Chongqing, the Largest City – In Pictures

> The largest city in the world is as big as Austria, but few people have ever heard of it

Pet peeve but this article is confusing Chongqing's entire land area with the city of Chongqing and associated urban areas (only 6% of Chongqing's total land area).

The issue is 直辖市 is translated as "direct-administered city" but should be treated as a "Direct-administered municipality" or "Direct-administered state".

Much of Chongqing (the 直辖市 not the city) was formed due to a reorganization of Sichuan in 1997.

That bookstore is beautiful but how does one access books on that twenty foot tall shelf - it seems a bit impractical for even looking at the spine of a book.

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Haven't been to Chongqing in a while, but the vertical nature of the city is fascinating [1]. It's like they layered multiple cities on top of each other! Curious how that affects social interactions in daily life.

[1] https://www.reddit.com/r/CityPorn/comments/8kqwnf/chongqing_...

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