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I like Detroit. Okay, fine, no I don't. But I live in Michigan and love the rest of it. Low cost of living, great schools, reasonable opportunity for educate

I like Detroit. Okay, fine, no I don't. But I live in Michigan and love the rest of it. Low cost of living, great schools, reasonable opportunity for educated workers. And I love the weather. Great for all seasons of outdoor activity. I'm curious if Liaoning (outside Shenyang) is the same way. (I've had a long-running fascination with HeiLongJiang for reasons I don't understand myself, though I've never been there)

schuke 9y ago
Being from Liaoning but never been to Michigan, I must say it's not half as good as the Michigan you described.
- daxfohl 9y ago
  Well, save up some money on the coast, then move to (Western or Northern) Michigan some day and live like a king. Okay, eating out can be hit-or-miss (mostly miss), but some diamonds-in-the-rough do exist. Outdoors is great. I mean if ascending whatever-K feet is the only qualifier then outdoors sucks, but seriously everything else here, outdoors is great. Four seasons is like being able to annually travel between four completely different regions of the world without actually moving. And if you have a decent salary, get yourself some awesome snow moving equipment, just to feel cool.
dis-sys 9y ago
Detroit had this extreme weather of almost -30°C, it is just scary to even think about that. Liaoning has the same issue with the lowest on record being -34°C. If you are interested in the North-East part of China, there is a western travellers made documentary coming soon, it is called Conquering Northern China made by a British South African and an American. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsYMZK89XHg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsYMZK89XHg https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/205422728/conquering-northern-china-adventure-travel-series?ref=category https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/205422728/conquering-no...
- seanmcdirmid 9y ago
  I took a bus from Changchun to Harbin once and watched the mercury outside drop from a balmy -18C to -35C, damn. So not Liaoning, but north of it.

schuke 9y ago

Being from Liaoning but never been to Michigan, I must say it's not half as good as the Michigan you described.

daxfohl 9y ago
Well, save up some money on the coast, then move to (Western or Northern) Michigan some day and live like a king. Okay, eating out can be hit-or-miss (mostly miss), but some diamonds-in-the-rough do exist. Outdoors is great. I mean if ascending whatever-K feet is the only qualifier then outdoors sucks, but seriously everything else here, outdoors is great. Four seasons is like being able to annually travel between four completely different regions of the world without actually moving. And if you have a decent salary, get yourself some awesome snow moving equipment, just to feel cool.

dis-sys 9y ago

Detroit had this extreme weather of almost -30°C, it is just scary to even think about that. Liaoning has the same issue with the lowest on record being -34°C. If you are interested in the North-East part of China, there is a western travellers made documentary coming soon, it is called Conquering Northern China made by a British South African and an American. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsYMZK89XHg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsYMZK89XHg https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/205422728/conquering-northern-china-adventure-travel-series?ref=category https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/205422728/conquering-no...

seanmcdirmid 9y ago
I took a bus from Changchun to Harbin once and watched the mercury outside drop from a balmy -18C to -35C, damn. So not Liaoning, but north of it.