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Fits for families: Unfortunately, Tangshan 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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Walkability: The area of Tangshan is perfect for walking. There are a lot of quality walking paths, sidewalks. Traffic and road conditions are good organized.
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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.
- Safety: According to the criterion of calmness, safety and peacefulness of the inhabitants, the situation is perfect.
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Free WiFi: Unfortunately, there are very few points 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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English: It will not be easy to communicate in Tangshan directly with the locals – few people speak English, except for the staff of large hotels and restaurants.
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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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Startup friendly: Unfortunately, startup score is pretty low. Most startups struggle due to different obstacles.
- Income: Unfortunately, the local population has very low salaries as low as $700 a month.
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Racial tolerance: Many refugees, migrants or people with migratory backgrounds are subject to racism and discrimination.
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Workspaces: There is an great environment for working and lots of great coworking spots.
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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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Quality of life: Tangshan 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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Friendliness to outsiders: The locals are not super friendly to outsiders, but nevertheless polite.
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LGBTQ friendly: The majority of respondents are against equal rights for gays and lesbians.
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Traffic safety: Terrible road conditions, traffic in Tangshan is extremely difficult.
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Freedom of speech:
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Nightlife: The nightlife is quite low. You will have to organize the evening in a different way.
- Internet: Unfortunately, the terribly slow Internet in Tangshan is become a serious problem when it comes to work, communication with family and friends.
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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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- Expenses: Prices for everything are very affordable. There are many very decent pizzerias, cafes, restaurants at reasonable prices. Usual monthly spendings are around $1200.
