Straight answers about East vs South Chengdu — longer than a tip card, shorter than a manifesto.
Is this urgent in the first month?
If it touches housing, money, legal status, commute, or sleep — yes. If it's optimization, wait until you've slept properly and lived one ordinary week.
What's a decent first move?
Management fees belong in the 'real rent' number.
Practically, that looks like photographing move-in scratches near a quieter residential lane, then adjusting once you have scars instead of theories.
What do newcomers get wrong?
Mostly forgetting registration after moving. Also: treating Chengdu like a scavenger hunt instead of a place with laundry.
How do I know it's working?
You stop re-researching it every Sunday night. The decision becomes boring. Boring is healthy.
Save screenshots and chat records for anything involving money, housing, or legal status. Boredom is a strategy.
If a plan only works when you're energetic and the sky is perfect, it isn't a plan. It's a mood.
What I'd ignore
Advice that assumes unlimited energy. Rankings that ignore your district. Anything that requires you to redo east vs south living twice because you rushed.
Talk to one person who's already living your version of this — then adjust for your streets and schedule.
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