Thanks Migrant Worker,

Now if some expats could get it into their thick skulls that some Chinese people feel this way about Nanchang, then it is not just us western comfort seeking lao wais who feel this way. I've met many a Chinese person who seemed repulsed with horror when I mentioned Nanchang.

I've worked in countryside cities before that have more to offer, unfortunately Nanchang offers neither the scenic beauty of say Guilin or Hangzhou, nor the prosperity of Guangzhou or Shanghai. As a second tier city with no quality of life, I'd imagine those FT's who do stay in Nanchang and defend the place so vehemently, do so out of sheer bloody mindedness. Because I can't personally fathom any other reason why anyone would want to live there for 6 months or more?! Unless they know something we don't ...lol:)