Tariffs driving China to abandon low cost products and enter high grade market

Slartibartfast said:
I prefer Medellin, it has the best infrastructure in South America they say. Bogota has stuff, it is the financial and business capital but the traffic is appalling. Once and a while I fly from the downtown airport in Medellin to Bogota for shopping and to visit "Wok" which is a pretty decent Asian restaurant.

Medellin has perfect weather nearly all the time, in the 43 countries I've traveled and worked in, it is my favorite. I did like living in Northern Thailand, the food etc. was excellent but sometimes alien I'll admit. Colombians are more European minded, I guess dominant Catholicism has a way of making a lot of countries familiar.

I also have a place in Panama City but I don't like the city very much. It is very much like Miami in ways there however traffic again is a pain and though I am happy with my girlfriend, the only pretty women in Panama are Colombian..

Life is good here, I don't need much, I can import anything from a shipper in Florida if I need it and I work crazy hours so perfect temperature and humidity in Medellin is great for me.
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Traffic in Panama does suck and it is only getting worse. Was a haven to live 10 years ago with cost/taxes/ability to live well on U.S. type income. Now it has become a haven for Colombians, Venezuelans and Dominicans coming in by the thousands. Obviously nothing wrong with my fellow latinos but the influx has lead to way too many people for the infrastructure and a change in the culture and the city is not the same. Buildings are going up everywhere and at least half of them are for money laundering. Sad...

Also plenty of good looking women... :).
 
Yes, news from the US are particularly puzzling since Trump was elected, i can't recall a president and the local mainstream media so strongly at odds. Interpretations are wild and very political in US news. in China it is very much the contrary, as the political power dictates the news. Both ways easily get frustrating.

zdreg said:
the same goes for US. how many died in puerto rico, it went from 60 to 3000 months later.
how about inflation numbers in the US?
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Thanks for your feedback Slartibartfast, interesting to hear from expats in Colombia.
As of below, visiting villages outside Bogota, it felt not only european but completely spanish, at least architecturewise, a big plus for me, especially that the landscapes around Bogota are also amazing, if not very spanish. Looking forward to travel again to Colombia, will make sure to visit Medellin if in the country.

Slartibartfast said:
Colombians are more European minded, I guess dominant Catholicism has a way of making a lot of countries familiar.
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Slartibartfast said:
A sustained period of abjectly primitive conditions will do that.
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will the last person to leave Puerto Rico please turn off the lights?
scratch that remark. because of governmental incompetency at every level the lights are already out.
 
zdreg said:
will the last person to leave Puerto Rico please turn off the lights?
scratch that remark. because of governmental incompetency at every level the lights are already out.
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American construction somehow never learn the lesson of the three little pigs.

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Flimsy yet expensive, an American tradition.
 
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Recently, many points have been closed in China that manufactured low-quality and fake goods, which means that soon China will reach a new level.
 
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