My wife often says we should buy a home in T'áiwān 台灣, a concrete box that we could proudly call our very own. I'm very leery about doing this, for a number of reasons. Take the building below, for example...please (rimshot)! When first constructed, it probably looked very modern, but age has not been very kind to it. The pink surface tiles have become darkened and stained over the years, giving the building the look and feel of a New York subway station restroom. Add to that the lack of overhanging balconies, the bars on some the windows (even on the upper floors) and the fact that these rooms are facing north instead of south, and you've got yourself a dream home (or condo, to be more accurate) with all the charm of a disused mental hospital. And all for probably the same amount of money that it would take to get yourself a proper house (with a yard) back in your homeland. It's best to keep looking, darling.
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