Here are some pics of what daily life looks like for me in China. i am not on a rich expat salary, and also not a English teacher. I will try to give prices
This is apartment complex across the street from me. my complex looks the same. Every morning motorbikes and taxis wait to pick up people. A taxi would cost me 10 rmb (1.50 US) motorbike would have to bargin 5-10 rmb
A lot of the streets here are lined with mango trees. They are free but the locals fight to pick before they are ripe. Across the street are 5 mango trees
I am heading towards the market, will see lots of trikes with produce
$1.50 wouldn't even buy the fuel for a taxi here in the states. Awesome seeing the day to day life in China, not just the stuff you hear about on the news.