Nick, an American teaching here in Kaohsiung, recently posted a question on the newley.com message board. He wants to know how to go about finding an apartment in the city. Here’s what I’d suggest:
1) Ask around. Here, as in most places, word of mouth is often the best way to find housing leads. Ask fellow teachers. Ask the Taiwanese staff at your school.
2) Check for signs at local foreigner hangouts. Both The Lighthouse (bar and restaurant) and Bagel Bagel (restaurant), in the Zuoying district (near Dollars hipermart), have good bulletin boards.
3) Take a look at the TEALIT (Teaching English and Living in Taiwan) Web site. There’s an “Apartments and Roommates” message board that should be helpful. You might also want to check out the Forumosa message boards.
Happy hunting.
(P.S. Let’s hope your new apartment features a larger kitchen than ours.)
One reply on “Finding an Apartment Here in Kaohsiung”
As someone with Kaohsiung experience, I have to ask you… Is it possible to live there for four months without buying a scooter? I am going to National Sun Yat Sen University for the fall semester late next week (yipes, that’s coming up fast…) and as a broke-ass grad student, I would prefer to save my cash and bus it when I need to get around town. Is this possible?
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