This is great space to use for express what I have seen from my worldwide trips. As a Shanghai-er, living at east cost of USA, traveling worldwide, I always have multiple feelings regarding living standards, and constantly seeking where is the best place for me to live.
Today, I am in Taipei, the dream place for most of Taiwanese. I really appreciated the delicious street food, excellent dishes in the classy restaurant, great service, and etc. It is great place to conduct business here. As traveler, I do not know how many times I have been this island, and enjoyed very much every visit. However, asking me to live here. The answer is big NO.
The environment is not right, it is kind of mess. Seems to me, no body is taking care of city. Everybody is trying very hard to use this island to make money. One of my American friends told me which I agreed with his view 100%.
People in South Korean treat their city as their permanent home, put them into well organized way, make them livable and conformable;
People in Shanghai make their city to be livable, enjoyable, and presentable permanent home;
But people in Taipei treat their city as resource and gold miner, just dig and take. As traveler, you will feel everybody and everything here is temporary. And every body is well prepared to dump this city at any time.
二位尊崇的大哥,容我分析一下二位對台北的偏見,我猜想你們來台北是為"錢"這檔事(肯定不會是來捐獻),因此,見識到的應是一票台灣最會earn money 的一群人,出入高級場所,名人名酒.成日談business business,匆忙中能有多少心去了解這裏多數市井小民呢? 這裏,還有多數多數的人,或許是M型社會的底層,或許是二位眼中看不見的藍領,但我們知道,這城市是我生我終老唯一之處.我們隻有一個國籍,一本護照,隻有一個小島.政治&曆史不是我們能改變的.但我們知道,我們心還在,我們還在用力呼吸..
下回,出差來台北市,建議您清晨五時,到傳統市場走一趙,到周邊的小公園run run,你會看到台北的活力及笑容,,.有機會的話,我會給您熱情的笑容!!
judy (在文學城裏孤運奮戰好辛苦哦)
Taiwanese are mostly mild-tempered, and polite, but I just wonder with all the good engineers and intellectuals taken to this island after the civil war, why average Taiwanese seems to unable to benefit from this heritage, most of them are in short of any vision in any kind.