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Q: Hey Guys, hows your lifestyle in Suzhou?

Do you really like Suzhou?

How do you spend your free time here? 

Whats your favourite place to hangout?

 

 

 

10 years 50 weeks ago in  Lifestyle - China

 
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Suzhou is boring. There's not much to do there. Once you've seen the gardens and gone to the water streets you've seen it all. There's a bar called Wave Livehouse that puts on live music from time to time which is okay or you can just wile away the afternoon by hanging out in one of the restaurant bars by Jinji Lake.

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I've been here for six years. If someone says its boring here, they must be measuring against cities like; New York, Hong Kong, London, etc. If you need bars and/or KTVs to be entertained, Suzhou's got plenty of them (surely more than most other Chinese cities). In my opinion, the people are what make a town entertaining. Suzhou's got a pretty international population with more world experience than your average Chinese citizen. No matter where you go, you have to seek out fun. Don't just expect it to drop in your lap.

Also pretty tolerable weather. It's mid-October and people are still in shorts and mini-skirts. There's boating and mountain climbing too if that's your thing.

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