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Q: cost of life in shanghai
i have a job offer to work in shanghai that will pay me 30000 CNY month with house included. Is this enough to live well?
fcuk you 
, ask yourself, is that enough in New York or Paris ?
If you live alone and don't try to reconstruct the life you had back home, one quarter of that is enough ^^ If you have a family, say two kids going to an international school, you are the only income, and you wish to eat western food everyday, then you will need that.
Yeah that should be fine for an international lifestyle as long as you don't have any children. I don't know your situation specifically, but I imagine that for a single guy living alone, 20K+ is OK for pretty much anyone in Mainland China. Hong Kong is another story. But even at 20K, you can responsibly live a clean life without making any bad local compromises. 30K plus an apartment? As long as you aren't planning to buy a car or send children to international school, you should be quite comfortable and have a very solid savings rate.
Welcome to Shanghai!
the only thing that is more expensive in shanghai than everywhere else are expat restaurants and the rent.
i lived in 3 chinese cities and in shanghai. all tier 1 cities have the same prices
You're rolling in it man. I found the cost of living in Shanghai quite high, I spent what I thought was a LOT of money and I only spent about 8k a month. You'll be fiiiinnne..
brother1818:
I was my first two months in China back in 2011 and I was in a group of friends who all earned a lot and went out about 3 or 4 times a week to expensive places and eat western food all time. I didn't know any better. I don't live like that anymore. I'd say it would be rather difficult to spend much more than that. And I never bought stuff like clothes or tech stuff..
