China is honestly light years ahead of the US. I live in one of the most expensive cities in the US and am here on vacation for a month traveling through China and it is insane how far ahead of us they are. From the high speed rail system that I have been using to go from city to city, the absolute cleanliness everywhere, no crime, no worry about getting pick pocketed/mugged, nice friendly people, no homelessness, no tent cities, affordable/cheap prices for food and basic necessities. Every little town I pass I the high speed line had massive construction going on from high density apartments to infrastructure. Honestly the only complaints I have is that the entire country is hot as balls right now and the food situation is a bit rough as a person who's both vegan and a somewhat picky eater, they only seem to have mainly Chinese food everywhere and as good as it is I need some variety in my diet and it is hard finding all vegan places as well.
I honestly I have now come to realize that the reason we are so strongly propagandized against China in the US is that it would break the average Americans brain if you saw how well they are living here compared to the absolute under-devoloped shit we put up with in the US.
Ask me any questions you have and I can also post pics if interested!
Is it true that a lot of the public restrooms don't have toilet paper? I swear that pops up in every "what to know if you travel to China" article I've ever read.
I was there earlier this year, and It was my experience there. Every so often one would have tp, but for the most part it was not provided. It may depend on where you are. Hotels have plenty though and you can just stuff a wad in your bag, and the public restrooms are absolutely everywhere, which coming from somewhere in the US where they’ve basically gone the way of the dodo is so refreshing.
I watched Perfect Days yesterday and my chief takeaway from the experience was goddamn the US has garbage public restrooms
I know of one truly public restroom within 20 miles in any direction of me. Even McDonald’s locks their bathrooms and requires codes now. I have a bad bladder, so anytime I’m anywhere for more than an hour or two I have to find a place to buy something in order to be able to pee.
NYC is awful for this and the handful of public restrooms that exist are fucking disgusting
I heard that before i came here, but so far all of them have had toilet paper, including the ones on the train (which also have the in ground toilets which I love!)
Portable bidet gang rise up!
CuloClean! Fits in a water bottle!