Shanghai is the greatest city in the world right now

Their noodles ain't bad either

You're probably right, but the garbage-infested look is precisely NYC's appeal. Also, Shanghai's population density far outstrips that of NYC (~120k/sq mile compared with ~25k/sq mile).

Large US cities have all gone to hell but there might be a vibrant medium-to-large metro area.

not chinese wrote:

New York is a has-been and dirty. London is a multicultural disaster. The 21st Century belongs to China and Shanghai is at the heart of the transformation. Most impressive and dynamic city I've ever seen.

You are an idiot. A small group of tyrants of perhaps 5,000 or so - Chinese Communist Party officials - make life in China miserable for the population of over 1,300,000,000. The typical Chinese citizens cannot express themselves openly without fear of retribution; cannot worship freely; etc. At least here in NYC I can criticize that Communist wannabe, Mayor de Blasio, without getting hauled into the clink. And there are plenty of Chinese babes here I would be happy to marry.

I have been living just outside Shanghai since 2011, and have spent many days there over the last seven years. Shanghai is an impressive place, to be sure. It is dynamic, chaotic, and bristling with energy all the time. Nearly anything you want to find or do is available. But greatest city in the world? Not with the air quality is has.

How many people there live below the poverty line, how many in shanty towns? What is the literacy rate?

And I add that I know a Chinese woman who was forced to have an abortion. She said if she didn't submit, life would get very bad for her, her family and even her employer. She said that she and her three best friends from college were all forced to undergo abortion.

Shanghai is pretty damn awesome, but I'm not sure if it's the best in the world. And you can do some serious damage there if you're rich. Having said that, there's a lot of good fun in the French Concession.

Not their overwatch league team tho....

NYC guy who chases Chinese chix wrote:

not chinese wrote:

New York is a has-been and dirty. London is a multicultural disaster. The 21st Century belongs to China and Shanghai is at the heart of the transformation. Most impressive and dynamic city I've ever seen.

You are an idiot. A small group of tyrants of perhaps 5,000 or so - Chinese Communist Party officials - make life in China miserable for the population of over 1,300,000,000. The typical Chinese citizens cannot express themselves openly without fear of retribution; cannot worship freely; etc. At least here in NYC I can criticize that Communist wannabe, Mayor de Blasio, without getting hauled into the clink. And there are plenty of Chinese babes here I would be happy to marry.

do you actually know what you're talking about, or are you just parroting what you've heard Rush Limbaugh say?

I lived in China for a year. My coworkers openly criticized the government at work. Public demonstrations are another thing, but China isn't North Korea. The standard of living in big cities in China is high, there's a ton to see and do and most cities have 2000+ years of history.

The communist government of CHina also ensured that a country-wide network of super high-speed trains connect all of their cities. U.S. can't even scrape together a single high speed line between LA and SF. Sad!

Also, in my experience, white guys that chase Chinese women are the lowest of the low. Pathetic losers who got rejected by any desirable white girl and moved the goalposts so that they wouldn't appear as a total dork.

The greatest city I know of is Sitka, Alaska. It is the largest city in terms of area. It has everything a person could hope for in a city: great fishing, great hunting, great running / hiking trails, surfing, great skiing (the only issue there is there are not lifts, so it takes a little work) and distinctive cultural opportunities. By comparison, Shanghai is an overcrowded pit.

joedirt wrote:

The greatest city I know of is Sitka, Alaska. It is the largest city in terms of area. It has everything a person could hope for in a city: great fishing, great hunting, great running / hiking trails, surfing, great skiing (the only issue there is there are not lifts, so it takes a little work) and distinctive cultural opportunities. By comparison, Shanghai is an overcrowded pit.

whoa cr friend! 180.

not chinese wrote:

Also, in my experience, white guys that chase Chinese women are the lowest of the low. Pathetic losers who got rejected by any desirable white girl and moved the goalposts so that they wouldn't appear as a total dork.

Wow....nice one. Where did this come from?

So what do you do to get laid in China?

In my 18 years in Greater China, I did not have to do the chasing. They came to me, constantly, at all hours. No hyperbole.

It is one of the appeals of living in Asia generally.

not chinese wrote:

joedirt wrote:

The greatest city I know of is Sitka, Alaska. It is the largest city in terms of area. It has everything a person could hope for in a city: great fishing, great hunting, great running / hiking trails, surfing, great skiing (the only issue there is there are not lifts, so it takes a little work) and distinctive cultural opportunities. By comparison, Shanghai is an overcrowded pit.

whoa cr friend! 180.

What does "cr" mean if I may ask? I assume the 180 is an LSAT reference

I haven't been to Shanghai in over ten years. When I was there the air was barely breathable. I ran on the treadmill in the hotel to avoid the pollution.

What's the air quality like now?

shanghai has billions of peasants living in slums with no water, sewage, internet, nor electricity right outside of it's city borders. fascist police and soldiers keep them out of shanghai. women and girls are raped, groped, and insulted wherever you go in shanghai. there ZERO democracy, human rights, freedom of speech in shanghai. there NO free elections in shanghai. shanghai power is occupied by the fascist Communist Party thugs.

wondering about the reference wrote:

not chinese wrote:

whoa cr friend! 180.

What does "cr" mean if I may ask? I assume the 180 is an LSAT reference

(((NOWAG)))

not chinese wrote:

Also, in my experience, white guys that chase Chinese women are the lowest of the low. Pathetic losers who got rejected by any desirable white girl and moved the goalposts so that they wouldn't appear as a total dork.

This is an incredibly racist thing to say, as it clearly implies that Chinese/Asian women are inferior to white women and/or that race mixing should not occur. As is typical, the leftists are the most vile racists there are. Before you start up on me, I'm a Jewish immigrant into this country. Perhaps you'd like to say something awful about me and my people as well while you're at it.

Ummm, maybe, just maybe, some men prefer east Asian women for any of various reasons rather than their inability to appeal to white women. In my case, I believe that east Asian women are more health conscious and also tend not to gain weight as much with age as other women do; and I would love to give my kids the ability to speak in English and another major language.

Your post reflects your poor thinking and (dare I use an often all-too-easily-made charge) racist.