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,容我分析一下二位对台北的偏见,我猜想你们来台北是为"钱"这档事(肯定不会是来捐献),因此,见识到的应是一票台湾最会earn money 的一群人,出入高级场所,名人名酒.成日谈business business,匆忙中能有多少心去了解这里多数市井小民呢? 这里,还有多数多数的人,或许是M型社会的底层,或许是二位眼中看不见的蓝领,但我们知道,这城市是我生我终老唯一之处.我们只有一个国籍,一本护照,只有一个小岛.政治&历史不是我们能改变的.但我们知道,我们心还在,我们还在用力呼吸..
下回,出差来台北市,建议您清晨五时,到传统市场走一赵,到周边的小公园run run,你会看到台北的活力及笑容,,.有机会的话,我会给您热情的笑容!!
judy (在文学城里孤运奋战好辛苦哦)
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.