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I lived in Wenjiang for six months before I escaped. First thing is the metro will absolutely not be open. The first section is opening this year, but the western end of that is nowhere near Wenjiang proper. They’re just building the tunnels in the eastern outskirts, it’s not going to be finished for another few years.
If you enjoy going out, bad times. There is basically nothing to do in Wenjiang and I never saw another expat or met any Chinese people there who spoke English. It is relatively chill and the pollution’s usually a bit better. Getting into town is a pain–from Wenjiang to, say, Tongzilin can be two hours easily. There are only a handful of buses so they’re always packed like sardine cans at any time of day. The buses also shut down at about 9 PM and taxis will not take you to Wenjiang without a hefty bribe. To get home, you have to get to Wanjianwan in the western edge of Chengdu, then get one of the illegal taxis back. The price is 10 yuan per person in the car (four to a car), do not pay them more than that.
Lots of people use bicycles here, I have seen too many people run over for me to be willing to do so but it’s up to you.
Like I said, out by the third ring road. Anyone around Jinsha or the Southwest Economics University. There must be English speakers and things to do outside Yulin/Tongzilin.
I considered a bike but there’s no way I would bike around Chinese drivers. I’ve been in Asia a while and seen enough people killed on bikes. Not for me.
