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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not even gonna bring Europe into this since their “urbanism” is village/college campus vibes

I mean Shanghai, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Singapore, shenzen, Beijing, Seoul, Jakarta, Taipei, Bangkok etc

Asian cities are amazing

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Mohave you actually lived in all these cities? I developed four skin conditions in Jakarta as the pollution was so bad … air quality reports for Beijing regularly place it at levels as incompatible with human life.

I love Asian food and much of the vibrant culture but find the pollution and extreme poverty hard to deal with. Singapore is the exception on both counts. [/quote]

Yes fool I lived in Shanghai and Tokyo [/quote]

Huh I used to live in Tokyo and find it a lot like DC actually.  There are lots of parts that are upscale and manicured and fancy/well-maintained, and parts that are older/dirty/with sizeable homeless populations.  Have you ever walked through the shinjuku underpass near the bus station late at night?  It’s about as much of a tent city as parts of DC.  I like Tokyo better than DC (a lot) but I don’t think that’s an objective fact, just personal taste.  The only thing Tokyo indisputably has going for it is the public transit system.  And the lack of guns and violent crime.

Interestingly, Shanghai is one of the few mainland Chinese cities I’ve had the opportunity to visit although only as a tourist.  But even just wandering around the city poking my nose in tea shops and parks and alleyways make it clear that there’s a range of wealth and cleanliness in Shanghai as well.[/quote]

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