Should You Move to Taipei? | living in taipei blog
IfyoudecidetomovetoTaiwan,inevitablyyouaregoingtohavetoaskyourselfwhetheryouwanttomovetoTaipei,oroneoftheotherplacesontheislandlikeKaohsiung,Taichung,Tainan,YilanandHualian.We’lldoacomparisonpostsoonthathighlightsthemajorpositivesandnegativesforeachcity,butfornowwearejustfocusingonthebenefitsandnegativesofTaipei.ThereasonforthisisthatmostpeopleweknoweitherwantedtocometoTaipei,ortheywantedtogosomeplaceelse(andonlyaftermakingthisdecisiondidtheylookintotheotherpopularplacestogoinTaiwanbesidesTa...
If you decide to move to Taiwan, inevitably you are going to have to ask yourself whether you want to move to Taipei, or one of the other places on the island like Kaohsiung, Taichung, Tainan, Yilan and Hualian. We’ll do a comparison post soon that highlights the major positives and negatives for each city, but for now we are just focusing on the benefits and negatives of Taipei. The reason for this is that most people we know either wanted to come to Taipei, or they wanted to go someplace else (and only after making this decision did they look into the other popular places to go in Taiwan besides Taipei).
5 Benefits to Living in Taipei 1. The most jobsTaipei is the largest city on the island with nearly 7 million people in the metropolitan area (roughly 1/3 of the total Taiwan population), so it’s no surprise that the majority of English teaching jobs (and other jobs available to foreigners) are based in Taipei. In terms of English teaching jobs, there are many English cram...