It's really hard to fathom how quickly things have changed in China in the past ~20 years. I haven't been there since early 2017 which doesn't feel that long ago, but I'm planning another trip there hopefully for next year and I already know to expect massive changes since then.
Meanwhile in my city here in Canada the fact that we have built a half dozen decent residential towers and put in some bike and bus lanes downtown since then is sadly good progress compared to a lot of cities on the continent. Truly just different levels of progress in China.
And then the provincial government comes in, removes rent control from those new towers, and says they're going to rip out those newly completed bike lanes. What's the opposite of democratic centralism?
its so true, and yet when I talk to american friends who live in smaller cities they are envious of the urban development that occurs here even. Sad state of affairs in North America
As USian, can confirm. So much infrastructure and even buildings is from the 1970's, at best. We're still actively poisoning ourselves with lead pipes ffs.
Moved back to my small Ontario town after like a decade away a couple years back and it's all virtually the same (except with way more empty storefronts downtown, thank god we give landlords a tax break for letting them stand vacant!).
Haha, I find everything's connected in the end. I tend to pay a lot of attention to Europe cause that's where contradictions are sharpest at the moment.
It's really hard to fathom how quickly things have changed in China in the past ~20 years. I haven't been there since early 2017 which doesn't feel that long ago, but I'm planning another trip there hopefully for next year and I already know to expect massive changes since then.
Meanwhile in my city here in Canada the fact that we have built a half dozen decent residential towers and put in some bike and bus lanes downtown since then is sadly good progress compared to a lot of cities on the continent. Truly just different levels of progress in China.
And then the provincial government comes in, removes rent control from those new towers, and says they're going to rip out those newly completed bike lanes. What's the opposite of democratic centralism?
Living in Canada is depressing af, infrastructure develops on geological scale here. It's like watching plate tectonics.
its so true, and yet when I talk to american friends who live in smaller cities they are envious of the urban development that occurs here even. Sad state of affairs in North America
As USian, can confirm. So much infrastructure and even buildings is from the 1970's, at best. We're still actively poisoning ourselves with lead pipes ffs.
Moved back to my small Ontario town after like a decade away a couple years back and it's all virtually the same (except with way more empty storefronts downtown, thank god we give landlords a tax break for letting them stand vacant!).
I used to live in Fredericton, NB. It was basically like a time capsule. Nothing changed there.
damn for some reason with all your china posting i thought you were Chinese lol
haha I just read about China to keep sane, I'd be so depressed otherwise 🤣
I was also under a wrong impression. From how well versed you are on what's going on in Europe i thought you were European 😆
Haha, I find everything's connected in the end. I tend to pay a lot of attention to Europe cause that's where contradictions are sharpest at the moment.