36-year-old left the U.S. for China—now pays $1,000 rent and $100 for groceries for family of 4: It's my 'version of the American Dream’
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/25/36-year-old-left-the-us-for-chinanow-pays-1000-rent-and-100-for-groceries-for-family-of-4.html
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saltesc@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 116d
Shenzhen feels weird, though. It's amazing and very well done city, but it has this weird vibe to it. Like it's not real and you're just in a system.
endless_nameless@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 116d
Genuine question isn't there like a genocide there
FlowerFan@piefed.blahaj.zone · 9 pts · 116d
Yes, there is
RockBottom@feddit.org · 3 pts · 116d
Migration to foreign lands (for a dream) often involves genocide.
greyscale@lemmy.grey.ooo · 1 pts · 116d
No ICE tho.
anistorian@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 116d
I can’t figure out if that is cheap or not.
BaroqueW@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 116d
From where I am, it would mean very cheap food and normal rent (still probably expensive rent by other countries' standards)
anistorian@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 116d
Yeah okay, the food is super cheap. Everything else seems to be on par with where I live.
bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 116d
Seems good. I'd rather go to a Nordic country though
Gonna be more and more leaving soon I bet. If I can let go of my stuff then I probably would. But I hate moving.