I will be boarding my flight to Taipei, Taiwan in 24 hours. I've

>cheap food
Look around universities for canteen type food. You just point at what you want, a dish will rarely be more than $2
Other than that, many food stalls in Kaohsiung will be very very cheap, too, the checkbox menus can be a challenge though if you can't read Chinese.
Night markets are more about snacks and you need 5 of them to be full, so more expensive.

> I'm from Florida, is Kaohsiung similar? (aside from weather)
The only similar thing will be the weather. Prepare for a massive culture shock.

>Apartment
Seems like a good deal. Hope it's not grubby.

>Internet cafe
I seem to recall NT$40 per hour. Internet cafes in Taiwan are social places for gamers to gather, not the secluded boxes of Japan fyi.

>Exchange
7/11 ATMs are just about the only ones which charge withdrawal fees, so no. Little difference between airport and bank exchange. If ATMs are better or not depends on what your home bank charges for the withdrawal.

>Do Taiwanese really love Americans?
There are now enough Americans in Taiwan that you don't have much of a bonus anymore. If you speak Chinese you might fluster some a bit more, most burgers in Taiwan can't speak it for shit.

Will any business's deny me because I'm a foreigner?
No

Taiwanese women. Yay or nay?
Yay.

>>1287395
Best information I've received thus far, thanks anon

Learn to cook, daytime markets and Carrefour will be your friend.

My fave beef noodle shop:
Gang Yuan Taiwanese Beef Noodle
No. 55, Dacheng Street, Yancheng District, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan 803
Happens to be cheap, large portions. Around 3-4 USD.

Oh and you might want to get a cheap ass bike, the Center is largely easy to get around by bike.

>>1287430
Thanks, I'll check it out. I love cycling so I'll definitely be checking out some bicycles. I saw that there's some bike sharing platforms in Taipei, hopefully Kaohsiung has some too.

>>1287748
roads are narrow and in busy areas there is approximately zero room to ride them, i wouldnt reccomend ubike for more than a local tour, or maybe up along the riverbank, or the newer banking district if for aone reason you want to see it.

>>1287748
the bike share in kaohsiung isn't very good, I'd just buy a bike at a Giant store if you didn't bring your own since there's tons of great places to ride

>>1287749
?! Roads are so wide! And there are proper bike roads, too?!

>>1287430
>Carrefour
Misspelled "Costco". Oh wait, he's going to Kaohsiung, guess he's fucked.

I'm in Kaohsiung now, place is wonderful. I took the HSR from Taipei, how do people stand the air quality there? Was pretty hard to breathe in Taipei. Bike sharing seems alright so far, I can take one from central park to Carrefour and get my stuff. So far a very positive experience!

>>1289563
Great to hear!

How is it going with the language?

Also Kaohsiung air can be pretty damn bad, too, but eg. Cijin island is always a little bit better than downtown.

>>1289571
I'm in the center of Kaohsiung, right next central park. Air quality is definitely noticeable but not uncomfortable like Taipei. Language is horrible, I can understand children but adults seem to talk another language entirely.