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Participant4.4 M homes for sale
13.5M homes vacant due to foreclosureI smell a bank conspiracy! If the banks foreclose on everone, but don’t re-sell the property, they can control inventory! They can just hold out, like they did in Boston! Evil!
Participant4.4 M homes for sale
13.5M homes vacant due to foreclosureI smell a bank conspiracy! If the banks foreclose on everone, but don’t re-sell the property, they can control inventory! They can just hold out, like they did in Boston! Evil!
Participant4.4 M homes for sale
13.5M homes vacant due to foreclosureI smell a bank conspiracy! If the banks foreclose on everone, but don’t re-sell the property, they can control inventory! They can just hold out, like they did in Boston! Evil!
ParticipantMy how this thread has digressed! Just a few comments:
What’s this about a man requiring a mistress to be successful in business? Although it may be common, I think someone has been watching too many propaganda movies. Why are people prone to make such silly generalizations? Travel more, get out, broaden your mind. Getting facts from the boob tube makes you a boob.
Taiwan independence: I went to Taiwan and asked just about everyone who was willing to talk to me about it what they thought about China’s stance on Taiwan. I was surprised to find that about 50% of the people I talked to were in favor of Taiwan being part of China. I looked into it further and found that polls have shown the same thing: about 50% of Taiwanese favor being part of China. Again, I suspect that the whole conflict might be something of a charade of sensationalistic news reports or some political anti-China rhetoric.
That being said, I would be sad to see Taiwan become part of China. Each has their own “flavor” and I like them both the way they are. Taiwan has as unique a history as China does and embraces a much different mentality than mainland Chinese… Also, I like driving around and seeing the scantily-clad Betelnut girls in their little kiosks by the side of the road… 🙂 Makes our boldest billboards look like rated G.
ParticipantMy how this thread has digressed! Just a few comments:
What’s this about a man requiring a mistress to be successful in business? Although it may be common, I think someone has been watching too many propaganda movies. Why are people prone to make such silly generalizations? Travel more, get out, broaden your mind. Getting facts from the boob tube makes you a boob.
Taiwan independence: I went to Taiwan and asked just about everyone who was willing to talk to me about it what they thought about China’s stance on Taiwan. I was surprised to find that about 50% of the people I talked to were in favor of Taiwan being part of China. I looked into it further and found that polls have shown the same thing: about 50% of Taiwanese favor being part of China. Again, I suspect that the whole conflict might be something of a charade of sensationalistic news reports or some political anti-China rhetoric.
That being said, I would be sad to see Taiwan become part of China. Each has their own “flavor” and I like them both the way they are. Taiwan has as unique a history as China does and embraces a much different mentality than mainland Chinese… Also, I like driving around and seeing the scantily-clad Betelnut girls in their little kiosks by the side of the road… 🙂 Makes our boldest billboards look like rated G.
ParticipantMy how this thread has digressed! Just a few comments:
What’s this about a man requiring a mistress to be successful in business? Although it may be common, I think someone has been watching too many propaganda movies. Why are people prone to make such silly generalizations? Travel more, get out, broaden your mind. Getting facts from the boob tube makes you a boob.
Taiwan independence: I went to Taiwan and asked just about everyone who was willing to talk to me about it what they thought about China’s stance on Taiwan. I was surprised to find that about 50% of the people I talked to were in favor of Taiwan being part of China. I looked into it further and found that polls have shown the same thing: about 50% of Taiwanese favor being part of China. Again, I suspect that the whole conflict might be something of a charade of sensationalistic news reports or some political anti-China rhetoric.
That being said, I would be sad to see Taiwan become part of China. Each has their own “flavor” and I like them both the way they are. Taiwan has as unique a history as China does and embraces a much different mentality than mainland Chinese… Also, I like driving around and seeing the scantily-clad Betelnut girls in their little kiosks by the side of the road… 🙂 Makes our boldest billboards look like rated G.
ParticipantHi patiently,
Yes, I crossed into Vietnam from De Tian and hung around the border shopping areas for a while but that’s the limit of my exposure. I’ve heard everything is cheap in Vietnam and there are a lot of great places to visit. Thanks for the article!
ParticipantHi patiently,
Yes, I crossed into Vietnam from De Tian and hung around the border shopping areas for a while but that’s the limit of my exposure. I’ve heard everything is cheap in Vietnam and there are a lot of great places to visit. Thanks for the article!
ParticipantHi patiently,
Yes, I crossed into Vietnam from De Tian and hung around the border shopping areas for a while but that’s the limit of my exposure. I’ve heard everything is cheap in Vietnam and there are a lot of great places to visit. Thanks for the article!
ParticipantYes for a communist country they do take to capitalistic ways like fish to water.
I recently took my 4th trip there. My first trips were to the big cities and my impressions were the same as yours: consumerism is on the rise; however, now I’ve started visiting outlying areas and much of the country still lives without many of the things we take for granted. It would be interesting to see the wealth and income gap between the rich and the poor.
Recently I went to the Guanxi region in the southwest, bordering Vietnam. Although there are major tourist areas (Guilin being the biggest tourist attraction to Chinese) most of the areas are dirt poor.
Didn’t you find that, even though the price tags were high, the cost of everything is negotiable?
Of course they were nicer to you: you’ve got beaucoup tourist bucks! The most important phrase I learned was: bu yao la! (I don’t want it) used to fend off the peddlers of kitschy trinkets and crap.
ParticipantYes for a communist country they do take to capitalistic ways like fish to water.
I recently took my 4th trip there. My first trips were to the big cities and my impressions were the same as yours: consumerism is on the rise; however, now I’ve started visiting outlying areas and much of the country still lives without many of the things we take for granted. It would be interesting to see the wealth and income gap between the rich and the poor.
Recently I went to the Guanxi region in the southwest, bordering Vietnam. Although there are major tourist areas (Guilin being the biggest tourist attraction to Chinese) most of the areas are dirt poor.
Didn’t you find that, even though the price tags were high, the cost of everything is negotiable?
Of course they were nicer to you: you’ve got beaucoup tourist bucks! The most important phrase I learned was: bu yao la! (I don’t want it) used to fend off the peddlers of kitschy trinkets and crap.
ParticipantYes for a communist country they do take to capitalistic ways like fish to water.
I recently took my 4th trip there. My first trips were to the big cities and my impressions were the same as yours: consumerism is on the rise; however, now I’ve started visiting outlying areas and much of the country still lives without many of the things we take for granted. It would be interesting to see the wealth and income gap between the rich and the poor.
Recently I went to the Guanxi region in the southwest, bordering Vietnam. Although there are major tourist areas (Guilin being the biggest tourist attraction to Chinese) most of the areas are dirt poor.
Didn’t you find that, even though the price tags were high, the cost of everything is negotiable?
Of course they were nicer to you: you’ve got beaucoup tourist bucks! The most important phrase I learned was: bu yao la! (I don’t want it) used to fend off the peddlers of kitschy trinkets and crap.
Participantspend a little time/money/effort trying to sell it. if it doesn’t sell then keep it.
Participantspend a little time/money/effort trying to sell it. if it doesn’t sell then keep it.
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