Woman living in china is paying 278 a month for a 3 bedroom apt.

[Tommy Knocks]

she could have done in Alabama.

we're going from cyberpunk to alabama. what is going on.

 

[Cynic]

-Works 18hrs a week. 4 days a week.
-30k usd a year.
-Free healthcare
-Flight allowance of 1.2k a year so she can travel back home.
-75 dollars a month for groceries.
-able to save 1k a month from youtube side hustle.
-150 dollars to eat out each month

How much would the same apartment cost in any major city in america, England, France or Canada?

This is why the Chinese put up with censorship and authoritarianism. They at least get a more affordable lifestyle. We getting censorship, mass surveillance and authoritarianism here while prices are getting jacked up

Vietnam is even cheaper and they are authoritarian too.

 

[Wild self]

Remember kids, landlords are EVIL people that need to be put down

 

[Pull Up the Roots]

ya it is.

A gilded cage is still a cage. Authoritarianism, whether it comes with a full stomach or an empty one, isn't attractive to me.

 

[Scustin Bieburr]

Im not comparing Ann Arbor to Chengndu. I’m comparing Ann Arbor to New York. What she did in China she could have done in Alabama.

They got free healthcare in Alabama?
500 dollar 3 bedroom apartments in Huntsville for less than 500 dollars a month? High speed rail to get you to other cities? Groceries are less than 100 a month?

Well shyt if they've got all that, why aren't more people living in such a modern, clean, safe, affordable place?

 

[Tommy Knocks]

A gilded cage is still a cage. Authoritarianism, whether it comes with a full stomach or an empty one, isn't attractive to me.

You've been sold wolf tickets. It's not north korea. they will have you believe that, but its not. plus, you're a foreigner. you're not even in their system like that lol.

 

[Sir Richard Spirit]

They got free healthcare in Alabama?
500 dollar 3 bedroom apartments in Huntsville for less than 500 dollars a month? High speed rail to get you to other cities? Groceries are less than 100 a month?

Well shyt if they've got all that, why aren't more people living in such a modern, clean, safe, affordable place?

This woman moved to China to make 30k a year. Stop with the bullshyt.

 

[RennisDeynolds]

The amout of pro China propaganda thats been popping up over the last year is hilarious



But once again it goes to show you the standard of living here in the states is bottom of the barrel when it becomes to super powers.

I saw a clip the other day Jack Ma is at a conference talking about Chinese CEOs put a bunch of money back into their infrastructure and citizens to boost up land development and the standard of living after economic boosts. He then asked "what did the American CEOs do when they got richer? Bought private jets and yachts "

 

[papa pimp]

How is OP using an American making USD and leveraging that abroad as a testament to some local Chinese person's quality of life

 

[Diunx]

My biggest issue would be the hard ass language and no asses on women.

 

[papa pimp]

Chinese wages are low, but what they never talk about is the cost of living is much lower there as well.

Huh? Who is "they"?

Price indexes...Rent indexes... Local purchasing power....etc are all available online for most cities you want to compare worldwide

 

[MischievousMonkey]

about 15 years late, but no one wanted listen. glad she's living free and stimulated by a new environment. if you know, you know. I saved a lot during that time, currently island life.

 

[Tommy Knocks]

This woman moved to China to make 30k a year. Stop with the bullshyt.

I think the point is that 30K, gets you by, with proper infrastructure and subsided healthcare.




time stamped.

and "chinese peasant don't live like that" but you're not a chinese peasant are you? . you're an american. she knew that, and made the move. . but im not going to say anymore. stay in the D or Alabama. lol.

 

[The BasedFather]

I wouldn’t live in China if they gave me a mansion for free

 

[Scustin Bieburr]

A gilded cage is still a cage. Authoritarianism, whether it comes with a full stomach or an empty one, isn't attractive to me.

You seem to be mistaking a speculation on why people put up with the authoritarianism for an endorsement of authoritarianism itself.

Nobody here is endorsing censorship. I'm saying america is getting the negative aspects of capitalism and then getting authoritarianism on top of that. If I wanted to make an argument for authoritarianism, I'd have said something like "when an authoritarian government decides affordability will be a priority, they deliver on that goal because there's no other political party to sabotage their agenda or for them to blame for their own lack of interest in actually fulfilling that goal."

Im not making an argument for authoritarianism, I'm making an argument for the return of the kind of responsible and serious government that gave us things like Medicare, well maintained public transportation, clean streets, well staffed and good hospitals, etc. I dont like seeing people living the American dream outside of America. There's no good reason why the woman in the video and most of us can't have the same lifestyle in any major American city. She went from working over 40hr weeks to barely survive to working less and having a better quality of life only because she moved. It doesnt have to be that way and I think many of us want our work to actually guarantee us a decent standard of living instead of having to hear the endless excuses about why the richest country on earth can't give us basic economic mobility with the billions we pay in taxes every year.