Just randomly had one of your videos on my you tube feed? Anyway I have a big back catalogue to catch up on! My plan is to retire in China, Guangzhou to be precise. I already have an apartment in one of the outer suburbs and will spend the next few years furnishing it and learning the area and language. Thank you for your insights it has made me more determined than ever to retire there. Forgot to say, Im in the UK and china has always fascinated me.
Thanks for stumbling across my vids and commenting too. Regarding your place, it will take 6 months fixing it up, not a few years. All the very best. Have a drink when you're here.
Some people who obviously never been to China or living in China was claiming $2k RMB is not enough to live a decent life in China…dud! Thanks for the video as always!
I have serious doubts that this would be enough, depending on what you consider a decent life to be, and of course this would be for a single person, no kids and probably no pets. And yes I’ve been to China,just got back from living in our apartment there for 3 months.
Most of these people don't even understand what purchasing power even means ! They only understand an quantitative numerical number, but anything more than that their little minds simply cannot comprehend !
For any place, the single most important deciding factor is LOCATION. All the rest are secondary. For that central location with all the amenities at the door step, the price is unbeatable. In Amsterdam, for instance, such a fully furnished studio in a good central location, minimum 1700 euro and you'd be very very lucky to get one.
Hey Tony, perhaps you can get one of them broom/mop holders. It will make that space you have there a lot neater. Just a suggestion. And you're right about the mattress. We do like harder mattresses. They're good for the back.
This simple formula is all that you need to measure purchasing power. Lets say you make the typical $1200/week in the west if that much divided by the cost of a loaf of bread and see how many loaves of bread you can buy after lowest percentage of taxes. So $1200.00 - 22% taxes = $936.00 divided by the cost of a loaf of bread which is around $4.25 these days. $936.00/$4.25= 220 buys you only 220 loaves of bread. Back in the early 70's a $70.00 weekly salary can buy you 1000 loaves of bread at $0.07/loaf. So basically your wages have not gone up or kept up with inflation and in fact decreased in purchasing power more than 5 folds !
@@jaydee6268 there are MORE Chinese homes with bigger/better kitchens than in the entire US. Chinese enjoy the luxury of eating out and they can afford it.
@@jaydee6268 LMAO ...guess you haven't been to China or lived in a modern house or condo. It's actually like the bronze age in the US like everything else !
You look very comfortable living in china. I’m living in Suzhou for just over a year. Sometimes I feel good about it. Sometimes I don’t know what I’m doing here. I don’t want to be part of what my country represents but this doesn’t feel like home really. I can’t talk to almost no one. Hopefully I feel better about being here more consistently. I otherwise feel aligned with this country and the people are nice. Their nature is non aggressive and I do appreciate that. Life here is very affordable and the quality of life is excellent.
I know the feeling. Looking back on my time, Wasn't until I went back to the UK did I truly appreciate the quality of China life. Good luck, you'll be fine.
Learn the language, just like how I learnt "your(English)" language when I am living in the Western world. Is there any reason why this can't be reversed ? Good things about living in China is like what you said, the people are not aggressive, bad things being a "foreigner" living in the West is, the people are aggressive and good number of them are prejudice and discriminative to the "color" people. You are more lucky than me.
This is Zhaoqing, a very small city that is very cheap, where an apartment usually sells for only $30,000 to $40,000 USD total and no property taxes. There are over 600 small cities in China. China's housing bubble is basically only concentrated in big cities like Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Hangzhou and Suzhou.
One thing I noticed is that flat screen TVs is at the correct height in most Chinese homes. Yours is a little too low, needs to be around 42" from the ground to the center of the screen. Most homes in Europe and the US is ridiculously too high !
@@Mr-Tony-888 An universal stand is a must, plus you don't need a TV cabinet that are as wide as those silly leg thingies that come with the TV. ua-cam.com/video/Y8bS5obMf7k/v-deo.html
Essence is having choices. You can choose to live a luxurious life with 10k a month, or you can choose to live a simple and more self reliant life with 1k a month.
@@Mr-Tony-888 when i lived in China, i rented an apartment, it had a huge living room open-to-top with a bedroom in the upper level, a big kitchen and a dining room... where do i stay most of the time - living room.
That small Wi-Fi box is wonderful. It even works on the train. I didn’t have a Chinese phone number, but with that box and WeChat call, I can talk to anyone everywhere all the time.
Hey Tony, it's unexpected to find you in Zhaoqing. I'm very familiar with this city, which is known for having some of the first Chinese Christians. Christian missionaries established the first church in China here in the 17th century. You might consider producing a segment on the religious beliefs of ordinary urban residents in China. Within ten kilometers of your residence, there are ancient Catholic and Christian churches, and nearby there are also old city walls. You could take a walk there during the Sunday morning service (8:00 AM). I think this would be a very interesting topic.
Alex, thank you so much for that detailed information. I certainly do know the old city wall area but not the ancient churches. I shall take a walk there. Thanks again. 👍
Well you guys couldn't find flats in Shenzhen with a reasonable rate doesn't mean other people can't find it. My friend is Chinese. He's from Hong Kong and he moved there in 2019. May be he knew someone since he's Chinese or maybe that's the rate of that year and he's still paying the same amount these days.
Location location location. Even within one city, the prices varies wildly depending on districts. The price of an apartment near the CBD will cost multiple times that of a equivalent sized apartment in an outskirt district. @@MichBel307
Does the $200 per month rental of your apartment includes the furniture like the bed or sofa? What about utilities like water and air conditioning? Even if it does not, it is still a fantastic price. 👍
In this type of apartment, you only need to bring clothes and purchase daily necessities to move in. Of course, you also need to pay for electricity, water, gas, and management fees (5% of the apartment rent). The electricity cost is about 0.1 US dollars per kilowatt hour
$200 a month as foreigner in China? Doesn't sound plausible to me. Even renting an apartment (which could cost over a million $USD) is way more than $200/month.
On the edge of Guangzhou named Zhaoqing. Absolutely a beautiful city. i was thinking of asking you to view other videos on my channel to find that answer but then thought different, just hope you do. Thanks for watching.
FYI, Zhaoqing is a city for tourist and retirement. There are industrial zones and towns in its periphery. It's very nice for living, but less so for making money.
If America cant compete, it can destroy. Lets wait till November to find out where manufacturing goes Thanks for watching John and the honest comment. 👍
@@Mr-Tony-888 there is a Chongqing language university here... Shapingba district... I don't work I just collect dividends from the wall st stock market
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Just randomly had one of your videos on my you tube feed? Anyway I have a big back catalogue to catch up on! My plan is to retire in China, Guangzhou to be precise. I already have an apartment in one of the outer suburbs and will spend the next few years furnishing it and learning the area and language. Thank you for your insights it has made me more determined than ever to retire there. Forgot to say, Im in the UK and china has always fascinated me.
Thanks for stumbling across my vids and commenting too. Regarding your place, it will take 6 months fixing it up, not a few years. All the very best. Have a drink when you're here.
Right next to the lakes and miles and miles of walking trails. You've got it made !
Some people who obviously never been to China or living in China was claiming $2k RMB is not enough to live a decent life in China…dud! Thanks for the video as always!
For a single person, these apartments are fabulous.
Perhaps they are referring to Shanghai or Beijing or one of the bigger cities.
I have serious doubts that this would be enough, depending on what you consider a decent life to be, and of course this would be for a single person, no kids and probably no pets. And yes I’ve been to China,just got back from living in our apartment there for 3 months.
Most of these people don't even understand what purchasing power even means ! They only understand an quantitative numerical number, but anything more than that their little minds simply cannot comprehend !
You're correct. I wouldn't want to live in this apartment with wife and kids. + no pets. Food and daily life + rent about 500USD pm@@gstlb
For any place, the single most important deciding factor is LOCATION. All the rest are secondary.
For that central location with all the amenities at the door step, the price is unbeatable.
In Amsterdam, for instance, such a fully furnished studio in a good central location, minimum 1700 euro and you'd be very very lucky to get one.
Absolutely correct. 👍👍
Nice! I just came over from city-data forum. I'm in Macau myself.
Not only does the money go further, it buys you better experience. The food which costs less is ever so much more delicious.
Hey Tony, perhaps you can get one of them broom/mop holders. It will make that space you have there a lot neater. Just a suggestion. And you're right about the mattress. We do like harder mattresses. They're good for the back.
There is nothing fixed to the walls, so maybe I shouldn't get one of those, unless it is floor standing.
This is more convience then those 15minute communities.
Everything you need in one lift ride, great
Thank you 👍
I wish I can live in China! Your place looks great. You just walked past $1.50 ish pork chop rice plate.
Maybe you can live or at least visit China? Yes! I walked past a lot of lipsmacking food stuff.
This simple formula is all that you need to measure purchasing power. Lets say you make the typical $1200/week in the west if that much divided by the cost of a loaf of bread and see how many loaves of bread you can buy after lowest percentage of taxes. So $1200.00 - 22% taxes = $936.00 divided by the cost of a loaf of bread which is around $4.25 these days. $936.00/$4.25= 220 buys you only 220 loaves of bread. Back in the early 70's a $70.00 weekly salary can buy you 1000 loaves of bread at $0.07/loaf. So basically your wages have not gone up or kept up with inflation and in fact decreased in purchasing power more than 5 folds !
Eating out daily is a necessity in China, eating out monthly is a luxury in Europe or North America !
Because the typical kitchen in the US would be a luxury in China.
@@jaydee6268 filled with made in China products? 😂
@@jaydee6268 there are MORE Chinese homes with bigger/better kitchens than in the entire US. Chinese enjoy the luxury of eating out and they can afford it.
@@jaydee6268 LMAO ...guess you haven't been to China or lived in a modern house or condo. It's actually like the bronze age in the US like everything else !
@@justme6275and you know this because you have extensive data on all of China and the USA, right?😂
Nice place, home sweet home😊.
Sure is nice.👍
You look very comfortable living in china. I’m living in Suzhou for just over a year. Sometimes I feel good about it. Sometimes I don’t know what I’m doing here. I don’t want to be part of what my country represents but this doesn’t feel like home really. I can’t talk to almost no one. Hopefully I feel better about being here more consistently. I otherwise feel aligned with this country and the people are nice. Their nature is non aggressive and I do appreciate that. Life here is very affordable and the quality of life is excellent.
I know the feeling. Looking back on my time, Wasn't until I went back to the UK did I truly appreciate the quality of China life. Good luck, you'll be fine.
Learn the language, just like how I learnt "your(English)" language when I am living in the Western world. Is there any reason why this can't be reversed ? Good things about living in China is like what you said, the people are not aggressive, bad things being a "foreigner" living in the West is, the people are aggressive and good number of them are prejudice and discriminative to the "color" people. You are more lucky than me.
$200 is really cheap. Rent vs buy ratio is out of whack in China. It makes a lot more sense to rent there.
True so true
This is Zhaoqing, a very small city that is very cheap, where an apartment usually sells for only $30,000 to $40,000 USD total and no property taxes.
There are over 600 small cities in China.
China's housing bubble is basically only concentrated in big cities like Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Hangzhou and Suzhou.
@@sdsdj626 correct. the price of my apartment in Shanghai is 20 times of a apartment in my hometown.
Wish you happy in your new apartment!
One thing I noticed is that flat screen TVs is at the correct height in most Chinese homes. Yours is a little too low, needs to be around 42" from the ground to the center of the screen. Most homes in Europe and the US is ridiculously too high !
You're correct. But I wont drill holes into walls without permission and I don't watch enough to warrant doing that.
@@Mr-Tony-888 An universal stand is a must, plus you don't need a TV cabinet that are as wide as those silly leg thingies that come with the TV. ua-cam.com/video/Y8bS5obMf7k/v-deo.html
A place like that in the USA New York city will cost you average two thousand dollars.
USD $2000 for the name of location or $200 USD for a less known more beautiful place.
This is what $1000/month gets you in New York City ! ...LoL ua-cam.com/video/7HCzVkBK3_I/v-deo.html
hahaha... a half decent lunch in NYC would cost $200 and not even a good lunch.
Wait to see what you can get in these restaurants, its beautiful food and price.
@@Mr-Tony-888 waiting for your video.
Wait..what? really?
Essence is having choices.
You can choose to live a luxurious life with 10k a month, or you can choose to live a simple and more self reliant life with 1k a month.
Yes Ive lived in the 10k apartments but we all prefer that one room, why have all that wasted space.
@@Mr-Tony-888 when i lived in China, i rented an apartment, it had a huge living room open-to-top with a bedroom in the upper level, a big kitchen and a dining room... where do i stay most of the time - living room.
That small Wi-Fi box is wonderful. It even works on the train. I didn’t have a Chinese phone number, but with that box and WeChat call, I can talk to anyone everywhere all the time.
Its great. Although it only last 15 hours before its 2 hour charge. Oh! thats when I sleep anyway. Thanks for watching. 🤝
great video. Cant wait to visit
You'll love it. Convincing the other half is always the hardest. 🙃🤪
Well done Tony - what visa do you have I thought it was 180 day max for foreigners, and how long is the lease on your apartment
12 months to both questions.
You mean it has everything YOU need. 😂
Hey Tony, it's unexpected to find you in Zhaoqing. I'm very familiar with this city, which is known for having some of the first Chinese Christians. Christian missionaries established the first church in China here in the 17th century. You might consider producing a segment on the religious beliefs of ordinary urban residents in China. Within ten kilometers of your residence, there are ancient Catholic and Christian churches, and nearby there are also old city walls. You could take a walk there during the Sunday morning service (8:00 AM). I think this would be a very interesting topic.
Alex, thank you so much for that detailed information. I certainly do know the old city wall area but not the ancient churches. I shall take a walk there. Thanks again. 👍
👏👏👏 beautiful 👍👍👍
The south is general cheaper in living standard. My friend, a single man like you, pays only 2,000rmb monthly for a three-bedroom flat in Shenzhen.
Delusional. My 3 bedroom in Chongqing is 4000rmb but of course shenzhen is much more expensive, maybe 10000rmb
Well you guys couldn't find flats in Shenzhen with a reasonable rate doesn't mean other people can't find it. My friend is Chinese. He's from Hong Kong and he moved there in 2019. May be he knew someone since he's Chinese or maybe that's the rate of that year and he's still paying the same amount these days.
Location location location. Even within one city, the prices varies wildly depending on districts. The price of an apartment near the CBD will cost multiple times that of a equivalent sized apartment in an outskirt district.
@@MichBel307
Nice studio! I paid $2200 US dollar per month for almost the exact same configuration studio in New York State.
omg，that's too expensive
Its like living in a studio apartment no rooms doors such apartments are very inexpensive to buy
In younger life, a studio apartments are good, fun also in older life they're also very practical. Thanks for watching and your comment.
The apartment building and the surrounding look very up-ended and polished!
It is rather nice.
The new apartment is very nice price.For rent
Does the $200 per month rental of your apartment includes the furniture like the bed or sofa? What about utilities like water and air conditioning? Even if it does not, it is still a fantastic price. 👍
including furniture but not bedding, also excluding utilities
In this type of apartment, you only need to bring clothes and purchase daily necessities to move in. Of course, you also need to pay for electricity, water, gas, and management fees (5% of the apartment rent). The electricity cost is about 0.1 US dollars per kilowatt hour
1500 RMB for month? That is really cheap, dude.
Nice. Actually, very nice. Thanks for watching and your comment mate.
👏👏👏😃👍👍👍
I used to live in Shenzhen, which city do you live in? I’m coming back to China in January and just wondered what VPN your using
City is Zhaoqing, 4 hours by coach from Shenzhen. VPN Simplelink.
@@Mr-Tony-888 thanks mate
Congrats! Great looking place at a great location. The price is unbeatable. That would rent for $5000 in NYC lol.
So true. Nice apartment in a great location. Thanks for viewing and the comment. 👍
that's crazy😅
As long as you are happy and content. I am still stuck in the UK and am neither.
You'll soon be looking back on those days and say 'Why TF' did I leave it so long? But at least you're doing something.
$200 a month as foreigner in China? Doesn't sound plausible to me. Even renting an apartment (which could cost over a million $USD) is way more than $200/month.
It is crazy good. Thanks for your comment and viewing. Appreciated.
Truth always hurts. But the pride can bent truth in many westerners’s mind.
Interesting truth.
Posh apartment right in the centre of the city!
Perfect size, perfect price perfect city. Perfect comment, thank you. 👍
Maybe I missed it but what city are you in?
On the edge of Guangzhou named Zhaoqing. Absolutely a beautiful city. i was thinking of asking you to view other videos on my channel to find that answer but then thought different, just hope you do. Thanks for watching.
@@Mr-Tony-888 I've watched lots of your videos and I enjoy them
FYI, Zhaoqing is a city for tourist and retirement. There are industrial zones and towns in its periphery. It's very nice for living, but less so for making money.
It's extremely hard to find an apartment of that size in a centeal convenient area for US$200.00
Men I really want to living in China 😮
Good choice, I assume it would cost lot more in big city like Shanghai and Beijing.
I can state (From experience) that Guangzhou would be 3 x more other cities I don't know.
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1500 RNB is very cheap
Who is working the camera?
It cost me $89 dollar for internet, America
Thank you for that, I had no idea what internet cost in the USA. is each year?
It will take a long time, maybe never, for the US to be competitive in Labor costs. That means normal manufacturing will never return to the US.
If America cant compete, it can destroy. Lets wait till November to find out where manufacturing goes Thanks for watching John and the honest comment. 👍
@@Mr-Tony-888 It has been trying to destroy a few times, but it ended up destroying itself.
1500 rmb for 30sqm? Hmm. I'm paying 4000rmb for 160sqm in Chongqing. So yours is 50rmb/sqm and mine is 25rmb/sqm. Yours is "expensive" 😂
You are right. Id like to visit even work in Chongqing one day? thanks for that info and thanks for watching and commenting.
@@Mr-Tony-888 there is a Chongqing language university here... Shapingba district... I don't work I just collect dividends from the wall st stock market
房租吗？
Another one of those people.
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Presume you're referring to the thumbnail? A; The price is so good and you may have thought very different. Q: Does that help?
@@Mr-Tony-888 like ur blog informative 👍 200 per month rent for a decent pad, walk to MacDonald's
@@albertwoodeasy9021mcd for breakfast lunch and dinner? Lol