# US girl moves to china for $2300/month?! **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [September 20, 2009, 2:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/us-girl-moves-to-china-for-2300-month/73797 "2009-09-20T14:09:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Penfold](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/penfold/32/5007_2.png) [@Penfold](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Penfold)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2009, 2:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/us-girl-moves-to-china-for-2300-month/73797/1 "2009-09-20T14:09:03Z")
[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32937628/ns/business-world\_business//](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32937628/ns/business-world_business//) > BEIJING - When the best job Mikala Reasbeck could find after college in Boston was counting pills part-time in a drugstore for $7 an hour, she took the drastic step of jumping on a plane to Beijing in February to look for work. > She makes 14,000 to 16,000 yuan ($2,000 to $2,300) a month. :uhh: There is no chance in hell I would move to china for a $15/hr job. Either this type of thing is more isolated than the story would like use to think or I have seriously underestimated how bad the job market really is. ---
**Author:** ![Bucker](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bucker/32/7379_2.png) [@Bucker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bucker)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2009, 2:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/us-girl-moves-to-china-for-2300-month/73797/2 "2009-09-20T14:20:25Z")
Do you realize how much further $2000 a month gets you? ---
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2009, 2:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/us-girl-moves-to-china-for-2300-month/73797/3 "2009-09-20T14:23:58Z")
It’s all about cost of living…same reason I’d take $80k in buffalo over $180k in NYC. She probably has a similar lifestyle to someone here making 50 or 60, other than the whole all-powerful communist regime thing… ---
**Author:** ![Penfold](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/penfold/32/5007_2.png) [@Penfold](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Penfold)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2009, 2:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/us-girl-moves-to-china-for-2300-month/73797/4 "2009-09-20T14:34:08Z")
I am fully aware of cost o living differences, but NY vs Buffalo is fundamentally different from a US vs China Choice. ---
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2009, 2:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/us-girl-moves-to-china-for-2300-month/73797/5 "2009-09-20T14:35:49Z")
I bet she’ll get offered a whole bunch more to come back home thanks to the press from the story ---
**Author:** ![cteclipse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e79b87/32.png) [@cteclipse](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/cteclipse)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2009, 6:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/us-girl-moves-to-china-for-2300-month/73797/6 "2009-09-20T18:05:40Z")
Umm,has it occured to you some people just want a more adventurous life, I’d do the same thing, actually waiting to hear back for a job working in Bali. ---
**Author:** ![97\_B18b1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/9/cdc98d/32.png) [@97\_B18b1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/97_B18b1)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2009, 7:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/us-girl-moves-to-china-for-2300-month/73797/7 "2009-09-20T19:21:55Z")
i would so do this, my gf is fluent in spanish and teaches english in palma. Her friend works for parliament and has guaranteed me a job with room and board and 300-500 euros a month. Obviously the standard of living would not be as great but i fell in love with the place the second i stepped off the plane there. I wouldnt need a car, no bills (they give you room and board in a one bedroom appt.). Im seriously considering it, i dont know if i have the balls to pick up and leave though. ---
**Author:** ![Coldaccord](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/coldaccord/32/7272_2.png) [@Coldaccord](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Coldaccord)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2009, 8:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/us-girl-moves-to-china-for-2300-month/73797/8 "2009-09-20T20:08:56Z")
> [@cteclipse](#): > > Umm,has it occured to you some people just want a more adventurous life, I’d do the same thing ``` . ``` ---
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2009, 8:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/us-girl-moves-to-china-for-2300-month/73797/9 "2009-09-20T20:36:16Z")
maybe if i was into asian chicks ---
**Author:** ![ChronoX720](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d07c76/32.png) [@ChronoX720](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ChronoX720)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2009, 8:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/us-girl-moves-to-china-for-2300-month/73797/10 "2009-09-20T20:38:42Z")
> [@Bucker](#): > > Do you realize how much further $2000 a month gets you? 100 happy endings? ---
**Author:** ![Karter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e480ec/32.png) [@Karter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Karter)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2009, 12:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/us-girl-moves-to-china-for-2300-month/73797/11 "2009-09-21T00:10:13Z")
anyone else realize it says AFTER COLLEGE. poor saps who are paying to get out of school and go into a job market that is over saturated. I feel bad for them, theres more money in unskilled labor right now, atleast if you didnt go to college, they cant say your over qualified. ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2009, 5:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/us-girl-moves-to-china-for-2300-month/73797/12 "2009-09-21T05:33:06Z")
> [@Just Karter](#): > > anyone else realize it says AFTER COLLEGE. > > poor saps who are paying to get out of school and go into a job market that is over saturated. > > I feel bad for them, theres more money in unskilled labor right now, atleast if you didnt go to college, they cant say your over qualified. Skool is bAd ---
**Author:** ![nytalonTSi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nytalontsi/32/5399_2.png) [@nytalonTSi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/nytalonTSi)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2009, 6:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/us-girl-moves-to-china-for-2300-month/73797/13 "2009-09-21T06:13:39Z")
School is a waste. ---
**Author:** ![ultradriver10000](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ultradriver10000/32/7397_2.png) [@ultradriver10000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ultradriver10000)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2009, 6:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/us-girl-moves-to-china-for-2300-month/73797/14 "2009-09-21T06:34:15Z")
College = would you like that biggie sized?! But guys think about it, 14,000 to 16,000 yuan…yah thousands. ---
**Author:** ![ryanmcell](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ryanmcell/32/7510_2.png) [@ryanmcell](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ryanmcell)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2009, 6:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/us-girl-moves-to-china-for-2300-month/73797/15 "2009-09-21T06:39:33Z")
I know a friend of mine who did it for less than 2300/mo… ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bing/32/7211_2.png) [@bing](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2009, 6:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/us-girl-moves-to-china-for-2300-month/73797/16 "2009-09-21T06:48:22Z")
> [@Just Karter](#): > > theres more money in unskilled labor right now, I don’t think that has ever been true, anywhere, at any point in history. ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2009, 6:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/us-girl-moves-to-china-for-2300-month/73797/17 "2009-09-21T06:52:36Z")
> [@Just Karter](#): > > theres more money in unskilled labor right now. How so? ---
**Author:** ![PsngrSeatsR4Boys](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/psngrseatsr4boys/32/3078_2.png) [@PsngrSeatsR4Boys](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PsngrSeatsR4Boys)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2009, 7:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/us-girl-moves-to-china-for-2300-month/73797/18 "2009-09-21T07:34:21Z")
> [@Just Karter](#): > > I feel bad for them, theres more money in unskilled labor right now, atleast if you didnt go to college, they cant say your over qualified. You’ve got to be kidding. ---
**Author:** ![bigwoode](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bigwoode/32/5175_2.png) [@bigwoode](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bigwoode)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2009, 7:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/us-girl-moves-to-china-for-2300-month/73797/19 "2009-09-21T07:41:30Z")
:lol: ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blue_eyed_devil/32/7292_2.png) [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2009, 8:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/us-girl-moves-to-china-for-2300-month/73797/20 "2009-09-21T08:20:36Z")
FYI - I know a Chinese products importer who has employees in China making $4.00/hour that have maids, butlers, etc. $15.00/hour there is absolutely huge money. [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/us-girl-moves-to-china-for-2300-month/73797.md?page=2)