My Apartment in China!

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[@jimkuan8493]

"It works for us." That is something I need to remember to say to myself all the time. You are one of the most positive person I have seen in KZbin.

[@WheresPoppy]

haha wow thank you!

[@Alexander-vo4gv]

Exactly, not everyone wants some crazy mansion. All I want is just a decent apartment and a good job.

[@luminicent]

I respect your braveness of going into a foreign country, actually live there, and not only there for sightseeing/vacation purposes.

[@syncmaster915n]

Most ordinary folks in any country are quite friendly to foreigners. If you're courteous and respect their customs, they are more than happy to help you or even befriend you whether you're just a passerby or intending to stay. It's not as scary as one might think.

[@WheresPoppy]

Thank you! :)

[@pathfinder54321]

Your positivity shines through your whole being and everything you do. I admire you for so easily and happily adapting to your new environment. I love your videos. Keep them coming, Poppy.

[@WheresPoppy]

Thank you pathfinder54321! I shall keep them coming!

[@RespectOthers1]

You deserve credit for adapting so comfortably to your new abode. I've seen people who just moans and complains. But I have a feeling the fascinating China outside of your apartment more than compensate for the minor issues inside your apartment! :D

[@blackmirror8892]

RespectOthers 80% of your time had been spentng on girls' channels.

[@RespectOthers1]

Ludovico Garavani Why 80%?...Anyway, since I'm a straight guy even if it's 100% - what's the big deal? Also you're not the only one in the world who can have multiple KZbin accounts. I can be spending half my time using another account arguing with people who criticise China unfairly. P.S. Nice to know even someone so insignificant like me can have a troll! :D

[@WheresPoppy]

Thank you as always RespectOthers for your kind words! I like that you usually my top comment! haha

[@blackmirror8892]

Where's Poppy *George is just good at that* ....

[@blackmirror8892]

@RespectOthers *Winston has been entrapped by me. Watch his video uploaded on SerpentZA today. I was nudging him in last two years to reach this irreversible level looolllll. Now we should never say anything defensive for China or Chinese on that channel... It is not necessary anymore lol*

[@andrewpannelli8016]

I won't lie... If I lived there, I would totally drag my dual monitors down to the coffee shop, and if I drank beer would probably sit there all day drinking! Lol!

[@commenter7893]

So that means that instead of the nail salon you would like an internet cafe with decent monitors.

[@commenter7893]

You got a point. But maybe a grocery store would have been better than a nail salon. You are concerned about internet cafes but would get a pedi? What's wrong with you. You probably have nail fungus already.

[@curry2131]

This place is actually pretty cool! Having been living in San Francisco for 4 years since January 2014, I still prefer to hang my clothes under sunshine, but I can't do that in SF. Good luck and enjoy everything in China!!

[@delltronzero]

This is one of your best videos, if not the best.

[@ammoyang2867]

Happy to watch your videos! I lived in Shenzhen for over four years and really like this city. Hope you enjoy your stay there!

[@CareerChina]

Awesome video Poppy!!! Great insight into what apartments look like in China. Great Job!!!

[@WheresPoppy]

Thank you Career China!

[@kickyouinhalf]

Wow, I knew that was a pretty decent area, but I sure wasn't expecting it to be 5500 RMB per month. I guess that's why you. For the price, I think it's a beautiful place, and it's nicely furnished!

[@jojo_jo2212]

I'm from a small city called Zhanjiang (600 km from Shenzhen), I moved to Sydney for overseas studies back in 2015 and I haven't go back once since. If there is a chance, I hope I can see you visit my hometown in your video. Btw, love the way you are being a positive person, cos overseas studies is never too easy for me. I just love to see some videos of what is going on in China. Thank you for making those!

[@MeganSaidThis]

It's a good size for a couple. Thanks for sharing, cool to see what a Chinese apartment is like.

[@darkenergy9893]

Megan C. *In Big cities of China, the rent are not cheap at all. With 1000 USD you usually can only rent a small 1 or 2-bedroom apartment . But in the 3rd to 5th tier cities you can rent a very spacious apartment with that amount of money* .

[@tomas768]

Thank you. I had a different view of mainland China before your videos. So I appreciate your videos. Keep them coming!

[@lougnehzihc6425]

awesome video, looking forward for the second part

[@banjiu10]

I really like your attitude, always looking on the bright side of life. TBH the apartment is quite small, especially the kitchen, the bedroom, and the bathroom. It is kind of depressing that it gets more and more expensive to live a decent life in big cities in China, especially for young people.

[@daiquandanny]

so nice to still wear t-shirts in winter time. Vancouver is pretty windy and cold now.

[@santisanti8386]

It's pretty perfect :) Nice! Thank you for sharing!

[@TheKinkish]

Hey, Poppy! I spent the fist half of this year in China (Zhejiang province) as I was taking some university courses. I would loveee to come back and spend some more time there but it feels a bit scary since I don't know much about living in the real world so to say, outside of the campus. Your videos really inspire and help me a lot!! Thank you so much!! :)

[@WheresPoppy]

You just got to do it and don't look back :)

[@heloiza254]

Heey, im from brazil and i really like your channel, keep doing it ! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 its very nice , you are helping me develop my english and making me love asia :)

[@bertsintellectscrafts5393]

I think if you can get a typical studio with the same price, in which the living, sleeping, and kitchen areas are not separate, the furniture can be better organized. This apartment is just so crowded in every single part.

[@leiliu1870]

Watched this video 2 years ago, and I just realized you were living right above where I am now working

[@carterfrank9638]

Come visit Shanghai! Beijing,Shenzhen,Shanghai have different styles, you might find Shanghai interesting!

[@bcbc7193]

I like the all-in-1 bathroom, It makes your toilet seat clean all the time.

[@bcbc7193]

You will beg to have it when there is a man wake up in the middle of night can't aim at it with his eye closed.

[@benec5816]

Great post Poppy that is a great set up the pair of you have and with that area down stairs it's like having a big backyard well done looking forward to seeing the next post stay safe and enjoy yourselves

[@WheresPoppy]

Thank you Bene C! Yeah I love the third floor now. I used to hate it because everyone always gets on and goes up from that floor, which drove me crazy haha. And then only a few weeks ago this new business popped up out of nowhere. It's crazy how fast things get built here in China!

[@jzvr5842]

Really cool apartment, that third floor is insane, China's an awesome place.

[@juliakrystal19]

Omg I absolutely love the balcony! It's super cool!

[@WheresPoppy]

haha thank you!

[@DucaTech]

Looks pretty sweet & cozy.

[@samuelr8174]

Labor in China is extremely cheap, so it's possible to have such a secluded bar that barely sees customers stay afloat, likely costs the building nothing to run. And the novelty of it would pay itself off in attracting customers, as you say it is quite handy to have.

[@xudongzhang9234]

After I saw your videos, I kinda wanna move to Shenzhen... this is not my plan before...

[@franklinshen467]

Tyler Durden come to Hangzhou!

[@CECIMWANG]

As someone grew up in Shenzhen and lives in the US for ten years now, I highly recommend Shenzhen to westerners, it is one of the most futurist city I've seen, also super welcoming and cool. you may not get much traditional Chinese culture there, but you can always take a short trip to those historical places, bullet train, flights or driving, so convenient.

[@WheresPoppy]

hahaha that's awesome!

[@bossiniada]

Poppy , you are amazing!!

[@powerfulmillionaire2881]

I grow up in China until I was 11 and I moved to Texas. The apartment is nothing new to me and brings me back memories, but seeing a white person live in that apartment makes me imagine a person from my school lives in china and its connecting my old memories with what's happening right its a weird feeling lol.

[@stacychacon8893]

3rd, hi Poppy! Love your videos!

[@MrWilliamzhou]

you can rent my apartment in BaoAn with triple of this size at almost same price

[@brisbanerugby]

And live miles away from all the action in 福田 like Coco Park or even 海上世界 (Seaworld) in 蛇口 (Shekou）. But always an option, especially if you travel by air as the airport（深圳飞机场） is close. Location, location, location, my friend.

[@brisbanerugby]

南山？

[@mliv695]

Just near where I live lol. I live in a urban village though...

[@weizhang2834]

brisbanerugby 特别讨厌台湾人，是讨厌到一看到台湾人就恶心

[@brisbanerugby]

＋Wei Zhang I don't won't to offend anyone from Mainland China nor Taiwan. Just accept they are two different systems under the sun, with the hope of making each others homeland better in the future. 世界平和！！！

[@salianjiang1650]

dryer and dish washer are not standard equipments in china family. even some new apartments also haven''t left position for these. anyway, hope you enjoy your time in China. :)

[@rosetta7862]

The connection stability of the ExpressVPN depends on the quality of your Internet. Your VPN doesn’t drop literally because you have a high quality Internet access. Seeing you are charged 200 CNY per month for the Internet, if phone doesn’t included, then that’s very expensive in China and should be a super fast Internet. When I use the same VPN in my school, it frequently drops due to the slow Internet.

[@parrottfeatherseyes7033]

It's beautiful. Much love to you both. Many good days.

[@reaganli1254]

People have to realize that 5500RMB rent for a 1 bedroom apartment like this is considered quite expensive in China. However, in a major city like Shenzhen, BJ, or Shanghai, it is considered average for a decent neighborhood. Put it this way, average salary for an average Chinese in a major city is like 4000RMB. Even fresh college graduates are looking at maybe 8000RMB (per month).

[@kuen903]

Actually poppy, we chinese like to hang out clothes in the balcony and only use this kind of dryer when it is really humid in Shenzhen and the clothes still feel kinda wet after being hung out for a day or two.😂😂 that is why it takes you forever to dry the clothes . But for those who do not like to hang out their clothes,( most do becuz chinese believe sunshine can kill bacteria), they have decent dryers just like those in western countries

[@WheresPoppy]

Ah okay, well I do exactly have a good balcony to dry my clothes so it's kinda necessary ha

[@ILYRJ18]

Loved the video and how adaptable you are to your surroundings. Cool little apartment can’t wait to see Jordan and Livios apartment too! Btw I have a question do you have any advise for how to use your cellphone in other countries? Do you only wait till you get WiFi or do you purchase a new SIM card? Anyone else who travels feel free to answer to please. I’m planning on going to South America early next year.

[@WheresPoppy]

Thank you! I would say for the most part you don't need cell service when traveling. Most places you go offer free wifi and if you see a Starbucks or even McDonalds you can always trust them to have it as well. The only times I've bought service was here in China of course because I live here and it makes life a lot more convenient. And two, when I was in Malaysia because I volunteered at a resort that literally banned the wifi haha. If you still want to buy cell service to feel more confortable while traveling, which is understandable then it's super easy. You can get it at any phone company, kiosk, or even the airport. However, you do need to have an unlocked phone to do this so I recommend either buying one, jailbreaking it, or hopefully you have a phone old enough like I do that can be unlocked. I hope this answers your question!

[@nemanha]

So glad I've discovered your channel! Really enjoying it! All the best!

[@user-xd9ss7ru7m]

Shenzhen is one of the most expensive cities in China for rent. It's cool that you can decorate your limited space so chic.

[@user-ff5xy6lu4v]

The living space in china is better and more spacious than in hk and even seoul.

[@xihaoliu1203]

Waiting to see you take more videos or trips to more Chinese City. That gotta be much more fun.

[@kuanli6794]

Glad to know that you 're comfortable in China.

[@ahlivetuhsidamaro150]

Its nice to see women posting about China. Ill b moving to nanjing very soon.

[@lenab6504]

4:53 i was so scared the toilet trees were gonna fall out the window lmao

[@villakuyt]

How do u spend your day there or what is your daily routine ? make a video about your life there

[@kenyup5424]

Glad to see your another video,like it

[@z3phl41]

Really nice video. The third floor arrangement is so nice; not every apartment complex has it for sure. It's a little strange that the kitchen doesn't have a stove; not typical Chinese...

[@ipfreak]

most of chinese apartments have gas stoves, as far as i know of. but i think the specific apartment was configured for renting out. no kidding, a lot of chinese multi-millionaire out there.

[@mukeshuiling]

It's pretty much same in Beijing, the house, the rent, the small kitchen and bathroom.yeah, that is big cities in China, high cost of land

[@achillesarmstrong9639]

My appartment in another city has a bigger private surrounding in the fourth floor. There are a street of shops and a small manmade forest and gardens, and swiming pool, tenis fields and restaurants and so on. But tell you what, those shops can't last long and they will switch owner every half year. Because if you just do business within the buildings ,there aren't much profit they can earn.

[@maxmai33]

oh, you are in nanshan. I live in there too

[@commenter7893]

Coffee shop, whiskey place and nail salon. I think there should be a little grocery store instead of the nail salon.

[@lianliangao2532]

Apartment is small indeed for ordinary Chinese people!because in first class city like Shanghai,Beijing,house price is 5000usd each square meter (not in downtown area),while ordinary people 's income is just 1000usd!(a newly graduated college student)

[@DavidDiaz-so5kj]

Publish more I love ur videos... hi from Miami Beach

[@Teej.Images]

Im jealous!!! You have a pretty neat apartment! :D

[@IMmm]

Your place is very similar with my friend's :) nice video!

[@aliancemd]

My brother lived in Shanghai for 1 year and the apartment was very small :) Weird thing: A neighbor was cutting old furniture and throwing over the window, from the floor, every morning at 5 am :) For the internet, they had a special VPN at work, so he would go there to talk to us over Skype.

[@stankormy5717]

3rd floor rocks!

[@DutchNomadFamily]

Love the dryer concept, but can imagine it will take some time to dry your clothes. Funny.

[@WheresPoppy]

Yes it does haha but oh well that's life

[@ZLL668]

Dutch Nomad Couple it saves tons on your utility bills. Imagine if families start using it here in the States. It will save a lot resource.

[@user-md8pr9vq3n]

Thanks for sharing.

[@dariawells7438]

OMG, I love that little private coffee bar! I wish more apartment complexes had little areas like that or like in the movie "High-Rise", but not as elitist!

[@WheresPoppy]

I know it's absolutely amazing! haha

[@s1155035208]

I would strongly suggest everyone should use the app called ZIRU（自如）to find apartment in China, you can find it in AppStore.

[@fahadalvi9606]

2nd wanna go to China so bad :)

[@lz4737]

Nice video, Poppy! Looks like you are about to show Jordan's apartment while she's in Egypt? Haha.

[@WheresPoppy]

hahaha yep

[@lz4737]

Always looking forward to more videos from you. Go Poppy!

[@sayjaibao01188]

Poppy looking gorgeous!

[@VoteforAndrewYang]

Hi, I just bumped into you to mongkok , hongkong, today, I called out your name, you responded by waving at me. Welcome to hongkong , enjoy her time here with your boyfriend. Last but not least, you look stunningly goodlooking and tall. I met you while you guys were walking along the main thoroughfare or boulevard of the Nathan road in mongkok, a very crazy busy place in Hong Kong.

[@seaweed9999]

Poppy is becoming a celebrity haha

[@WheresPoppy]

hahaha I was so confused! I thought I heard my name so I turned around and saw somebody waving. I wasn't sure if the wave was meant for me but I waved back anyway haha. And thank you I don't know how I looked good haha considering we did two hikes that day, one of them being Lion Rock, which was very difficult! Maybe I will bump into you again someday haha

[@VoteforAndrewYang]

Where's Poppy I m looking forward to it too. Hope you enjoy your time and experience in Hong Kong as well as China. You look good just the way you are. Smart, confident, natural, simply just the way you are, like a star. You do your videos with very high level of professional quality. I think you must have some sort of journalistic training. I am not a fan type of a person of anything or anything. I did not expect meeting a KZbin celebrity of your liking would kind of starstrike me as a fan of yours. Enough said, good luck and all the best.

[@xiaoruwang6470]

I like your video，I am a Chinese,，I live in shenzhen，but now ,I am in America studying abroad. hope to meet you .

[@allforIndonesia]

clear, good

[@angryjock3938]

Poppy has got a rich apartment now, you had that rabbit hutch at first.

[@AlqGo]

Nice tour

[@hujiaming6151]

Wow! You do not need to pay for furniture and fridge!!!??? Nice! You know small apartment is good as long as you have everything you need, because in this case you can save a lot of $$$!

[@kaitang1700]

Remember Shenzhen is one of the most expensive cities in China. I live 5km from Taipei 101, Taiwan.._similar quality and size for 1/2 the price. But utilities here are 5x more expensive. Air con electric bill would be around US$200/month.

[@ohmyivan]

200刀电费一个月？ 台湾这么贵？不可能吧。。

[@AbnerKuo]

湾湾这么贵吗

[@timelessd9096]

haha M That's not expensive. Mine monthly bills for electricity/water is around $700. However, there are 6 bedrooms and 10 aircon, and 7 toilets, in our house, and a swimming pool with recirculating water system.

[@brisbanerugby]

哈哈哈

[@Guanchen]

Yeah I hear Taiwan is currently having energy issues, they try to go non-nuclear and also clean energy but the solar and wind can't really pick up the slack for the old generators which is why electric bill in Taiwan is so much more expensive, hopefully it gets fixed soon.

[@abedalkreemtube8607]

beautiful video ....good luck

[@qingfanzhou2707]

我来自中国农村，感觉城里的公寓太拥挤了 I come from the countryside of China and feel that the apartment in the city is too crowded

[@ohmyivan]

一分钱一分货

[@fireraccoon6398]

当然了，农村人最大的财产就是地啊，城里人花再多钱也就是从租了政府地的开发商那里买来点钢筋水泥而已

[@powerfulmillionaire2881]

qingfan zhou 你现在住哪儿？

[@qingfanzhou2707]

我现在在杭州

[@weizhang2834]

qingfan zhou yes my friends house 2008 平米，四层楼，加一个后花园，haha

[@brickchannel6004]

Cover picture is nice

[@C4nn15]

You Americans really do get surprised about the no dryers for clothes in China ;-). Though it looks like a nice little apartment

[@SamanthaKimDean]

If you're ever in Chongqing let me know! I'm living there now - hopefully going to visit Shenzhen again soon too looks like its gotten a lot better since I was last there based on your videos!

[@licharles869]

Nice video, I think it's typical kitchen style in Shenzhen, cause the apartment is so expensive, maybe that one will cost 400K USD if you buy it.

[@yongqiangliang8938]

Poppy, I think you should have a look the bathroom in Hongkong, It is really compact 3PC bathroom.

[@shiweicai4872]

A beautiful place.

[@guobin3706]

I randomly saw you video on Bilibili and I traded it back on KZbin. I liked every single one of your videos. Keep up the good work, and if you need help translating things I am more than happy to help!

[@tonyww]

Nice video. Most most apartments in China don't have much carpet on the floor, because people prefer hardwood (or bamboo) floor to carpet! I personally hate carpet a lot!

[@stevennyang9304]

love you poppy

[@uozumi]

welcome2China ， btw i live in guangzhou， not far away from shenzhen

[@mattf5240]

Can't wait. I'll be there in August from Beijing. Cheers.

[@JacobysJourneys]

Great video, You have a really cute place! The apartments coming somewhat furnished is a nice thing! Less to buy haha. Yeah I agree, one minor bummer about a lot of apartments here is the typical small kitchen/bathroom .. but it keeps it interesting, and kinda grows on you after a while. Thanks for the tour! I think I'm gonna copy your fake grass for my porch :-D

[@weizhang2834]

JacobysJourneys actually in china family. Toilet always like this . The so called asian style only in public bathroom because Chinese don’t like have skin touch with the toilet and most of Chinese have very flexible legs

[@JacobysJourneys]

Wei Zhang I guess it depends on the home and area; here in Guangxi most of the homes I’ve been to don’t have western toilets. My apartment has one of each style actually.

[@alanOHALAN]

yeah Guangxi is actually less developed unfortunately so unless you live in a relatively new condo you might have an old style toilet

[@JacobysJourneys]

alanOHALAN Yeah, with China’s 1.4 Billion people, there’s a wide variety of housing conditions in each province 👍

[@alanOHALAN]

yeah i agree, there are times I feel China is catching up then I see something else that make me think oh no

[@jasongao2766]

Amazing videos!

[@feiluoshanghai3002]

we have the same coathanger

[@valalovely6649]

Where can you look for apartment in china? any sites ?

[@ericcy153]

Too many stuffs for a tiny apartment, probably because they are all exposed. I'd suggest put all the stuffs into a white, clean, minimalist storage with doors. 40 square meters is small, but you can make it looks bigger if you know how to organize the space. ohh its all rented, nvm. Nice video~

[@shahzeboy1609]

you got a one bedroom apartment for $833 in a major city, in Canada that will run you some $1300 to $1600

[@kenyup5424]

Shahzeboy 1 that's why China is cheap

[@user-gw1tq1pq3z]

Clean up your laundry room and throw out the washin machine. Then buy an automatic washin machine with a drying function.

[@idalin]

I use Google Cloud Platform to install a VPN for myself. It is super fast! And it has a free trial for 1 year now. I definitely will pay for it after the trial.

[@user-xw7mx7ee3d]

Now I see the difference. In addition to Poppy's beauty and skill of speech, U insert beautiful music frequently. That's good. Always thanking U God bless U ♡♡ Poppy ☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆

[@SachinKumar-sf4zj]

you should try grey hair colour 😍

[@doctordoctor2826]

🎓 🍽️ 🍉 Apartment blocks' residents and landed houses' inhabitants have been defraying the same costs of postage for no different kinds of postal service charged by the post office ever since 1959. The distance between every letterbox & every apartment block's resident's unit and the distance between each letterbox & each landed house are somewhat inconveniently different. Had the letterboxes been relocated from the 1st-storey to every floor around every lift level of an apartment block, the residents would have experienced much more decently convenient daily living.

[@qijunfan1968]

I am from Shenzhen, but I am in Australia now. Probably back to Shenzhen in December. lolol

[@ellashy6539]

So how much is the cost for the studio? It looks very cool but must be expensive :0

[@darwinmendoza9842]

I love your vlogs...