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Q: Which provincial capital cities are the worst?
next year i'm definitely going to relocate when my contract is up. I was thginking Fuzhou or Hefei. Zhengzhou or Shijiazhuang. any thoughts?
12 years 20 weeks ago in Transport & Travel - China
Wuhan, Hubei provice. This city has almost no redeeming qualities at all.
JamesR:
could not agree more, I don't think I have ever enjoyed myself in Wuhan.
PrettyNyssa:
Hubby and I loved Jianghan Road (Walking street and the restaurants there). People were the nicest and Wuhanese are smilier (smiley) than Jiangsu peeps . We most of the time get freebies/ discounts from retaurants/clubs. We only stayed there for four months though. At one of the clubs (near Kempinski) the manager would give us free flowing drinks just cause we are foreigners and he thinks it would be cool if the locals would see us hanging out at his club. We didn't get that kind of treatment elsewhere (Guangzhou nor Shanghai). Oh well, those were the good times 
If I were you, I would look into a few more details that just move into a "pretty" capital city, or one with "plenty" of nice looking gals. Those things are somewhat important, but since you seem to work, other factors could be of importance too. Like for example, rate of pay for the city you propose to live. Where I live, for college English teachers the pay is 6,000 Rmb per month plus fringues, High School teachers get 4,000, and Grammar School teachers get 2,000 per month. Of course, you do get also an apartment on campus, free utilities, free heath insurance, so basically salary pays only clothes, food and entertaiment.
If you dislike snow, then consider warmer South portion of China, in Guangzhou rate of pay is better than here, there is around 8 to 12,000 per month, but cost of living is higher. Shenzhen is about the same as Guangzhou, and they are one hour ride apart.
You have time to decide, do take a few trips to potential sites, and do a bit of scouting, then reach a better decision with more facts on hand.
Good luck tyo you.
Shijiazhuang. Stay FAR away.
crimochina:
hugs are you trying to say nevermind doesnt want me in his city???:(
HugAPanda:
huh? no way crimo.. I'm all kinds of sweet and innocent ;)
Other than where you are?? 
I've heard that Taiyuan is really really bad for pollution...
I also haven't been to Urumqi, and for now, it's really only a place I'd go for a visit... but my ex went there briefly, and she said it wasn't too bad.
Wuhan - gets REALLY hot and humid....
Shenyang is too cold in winter too hot in summer, more expensive than Harbin, and has terrible traffic-Worst city in China in my opinion.
kchur:
I spent a month in Shenyang and I really didn't mind it. Good bbq everywhere, and a lack of whiney braggart sissy boys. Although I have no clue how it stacks up to the rest of the northeast.
