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Dali old town is tiny. Maybe a couple of square miles. There are houses for rent on the hill above Dali old town, but look apartments in the more populated areas may offer better security. I was told that some of the houses on developments with very low occupancy , above Dali, are prone to break ins.

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I would also look at other large towns around the small airports. I believe Baoshan and Tenchong are also accessible and have great natural beauty and clean environment.

Some of the cities get hit very hard by tourism in high season, others do not. There are lots of small villages around Lijiang that are really nice and not too touristy. Watch out for rents. In some of the tourist hotspots they ask very high rental, as most of the renters are wealthy Beijingers, Shanghainese, who rent long term for a permanent getaway, that they rarely use. Some of the villages at the foot of Snow Dragon Mountain are very pricey.
Some of the small airports are not geared for tourism but commerce. Anything off the beaten (tourist) trail will be quieter, more natural and cheaper.
As @Ocean suggested, you really need to look around the area and find out the lie of the land. Honghe is beautiful, but some places like Gejiu are heavily polluted and dirty mining towns. Dali new town is not a place for the kids to cycle, and parts of Lijiang can be hell in high season.

Some of these places have been discussed a lot in the past, and in fact very recently. Do some searches on here. The search facility on here is not so good, but if you do a google search with gokunming and the subject in it, you will get hits. Don't just ask where to live questions, have a look at the travel type threads as well.

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I hope someone from local government reads this.

It would be good if they replant with varieties that are more indigenous to the area. Both drought and cold resistant.
Vast amounts of water is used on a lot of the shrubs in the city when the weather is dry, and the subtropical species with very fleshy leaves will tolerate neither frost, nor drought.

Ok, some of these species may not be as pretty but they are more sustainable.

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Like or not, the growth of fast food will demand more potatoes, and it could be a big cash crop for farmers in areas not suitable for growing rice.
On a purely selfish note, it might encourage locals to learn to cook potatoes, instead of serving them half raw.

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A reasonable choice of lumber that has improved over time. Fancy hardwoods like walnut, and mahogany are in abundance. There are some plywood and rubber-wood boards available. There are also some kiln dried imported softwoods and merbao available. Some of the lumber is very green, so look for the kiln dried if you need stable timbers.

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Echo everything said by others.
Breakfast great and the serve from 8am. Most other places say 9am and they still are not ready.
Sandwiches are cheap 22-32, and really packed full of filling. We got some sandwiches for a day out, the only mistake I made was ordering two, as this was too much. These are seriously good sangars, and they are wrapped in alu foil.

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In fairness to Metro, they are a wholesalers, and not really a supermarket. Hence the need for a card, which can be got around.

They have improved in the year I have been away. They now carry a more consistent range of imported foodstuffs and they also seem to have sorted out the mported milk supply.

They have a wider range of electrical appliances now, there is a coice of more than one toast. There is also a better range of seasonal non foods, like clothes, shoes, garden furniture and camping gear.