The percentage of younger women in the U.S. who express a desire to migrate permanently has surged in the past decade.

But why?! The USA is a paradise for women! Isn’t that what Margaret Atwood taught us!?

  • ZDL@lazysoci.alOPEnglish
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    6 months ago

    The closest I got to Guanzhou proper was Hong Kong, and that only to deal with visa issues before that avenue was closed. I’ve never lived anywhere with Yue as the dominant language. I lived briefly in a city (Xiamen) where Minnan was a huge influence, and lived for two years in a city (Jiujiang) where Gan was a major dialect, but most of my actual living here was done in Wuhan where a form of Mandarin (albeit a very loose form of it!) is the dominant dialect.

    • bitofarambler@crazypeople.onlineBanned from communityEnglish
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      6 months ago

      I was in foshan, which I liked a lot, still very chill compared to Beijing which has gotten a lot more strict in recent years.

      Interesting, how is Mandarin loose in wuhan? The dialects have a strong influence?

      • ZDL@lazysoci.alOPEnglish
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        6 months ago

        武汉话 is a 普通话 dialect, but at its most extreme is incomprehensible (right down to having a fifth tone!) to 普通话 speakers. It is, naturally, also one of those dialects for whom “四十四是四十四十四是十四” comes out as “sisi si si sisi si sisi si sisi”.

        I knew quite a few people who spent time in Foshan. They seemed to like it as a laid-back place like Shangrao in Jiangxi province for those I knew from there.