If you're building a life in Chengdu, ignore the tourist framing for a minute.
mail while away looks simple until you try to make it survive a normal month.
Layer one: non-negotiables
Money, time, legal constraints. If those aren't clear, every recommendation is cosplay.
Write recovery steps before you need them.
Layer two: temperament
Some people need quiet compounds. Some need walkable chaos. Pretending you're the other type lasts about six weeks.
Write recovery steps before you need them.
Layer three: street-level truth
You'll feel it in details — QR codes that feel like oxygen — long before you feel it in a ranking blog.
- One primary option
- One backup in your district
- One expensive break-glass option for emergencies
What I'd ignore
Advice that assumes unlimited energy. Also any plan that circles back to changing SIMs without telling your bank.
Write your decision with a date. Revise after thirty ordinary days.
One under-mentioned habit: revisit the decision after thirty ordinary days, not after one viral tip.
Protect your Tuesday-night self. That's who has to live with this.
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