shanghai was overrated - /trv/

Anonymous09/11/26, 08:33No.2909660

Shanghai was overrated. Will Shanghai, as someone said, be seen as Asia’s best city and make Seoul look like a three-tiered city? The buildings are grand, and the shopping street is crowded with people. But if you just go a little into the alleys off Nanjing Road, you’ll see the look of the 1980s unfold. And citizens lack consideration for others. Honestly, the people there are not attractive, neither inside nor outside. However, the roadside trees are really nice. The sidewalks along the main road are dangerous and chaotic because of delivery motorcycles, but once you go into the small alleys, it’s really nice for a walk. There are small bars and nice shops. I want to visit Fukuoka and Valencia again, and I also want to try living there. But Shanghai? Honestly, I don't feel like visiting again or living there

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Anon09/11/26, 10:01No.2909666

I do not get the obsession tourists have with Fukuoka. It's a soulless mid tier city that's jam packed with tourists at all times. And all they do is shop and haul around huge ass suitcases of made in China shit that's somehow great because it's sold in Japan. It's not a bad city. It's fine if you're born there and grow up there. But it'd be like dreaming of one day visiting Columbus, Ohio and moving there.

Anon09/11/26, 13:13No.2909687

any actual insights or stories? this is just a solo traveler girl blog inside before dark, stick to crowds, visible tourist sites)

Anon09/11/26, 20:21No.2909734

i lived in shanghai and it is good but no the best place. a mistake is going to nanjing road and the bund. if you are a tourist you have to go there but if you live there you have no reason to go there on a day when it will be busy. i've been on the Bund when it was empty and it is cool. in the morning, in the afternoon and in the evening for the light show. it's cool but you don't want to be there when it crowded, just like you don't want to be on nanjing road when it is split into two different rows of direction for crowd safety. the side alleys are like what most of shanghai is like. the streets above and below nanjing road are much better and much more "shanghai' and mich more "china". i was almost stabbed on beijing lu after dark, late at night. i was lucky. i've also spent 3 months in seoul and shanghai is better in every way. i was only in fukuoka for a few days to catch the ferry and it was so so, just japan but i won't blame it, i will accept responsibility for not finding things to do.

Anon09/12/26, 03:38No.2909781

>Another dickless balless thread about mundanity instead of how they caroused around in a drunken whirl molesting Chinese qts at neon lit clubsYou guys are so fucking lame lmao

Anon09/12/26, 06:09No.2909791

does DiningCity work well to book a reservation at one of the nicer restaurants in Shanghai?

Anon09/12/26, 09:29No.2909800

Shanghai is indeed overrated but the architecture is interesting to see. I hated the vibes of "old China" that you feel there, it's just a bad culture. I like the more modern China like in Shenzhen. It f eels very livable, it's interesting to see a country growing so fast, and young Chinese people are fun. On the other hand you definitely see that a lot of it is built just for show and it's not "real", but so what, they are still in the middle of actually becoming developed and this growth is what is exciting.I don't really get the comparison with Seoul, but I found Seoul very genuine in a sense. It doesn't try to pretend to be something it's not, it's just a really fun place that's kinda rough around the edges and you can see that it was hastily built on top of a third-world country 40 years ago, but it gives it a lot of character. (Koreans are a different story, definitely not genuine in all ways, but ultimately quite honest and very fun.) There is not much to see in Seoul for a tourist but it seems like a nice place to live.

Anon09/12/26, 23:19No.2909891

As a tourist destination, Shanghai is worth visiting at least once. But if it’s about living, I’d rather choose Taipei.In Taipei, there are few high-rise buildings, and the buildings feel old. Compared to Shanghai, it might seem shabby.However, it is closer to the standards of the Western world. People are kind. And it became civilized. If you’re familiar with Japan, you’ll like Taipei too.

Anon09/13/26, 16:51No.2910041

Shanghai is relatively modern and was practically a fishing village 100 years ago. Nearby Hangzhou is much more interesting desu

Anon09/13/26, 17:03No.2910042

>thread about Shanghai >picture is some white bitches on a beach speaking Spanish/Portuguese obviously not in China, certainly not Shanghai

Anon09/13/26, 23:37No.2910088

The standard for a Chinese first-tier city is how many high-rise buildings it has.Shanghai is still tacky, except for those.The citizens’ fashion and behavior are also tacky.Even the most sophisticated and wealthy city in China is about that.They claim that Shanghai is Asia’s best city, surpassing Tokyo and Seoul, but in reality it is still at a Third World level.

Anon09/15/26, 11:40No.2910455

How do you overrate a dirty city full of chinamen