BINGO!!
That really is very beautiful and western. It is cool to eat down there right by the river. You would think you were in a U.S. mall, except the millions of chinese people.
What you don’t see is what China really looks like once you get a couple of miles away. Most Chinese live in apartment compounds. Groups of 50 to 60 story tan buildings, that are all the same 700 to 800 square foot apartments. We estimated there could be 5 to 10 thousand people living in these compounds and there are hundreds of them in most chinese cities.
FYI, a 700sq.ft. apartment a mile from where that pic was taken, can cost $1M dollars. Shanghai is kind of like NYC. Except, in NYC, you won’t see someone on a moped with a new toilet strapped to the back
Proof positive that most freepers have no taste in architecture.
Reminds me of Vancouver BC
I’m in China all the time for business. That picture of Shanghai is pretty cool, I stay in one of the hotels in that picture just to the right of center.
Unfortunately it doesn’t tell the whole story, that’s a showcase area with high end hotels, malls, and fancy restaurants. There’s even a Hooter’s right off the river that you can’t make out in that picture.
The vast majority of Chinese don’t live like that, to put it mildly most of the high rise apartment complexes are dumps. Trust me when I say you wouldn’t want to live in them.