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[quote=WCTMAN,250290]My home town is Calgary Canada, which is located right on the edge of the Rocky Mountains.  I truly miss owning a car and being only 45 minutes away from hiking and climbing.  While I can get away here in Xi'An on occasion, the hills are not as big, there is no trail network, and any trails that you might find are paved and generally packed with people.

I miss peace and quiet.  China is surely one of the noisiest places on earth haha.  General construction and / or home renovation goes on at all hours of the day or night.  I suppose you could say that I miss civic bylaws. Or at least, respect for any such laws that may exist.  The Chinese have been inocculated for ( or is against? )complaining and so no one says a word when the neighbours pull out the cement drill at midnight, or when scaffolding is erected or dismanted at 2 AM.

I also miss the western concept of work time / free time.  I am sure that all of us teachers here have been handed a work schedule, and we then proceed to pencil in time for lesson planning, time with friends, banking, going to the gym, shopping etc...Then, you hear:  since you have no classes this afternoon, we have arranged for you to...

But, I love it here.  I don't foresee going "home" anytime soon.

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