Survey Result for BordeauxSurvey Number - 38

Survey Date: 13 Jan 2004

Personal Info
Nationality: American
Native Language: English

Location Info
Survey Location: Bordeaux
Department: Gironde (33)
Time Spent in Location: 1 year or less

Please rate location on the following criteria:
Civil Servants (Préfecture, Mairie…): No Opinion
Quality of Life: Good
Job Opportunities: No Opinion
Find Housing (buy or rent): No Opinion
Movies/Books in your native language: Good
Friendliness of Locals: Excellent
Expat Support/Community: Excellent
Things to Do: Excellent
Cost of Living: High
Personal Safety: Good
Native Language Professionals (Bankers, Doctors, Builders…): Average
Native Language Schooling: No Opinion
Overall Rating (In general how would you rate this location as an expat): Good
Would you recommend this location to a potential expat? Yes

Best Plus: Great proximity to many areas of interest. Not far from: Arcachon, Cap Ferret, the Perigord, even Biarritz isn’t that far away.

Biggest Drawback: Bordeaux has lots of graffiti and dog poop.

Comments: Be very, very careful about shipping your items from America. We shipped our things in July and still have not received them in January. We also tried to ship our car. We finally cancelled after all the delays and now we can’t get our money back. I’ve spoken to others who have had similar or worst experiences.

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