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Re:Ask HN: Taking a sabbatical to somewhere in Asia. How can... by sabbatical13 on Tuesday June 21, 2011 @09:20PM (#2681202) 

  the rent is low and the women love foreigners :)
Love that part ;) and thanks so much for the kind offer olalonde. I'll look more into Shenzen as you're not the first person to suggest that. Are there a lot of hacker types around? And how about the night life?
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Re:Ask HN: Taking a sabbatical to somewhere in Asia. How can... by olalonde on Thursday June 23, 2011 @08:49PM (#2690523)
Night life is awesome. Clubs and bars are crowded from Monday to Sunday, 10pm to 5am. That's what you get with a high population density. A bit expensive though.

Shenzhen is the world capital of electronics manufacturing, so there are lots of hardware gadgets that haven't yet made their way to the western world. I wouldn't say there are lots of hacker types around, but I know there are some e-commerce/SEO/etc. meet ups (see http://www.shenzhenstuff.com/groups).

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