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Level of happiness: The level of happiness and life satisfaction among the local population is quite average.
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Traffic safety: Terrible road conditions, traffic is extremely difficult.
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Racial tolerance: Many refugees, migrants or people with migratory backgrounds are subject to racism and discrimination.
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Education: Secondary and higher education institutions provide a very mediocre level of knowledge, which indicates the need to reform them and introduce new, more effective programs and trained teachers.
- Income: Unfortunately, the local population in Qinhuangdao has very low salaries as low as $700 a month.
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Startup friendly: Unfortunately, startup score in Qinhuangdao is pretty low. Most startups struggle due to different obstacles.
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Quality of life: Qinhuangdao performs above average in subjective well-being, jobs and wages, income and well-being, health, social connections, environmental quality, education and skills, work and leisure balance, housing and personal safety.
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Walkability: Unfortunately, hiking through the city is not comfortable. It is much better to use motor transport to move.
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Friendliness to outsiders: The locals are not super friendly to outsiders, but nevertheless polite.
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Fits for families: Unfortunately, Qinhuangdao does not provide the necessary infrastructure for families with children. There are no children’s entertainment centers, mini-clubs, children’s pools, etc.
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Workspaces: Qinhuangdao provides many places to work from such as coworkings or cafes.
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Nightlife: The nightlife is quite low. You will have to organize the evening in a different way.
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Female friendly: Despite the fact that women have equal rights with men and the attitude towards them is liberal, in some areas there are still many prohibitions against them. Decisions in the family are usually made by men, the influence of women in the family is very great.
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Free WiFi: Unfortunately, there are very few points in Qinhuangdao that provide free Wi-Fi, and those that do have a weak Internet signal, so in many cafes wifi Internet is available only at a low speed.
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Freedom of speech:
- Safety: According to the criterion of calmness, safety and peacefulness of the inhabitants, the situation is perfect.
- Expenses: Prices for everything are very affordable. There are many very decent pizzerias, cafes, restaurants at reasonable prices. Usual monthly spendings are around $2100.
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English: It will not be easy to communicate in Qinhuangdao directly with the locals – few people speak English, except for the staff of large hotels and restaurants.
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Entertainment: Unfortunately, does not have a lot of cafes and restaurants, places to relax and to have some entertainment.
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LGBTQ friendly: The majority of respondents in Qinhuangdao are against equal rights for gays and lesbians.
- Internet: Unfortunately, the terribly slow Internet in Qinhuangdao is become a serious problem when it comes to work, communication with family and friends.
