along the way.
Best regards,
Johnny
Dame!! I pay $1400 a month for rent in clearwater fl. Definitely can retire in china on Social security and live pretty good, in clearwater id have to pitch a tent somewhere lol..
Retire in Thailand or Vietnam. Way cheaper than China.
We moved to Shenzhen last month! Your internet bill is totally different than ours though..ours is a set fee and is included in our rent. It was the same when we were living in Harbin but we paid per month.
Same here. We just renewed our internet for another 2 years. We had to pay it ourselves, wasn't included in the rent.
Clockwork Lemon different internet providers. China telecom is the most expensive and the best while the other smaller providers have more competitive plan price
It depends on where you live and which carrier you chose. It can be quite different.
Did you escaped Harbin when it comes to winter?
oh yes, living in Shenzhen for the winter
one person will for sure cost more than (2 people)/2 !!!
My rent alone is $2,000 per month for 1 person. But you can't exactly divide your number in half because for example, your apt would cost the same if 1 person lived in it.
Yes that's true but it's just an estimate
Living by yourself is definitely much more expensive than living with another person. Very cool about the wifi everywhere, I wish Canada had that.
Vladimir Poutine yeah,the restaurant any where,you can use Wi-Fi there for free,btw 1 gigabytes 4G mobile data just cost $2 USD,I'm not kidding
The important thing to remember is that your experience in China will vary greatly from place to place; your experience will depend on your needs, situation, place, and goals. If you like buying lots of cheap things and partying, then China will be really good for you. If you have a family and care about things like education, health care, and having access to the open internet, then China will be very frustrating to you because the pollution is bad for young children, internet is blocked, the health care system can be very bad (depending on your access to high quality, Western hospitals), and international schools are very expensive (upwards of 20k to 50k RMB a year).
Another great video!! What I appreciate the most is that you look at China with a positive attitude and you are willing to work with it. When other haters and parasites make UA-cam money by making videos to promote hating China, you use positive energy to inspire people to give China a chance. And you inspire me to plan to go live in China. I hope you won't ever join the China Hating Vlogger group of 3. Peace and love. Sending lots of good vibes to you and your bf.
how long has she been there
I think she said she lived there for 7 months in the video.
thanks Eric
nightclubs in shenzhen are a ridiculous expense. My friend spent 300,000 rmb (50000 usd one night) on his birthday. tbh once you get to that level of spending power its like opening another dimension. crazy stuff. spas, dinners, partying etc. Shenzhen, shanghai are REAL party cities
Visit Windows of the world.. Totally worth it... Love taking the train from Lo Wu to Wan Chai. The scenery is breath taking!
We pay that for cheese in new zealand and we produce it
Wow! a kilo of cheese in Brazil is less than a dollar.
I'm going to Brazil then haha
I spend $1500/mon for everything in the US except for tuition...
Thanks for sharing your experiences.
It's nice to see different places and cultures thru your eyes. We live in an amazing world and it's not easy to get to all those exciting places.
If you like riding bike, there are some discount that you can pay 5 yuan and use bike in 1 month, heaps of times.
1:44 the link is actually on the other side😂
As a Chinese,I think your expenses are quite ok as you are in nearly the best city in China which we all dreaming of living in.Like your videos,keep it up!
Poppy, the Internet in China can be bought as a monthly package. It us probably 50 rmb per month if you use China mobile.
How do both of you make money?
Kawai Sit your watching her channel. She is ceo. She writes, films, edit and produces each episode that we enjoy free. UA-cam pays her so click the like button
but it doesnt have ads
Less than 100k subscribers
How do you make money with that?
Gorgeous. Beautiful smile
Please note that the rent for two people will be the same for one.. Cannot really be cut in half.
Surely the rent can be halved. When i was in college i cohabited with my girlfriend. We opened a joint bank account and each contributed x number of dollars per month. We drew money out of it for general expenses such as rent phone (land line) cable etc. For entertainment and eating out we used our own money. It's almost down the middle.
syncmaster915n I think they're referring to the fact that if she was single, she'd still be paying the same amount of rent (unless she got a roommate, but might be difficult in a studio apartment). So saying to cut 11,000 rmb in half to show what your cost of living could be is not exactly right.
Lauren B exactly, she said if you live alone just cut it in half, obviously you can't. Just wanted to remind people who genuinely want to go live alone in china rent can be expensive.
You can rent a single room if you want,much cheaper
rent a single room
Professional computer hardware and software background for 30+ years; computer certifications = countless. 200+ college credits.
...And all it takes is someone with a fraction of that experience.
Because there is no truly secure way to keep funds anywhere online. For ANY type of finances that one keeps and/or accesses online; make sure you have a backup - and make sure it is insured extensively
Taoboa is amazing!
My girlfriend and I don't really use it for personal shopping as she likes to go out to shop, and I'm 6'4 and built like a rugby player, so I struggle to find clothes and shoes, but Taobao is great for getting niche items and Western import foods e.g. CHEESE! Cheese and other imports are expensive in shops, but on Taobao you can get 500g Cream Cheese for like 10 RMB, 250g Danish Feta for like 19 RMB, etc.
We usually cook in the week and eat out on weekends. It's hard to guarantee quality at some markets, so we tend to splurge on imported meat at Sam's Club, while we find good prices on imported dairy and condiments at the Metro by the Lingzhi line.
Ole is super expensive, so we'll only stop by on occasion for a niche treat. We're lucky to have a some great fruit and veg markets near our apartment, so that we buy local.
China can be as cheap or expensive as you want it to be.
Wandering Weirdly
Don't buy foods in Taobao,since China ever had food safety scandal
Ken Yup I haven't had any issues with anything, but then again we don't buy fresh food on taobao... Mostly cheese, butter, canned goods and condements
if and when you do decide to leave china and travel to another country. it would be a sad day for those chinese followers.
i still hope some big company will hire you in some capacity so that you could stay there for a bit longer. cheers.
world traveller
That's true
world traveller its her channel and if she leaves she will keep the china fans and gain more fans as she travels the world. She brings the whole world to us on her channel. She is the producer of every episode
here 2020 12 who still watch it
The misting tree in front of the mall is a feng shui thing. It's important to put a water feature at the entrance of something. That's why Hong Kong Disneyland has the big fountain at the entrance. -Frank
The reason why it’s cheap is because US dollar is powerful
Sophia ZWD Yet you don't get your sallary in US dollars in China. Not a good way to compare here.
Is really cheap compare to Japan ! You got value for money !!!
Not really comparable to Japan - China is pretty nasty, cannot drink water, food has industrial pesticides and chemicals on it, air pollution can get so bad you cannot breathe, etc.
Good Girl. A very informative view of China costs for the westerner. The next best thing is to be married to a Chinese wife (now an OZ national but the family in China look on me favorably because I treat the love of my life with all I can give) & when I visit China they treat me very very well. They are traditional Chinese so when my wife Fen married me in OZ the family were not to happy especially the Mum. She wanted Fen, my wife to marry a nice Chinese boy instead of the ONLY westerner in the family a British Citizen. But times passed & the family accepted me since my wife always offered glowing reports of our life in OZ. Now when I visit China the family treat me so well almost I feel like a Panda a strange creature. He is very nice, pat him, he will not bite. Eighteen years later Fen is still the love of my life and the family have finally learned to trust me fully. I feel secure that no matter what happens the family will look after us. I have visited China at least twelve times long term but I will never fully under stand traditional Chinese culture, I'm just happy than now I have been accepted. I still feel like a Panda but now to the family I'm a notional treasure.
You just saw this city, please go to the middle and west cities and countrysides, you will find everything cheaper than the above mentioned city. But you also find they still live so hard, so,so hard!😪