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Chongqing, the Largest City – In Pictures

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Post by kristopolous »

phantomathkg wrote: post #5
echelon wrote: post #3

These photos don't do Chongqing justice. Google it and marvel at the beauty. It's an incredible city.

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Epoch Times is run by the Falun Gong cult, the RFA was started by the CIA and hket was involved in a mob riot. ..

I'm not saying you don't have a point but it's completely discredited by your choice of sources.

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Post by nosianu »

kappasan wrote: post #8

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_...

Vertical, as in those incredible never-ending stairs: https://youtu.be/257PMPqPgXE

Re: Chongqing, the Largest City – In Pictures

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Post by gonzobonzo »

rwmj wrote: post #9

Seems to depend a bit on how you define "city proper". Wikipedia has two lists: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_cities#List https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megacity#List_of_megacities which disagree with this (and each other) on which city is largest.

The first list appears to come from one U.N. report where they're using completely different standards for different cities - some are using population estimates for the municipality, others population estimates of just the urban core, and others still using population estimates for the entire region.

As far as I can tell, Tokyo is at the top of the list because because they seem to be using the estimates for the entire region. Other estimates for Tokyo's population - even on Wikipedia - are less than half the number listed there.

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Post by kubb »

Chongqing seems incredible on pictures and YouTube videos. No doubt it's a comfortable place to live for many people, and surely it isn't perfect, especially when it comes to things like air pollution.

What amazes me is China's capacity to do development on a large scale, something that's completely missing in Europe. If we had efficient large-scale construction solved, we could really put a dent in the cost of living crisis, and reverse the overcrowding of the existing urban centers.

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Post by forinti »

echelon wrote: post #3

These photos don't do Chongqing justice. Google it and marvel at the beauty. It's an incredible city.

If you take the list of largest cities in China and google them from largest down, you'll find an incredible number of cities that just look like they're in the future.

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Post by tetris11 »

kappasan wrote: post #8

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_...

I loved it when I saw it, it had easily more charm and diversity than Beijing or Shanghai

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kubb wrote: post #15

Chongqing seems incredible on pictures and YouTube videos. No doubt it's a comfortable place to live for many people, and surely it isn't perfect, especially when it comes to things like air pollution. What amazes me is China's capacity to do development on a large scale, something that's completely missing in Europe. If we had efficient large-scale construction solved, we could really put a dent in the cost of livin…

The cost of housing in the large Chinese megacities is comparable to, if not higher than, that in Western countries. Therefore, they are not constructing housing at a fast enough pace to meet their population’s needs. However, they do build at a rate that is 2-4 times faster than that of Western countries.
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