Rent is very cheap with lots of apartments and villas at 1/3 the cost of Guangzhou. No nightlife to speak of unless you are Chinese. No english spoken anywhere, which includes medical facilities. While it is geographically close to the airport, the drive is 4 times longer than it should be. It only takes me 5-10 minutes longer to get to work from GZ than it does from the Huadu crew hotel.
3 of us have each looked at it independently, and each of us chose to live in GZ. Your opinion may differ.