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Chongqing, the Largest City – In Pictures

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Post by LargoLasskhyfv »

SllX wrote: post #197
LargoLasskhyfv wrote: post #196

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> Maybe in parallel you could also: improve the trackways between San Francisco and San Jose They did, sort of, but not to HSR, just by electrification. https://www.caltrain.com/testing https://www.caltrain.com/?active_tab=route_map_tab&center=-1... https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/caltrains-switch-to-elec... https://airqualitynews.com/cars-freight-transport/electrific... https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.estle…

I know, but that was outside the specific scope of HSR so I excluded that to keep the discussion focused.

Sorry.

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Post by fakedang »

surajrmal wrote: post #127
yapyap wrote: post #35

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> 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. Because China has their singular government system (one party dictatorship, whatever you want to call it) they can make really qui…

After seeing what happens when the president tries to unilaterally enact orders without great care for ramifications, it's definitely more appealing to me that we tend to go slowly. I do feel like there must be a middle ground that's yet to be discovered though.

Well the Chinese don't do things unilaterally. The only difference being deliberations being conducted in the Politburo by technocrats vs deliberations being conducted within the White House by untrained yesmen.

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Post by Gud »

graemep wrote: post #83
lormayna wrote: post #36

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> Show me a place that looks like that where no-one goes hungry, has to worry about medical bills and doesn’t live in fear of the rich and powerful and then I’ll be impressed. You are just describing every western European country.

Really? So why are there food banks in the UK? Why does Google search remove links to personal details of multiple politicians in multiple European countries? For someone poor the top end of NHS dental treatment is a worry - even assuming they can find a dentist willing to take on NHS patients in the first place. I could go on, but there are plenty of flaws in western Europe

the UK is a special case, not comparable to most of Europe. I work all over Europe(300+ travel days a year) and the UK is the only country I see young homeless men everywhere on the streets.

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Post by em-bee »

rcpt wrote: post #128

I see countless US stories about how "family farmers defend themselves from evil development" or "Oakland residents suffer the effects of global trade booming in their city". But when I read about China's incredible growth nothing like that is ever mentioned. Why is that?

because it's not evil development. what i have seen that actually happens is that the farmers get enough money to build a new house. it is based on the size of the house they had in the village which lead to the curious situation that people expanded their buildings even though they knew already that their village was slated to be wiped.

then the farmers pool their money and build multistory apartment buildings not far from the area where their village was so they are not being chased away and left helpless.

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Post by LetMeLogin »

ammo1662 wrote: post #199
LetMeLogin wrote: post #71

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Pretty much when I tried to grab a taxi, and it was pretty much every day two times, I could see Taxi were free(no people inside, and now I can't remember if I was the light on or off, but meaning they're just free to take you) no one would stop for about 10 minutes. Sometimes 1 passed and I was able to get it, but usually it was 5-7 cars passing me by.... Someone mentioned people were not accustomed to males with lo…

The vast majority of Chinese people use Didi or other Apps to call taxis. Those vacant taxis you notice are likely en route to collect their pre-booked passengers. Nowadays, hardly anyone flags down taxis on the roadside anymore - even Chinese citizens find it challenging to get a cab this way. Admittedly, this situation creates difficulties for elderly individuals unfamiliar with smartphones, who mostly depend on fa…

That was 2012/2013, Didi wasn’t there at the time.

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Post by LetMeLogin »

hardwaregeek wrote: post #119
LetMeLogin wrote: post #47

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I was there about 12 years ago, and in all honesty, I wasn't impressed. The air pollution was absolutely horrific, for whole I was there I wasn't able to see the sun at all due to air or lack of it. "Green" trees were just... grey, covered with all the dust. And good luck if you want to grab a taxi and you have long hair :) The food was great, though.

12 years is an eternity in China. I went in 2008-2010 and it was completely unrecognizable compared to 2018. I imagine 2025 is completely different too

Agree, pretty much like everywhere, however what I can see from the pictures the air pollution is still there and it looks horrific.

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Post by rurban »

If you call Chongqing the largest city in the world (it is not), you need to call Canton (the Greater Bay Area, GBA) bigger. With 86m and the cities of Guangzhou, Shenzen, Foshan,... even without Hong Kong and Macao, it's the largest mega city by far.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guangdong%E2%80%93Hong_Kong%E2...

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Post by lormayna »

mc32 wrote: post #107
barbazoo wrote: post #102

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Try wealth inequality. The rich get richer, the poor get poorer, at some point poor becomes homeless.

You’re importing millions which puts pressure on housing and employment where they compete against locals depressing wages. Additionally many/majority from Eastern Europe, Middle East, Central Asia and Africa are semi skilled and unskilled who in turn either can’t land a job or don’t earn enough. People like ignoring this aspect and even deny it has any effect.

Exactly! In Europe, people that are leaving in the streets are mostly illegal immigrants, drug addicted or people that refuse helps for mental issues or culture (gipsies).

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Post by HDThoreaun »

graemep wrote: post #93
angled wrote: post #80

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To me, it’s better to compare China with India. Similar populations, yet the effects of different systems of government are extremely obvious.

Both have large populations, but have entirely different histories and cultures and economies. Thailand, the UK, and Tanzania have similar populations, that does not mean they are useful comparisons. What about Sri Lanka and Australia, or Syria and Taiwan?

The dialectic is only valuable when comparing things that arent the same. the difference in their economy is the point, the difference in their history is how they got here.
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