Chinese cities much bigger than previously thought

[JManc]

^ Looks like the Bund. Hopefully I'll be there this year..or next. The wife is dragging her feet and not thrilled about going. She's worried there is no 'non-Chinese' food despite countless attempts to convince her otherwise. You can order a taco in Shanghai.

[dubu]

8. Tianjin (15.4 million) if everyone from Washington, Oregon, idaho, montana and Wyoming lived in one city.

This part of the US is only 200 years old. In China there's a pyimid. You can't get older then that.

[itom 987]

Originally Posted by Shawn

I hear this all the time too. Have yet to experience it. Is it because Chongqing is nowhere near the coast and thus probably more "Chinese" than the Eastern Seaboard cities?

This animated gif tells you why Chongqing is in a class by itself.

https://i.imgur.com/QAiSvQa.gifv

[The North One]

That's insane.

[muppet]

Shenzhen




Shanghai


https://www.flickr.com/photos/sebast...415752/sizes/l


https://www.flickr.com/photos/sebast...498072/sizes/l

[maru2501]

Chongqing the most visually appealing to me for some reason, followed by shanghai

[muppet]

Shenzhen by night


https://www.djivideos.com/video_play...22?***********

^03.10 is literally jawdropping

[JManc]

China: Bladerunner, the country...

[Dariusb]

My goodness, mega cities galore! Some beautiful scenery around them too.

[dc_denizen]

Looks a bit like Sao paolo but with some super talls thrown in actually

[muppet]

Urban porn:

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[10023]

Originally Posted by JManc

God I hope not. Fortunately, for China, their population will start dropping in the next few decades.

No it won’t. I know that it’s forecasted to, but so was Russia and now that has reversed itself. Countries avoid demographic decline, people even become patriotic about avoiding it, and birth rates go up.

Human beings are basically fated to reproduce and grow in number until they consume every available resource and extinguish themselves. It will probably happen relatively soon, in the context of our history as a species.

[mousquet]

^ Not a bad idea to scare their crap out of them after all.

Like, "kids of your kids will exterminate one another just for a bit of fresh water, and will curse you for that..."

Nice future indeed.

[10023]

^ Yes, our generation needs to think about the future we are offering our children (or at least grandchildren) by procreating. Especially in Europe. America’s geographic isolation and low population density will protect it for centuries to come, actually.

I also never want to be lectured about my carbon footprint, etc by anyone with kids. Anyone with children (even in a developing country) has a greater impact on the environment and resources than any childless person (even an affluent Westerner), because their children, their children’s future children, their children’s future children’s future children, and so on are part of their own “footprint”.

[pm91]

[10023]

Originally Posted by muppet

Shanghai


https://www.flickr.com/photos/sebast...415752/sizes/l

Do I see a surface parking lot in this photo?! And it’s a big one.

[Centropolis]

i'm sure it's a recent demolition zone of cleared shikumen and is temporary..we used to turn urban renewal zones into (temporary) parking lots, although it just took us a lot longer to rebuild.... if i'm looking at this image correctly i had an american style freakout for a burger around there, and of course found a burger bar place by the bund.

[muppet]

That's a cleared area from before the Old City (once the medieval city of 500,000) masterplan, but looks to be filled suspiciously with midrises (the 4 squat blocks leading to the red dot at top).

https://www.som.com/projects/shangha...wn_master_plan