My Hometown Taipei

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I left Taiwan at my late 20s and then live in the US since. Taipei has a semi-tropical climate characterized by hot and humid weather. Taipei City has a very clean, efficient and safe Mass Rapid Transit system Usung via value-added cards/smartcards called EasyCard (悠遊卡). 50 cents per trip much cheaper than many other metro cities in the world. 

Taipei probably has one of the highest densities of restaurants in the world. Almost every street and alley offers some kind of eatery. Of course, Chinese food (from all provinces) is well represented. In addition, Thai, Vietnamese, Japanese, Korean and Italian cuisines are also popular. Basically, East Taipei, especially around Dunhua and Anhe Roads, and also the expat enclave of Tianmu are where to clash chopsticks with the rich and famous, whereas West Taipei offers more smaller, homey restaurants.