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bright_tone
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June 19, 2007 - 02:47 PM |
 
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Hi,
just need a few feedback before deciding to live in Pudong or Puxi. I got to work on both side of the city. One at Zhang Jiang and one at Jing An area.
Would like to live in the area little more quiet and along metro line 2. Any advise ? I already saw both location at both side, very convenient along metro line. Now just final decision on east or west.
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CanadaKen21
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Joined: Jan 29, 2007
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Location: Pudong
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June 19, 2007 - 02:52 PM |
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Kids and family, Pudong! No kids, restaurants and nightlife, Puxi!! As for quiet, the honking has been reduced significantly since the new law was passed!!! |
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LPPL2007
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Joined: Mar 08, 2007
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Location: forsaken land of zhangjiang
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June 19, 2007 - 03:07 PM |
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bright_tone
Barker
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June 19, 2007 - 03:11 PM |
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Pudong seems little more quiet...... No family.....
Good to have less noise pollution.
Any reason Zhangjiang is good ? |
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LPPL2007
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Location: forsaken land of zhangjiang
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June 19, 2007 - 03:15 PM |
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zhangjiang has no pollution whether it be air or noise. in fact zhangjiang has no one. |
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Juan_Tamad
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June 19, 2007 - 03:19 PM |
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How much is the rent of a one bedroom flat in Zhang Jiang?
I was out this noon ang was looking at a shitty 3,500 RMB 1 bed room flat in jing an (shaanxi lu / xinzha lu). |
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profkim
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June 19, 2007 - 03:21 PM |
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The Century Park area is a much nicer region of Pudong (Zhangjiang is just a high tech manufacturing region - like a corporate park). |
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LPPL2007
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June 19, 2007 - 03:25 PM |
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u can get a 160 sq m 3 storey townhouse in zhangjiang's tomson for cny8000 (offer). i think for cny3000 u can get a 100 sq m apartment near the subway station. century park is no doubt nice but there is pollution and also it is much more expensive than zhangjiang! |
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bright_tone
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June 19, 2007 - 03:44 PM |
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The apt I saw is in Century part was not bad. 3 bedroom ,walking distance to metro market, metro station, B&Q and to the park. 3 bedroom full furnished at 6,500. |
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bryan79
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June 19, 2007 - 04:00 PM |
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century park is good, or century ave. both are close enough to puxi, and are not far from zhangjiang. |
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LPPL2007
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June 19, 2007 - 04:10 PM |
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mrpango
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June 19, 2007 - 04:12 PM |
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There are two ways of being charged the deposit: Either its 1 month's rent as deposit, followed by rent paid every 3 months, or 3 months rent as deposit and pay every month
I live in the Century Park area, (not in a flashy big apartment complex though - we don't even have a lift), and we paid 1 month's rent as deposit, and pay quarterly. |
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Swiss-James
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June 19, 2007 - 04:19 PM |
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I'm a horrendous Puxi snob- living in Jing-An as opposed to some soulless community on the 'dark side' adds about 20 mins travel time onto my commute, but there's no way I'd live East of the river. |
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LPPL2007
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June 19, 2007 - 04:21 PM |
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i would move to puxi if i can afford the bond |
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bright_tone
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June 19, 2007 - 04:24 PM |
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ok, Thanks guys for your input. Reassure that live in Pudong will be nice and can always stay later after worked at Puxi for dinner or drink. |
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msittig
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June 19, 2007 - 04:29 PM |
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Our situation is the same as mrpango's: liftless, nondescript apartment in Century Park, 5 minutes to the subway, 1 month deposit + quarterly rent. Huamu is a quaint little community, within striking distance of Carrefour and a bus ride away from both the Dongchang Rd commercial area and Lujiazui.
Still, we're moving back to Puxi when our kid gets a little older.
It's hard for me to fathom why anybody would live in Zhangjiang, and even more why the pollution would be worse in Century Park. When I ride the bus home past the giant fabs and factories in Zhangjiang I see steam (mixed with who-knows-what) rising from the sewer grates along the road, and occasionally pass through clouds of god-awful smells along well-traveled Guoshoujing Rd. |
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bright_tone
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June 19, 2007 - 04:55 PM |
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When I mean pollution means is the noise pollution...... Not the air..... Nothing much you can do about specially in SH. But I think Pudong in general cleaner than Puxi isn't . |
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bright_tone
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June 19, 2007 - 04:56 PM |
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I can be insomnia with the noise...... |
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LPPL2007
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June 19, 2007 - 05:10 PM |
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zhangjiang has no noise. especially around the tomson area |
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captah
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June 19, 2007 - 05:20 PM |
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puxi any day.. and Zhongshan park or Honqiao are the areas to be in !! |
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June 19, 2007 - 05:30 PM |
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any good place to buy a bicycle ? so can ride around the park over the weekend . |
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guel27
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June 19, 2007 - 07:35 PM |
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decathlon. |
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millerman
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June 19, 2007 - 09:40 PM |
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count yourself really lucky that both your work situations are conveniently on Line 2 (therefore no nightmarish People Square transfer). i think your commute either way will be less than half and hour on the train going either direction, or if you live in century park or lu jia zui - even closer.
agree with the other posters
young family - pudong
young single/no kids - puxi
gluck! =) |
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cubfan
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June 19, 2007 - 10:40 PM |
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My family (wife and 2 kids under 2) and I are moving to SH in Sept. We have read everything we can find (including lots on this site) on where to live and we visited for a few days to check out some places and we still can't decide on the big pudong vs. puxi question.
The general answer is: you like your kids, live in pudong; you like restaurants and interesting places etc. live in puxi.
Well what if you like both? Are we choosing between making ourselves happy and our kids happy? Granted we'll probably all be fine either place but I'd like to make the "best" decision anyway.
So what I want are the counterexamples: Who lives in Puxi (we're looking in the XinTianDi area, where my office is) with their kids and loves it? Maybe near a great park with lots of other kids around? Great kindergarten nearby?
Who lives in Pudong (we're looking at Lujiazui or maybe Century Park) and still enjoys everything Puxi has to offer? And just how long is the commute from those areas using Metro, to XinTianDi area (requiring transfer at People's Square)?
Can it be done??? |
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msittig
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June 19, 2007 - 11:20 PM |
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I think the case could be made for living in Puxi with kids but it'd be hard to live in Pudong and still take full advantage of what Puxi has to offer. I intend to raise my kids in Puxi, and I think yu888 would back me up on that (even though we're both still pretty new dads). |
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