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Re:Google will open a new office complex and add hundreds of... by cowmoo728 on Tuesday March 26, 2019 @12:28PM (#19493308)
I visited Taiwan recently and was shocked by the weird economics there. Rent, food, clothing, and labor are extremely cheap. Foreign goods and property are insanely expensive. It's clear there's wealth, as I saw several dozen rare BMWs and Audis, and some Lambos, Ferraris, Bentleys. But then I read that the average annual salary of a new university graduate is $11,000 USD.

It's also a very friendly place to foreigners. I'm surprised there aren't any enterprising people jumping from Shenzhen to Taipei now that Shenzhen is so expensive.

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Re:Google will open a new office complex and add hundreds of... by goobynight on Tuesday March 26, 2019 @12:50PM (#19493557)
If you're a Taiwan local that is able to sell the local talent in the form of offshore services for even 70% of US rates or even just have a remote job that pays well, you will have a Lambo/early retirement/whatever faster than you know it, because you will be able to save the entirety of your post-tax salary.
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Re:Google will open a new office complex and add hundreds of... by jklepatch on Wednesday March 27, 2019 @01:18PM (#19503216)
As someone who is doing exactly that I can confirm!
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Re:Google will open a new office complex and add hundreds of... by paxy on Tuesday March 26, 2019 @06:20PM (#19496536)
That's a common sign of huge wealth disparity. There isn't a middle class for luxury goods manufacturers to target, and the ultra rich can pay pretty much whatever you want them to.
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Re:Google will open a new office complex and add hundreds of... by lemerou on Saturday March 30, 2019 @12:58AM (#19527858)
Totally agree with the rest of your answer but rent is definitely not extremely cheap, at least in Taipei (wich is where most of the jobs are). It can actually be argued that the property market in Taipei is a bubble.
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Re:Google will open a new office complex and add hundreds of... by goodold on Thursday April 11, 2019 @09:26AM (#19634236)
That's not true. It is indeed expensive to buy a house, but rent itself is definitely very cheap. This is of course a clear sign that the property market is a bubble there.
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Re:Google will open a new office complex and add hundreds of... by sinstein on Wednesday March 27, 2019 @12:48AM (#19498251)
I spotted more Maseratis than BMWs and there were already a lot of BMWs.
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