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Housing Overview
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• Expatriate Housing Areas
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Hongqiao Area Hongqiao
was the west suburb just next to Downtown, a small area developed since 1990s as
a economic zone and particular expatriate residential area. It covers part of
Minhang and Changning Districts, the old airport (now for domestic
flights) is on the edge of this area. The first groups expatriate villas in
Shanghai are located here, many international schools are in or
near this area.
Gubei
is the heart of Hongqiao as a typical expatriate community, famous for
convenient western living before, it has a lot of apartments which have
been the first level residences in Shanghai more than ten years ago but
now a bit old. Gubei is also a community of Hongkongs/Taiwans,
and Korean or Japanese.
Many
small and middle sized expatriate villas compounds are located near Gubei, along with
Hongqiao Lu and
Hongmei
Lu, or around
Zoo area with different styles to meet different needs of expat
families.
Hongqiao means more fresh air and greenery,
less noisy but also close to Downtown and convenient for daily life, it's
suitable for expatriate families working both in Downtown or in / out of Hongqiao.
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