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Forums > Living in Kunming > Air Quality!!! Kunming Not So Good.

Since 2000 I have had two cancerous growths removed from my face.

Kunming altitude makes the UV more of an issue.
Altitude and pollution combined are also said to be specifically harmful.
The AQI does affect my health and my behavior. If I exercise when the AQI is high I do become more wheezy, generally, not just whilst exercising. I wear a smog mask more, especially when cycling. Staying in and avoiding exercise outside also helps me.
AQI levels of over 150 city wide would be considered major pollution incidents in the EU. When expats call other expats 'pussies' about such things, they forget how they would react back home.

I also know smokers who think that the negative effects of smoking are exaggerated. Like smoking the effects of pollution on the body are long term and cannot always be seen from the outside.
Someone said on here a while back that Kunming is better ban Beijing. Yes, and murder rates in Detroit are lower than murder rates in Baltimore, and so we should all move to Chicago.

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Check skyscanner.net, there are deals available on flights that are lower than CTrip, including KMG - CDG routes.

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Property taxes would be easy to enforce, as there is a registered owner(s), and may help get rid of a lot of zombie properties. We know a guy who owns over 30 properties, well at least his company does. All of these properties are empty. Companies have these 'assets' on the books often at optimistic values. A company owns a house where we are. They want about 30% over market value for it, only then will they sell.

People may think, 'Zombie property, so what?'. If an area has low occupancy, no small businesses can flourish, and the local economy can be in a downward spiral.
If people/companies have to pay tax on empty property it becomes a liability as well as an asset. It is also possible to charge a higher levy on empty property, if a government chooses to do so. They are talking about doing this in London.

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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.