Comments by "bldomain" (@bldomain) on "[4K]Walking in dense buildings, said to be the largest residential area in Asia, Huaguoyuan, Guiyang" video.

@baibhav11 Not at my age. Small city will have very few people and few places to go to and will be inconvenient to go anywhere without a car. People at my age will be lonely. In this kind of place I feel alive with many people from young to old. Retail shops, restaurants, clinics, pharmacies are all downstairs with public amenities like parks and public transport thereby. At our age we need to be surrounded by people and have activities going on.
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@Luking2 Guiyang City is not small. It has a population of 4.697M and an area of 8,304 sq.km compared with Chicago with a population of 2.699M and 607.4 sq.km. This housing estate you see here is at the center of Guiyang city with a population of more than 500k. US cities are designed for cars whereby the car industry and oil company literally destroy public transportation of America.
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@Luking2 On my last tour to Europe, it looked nice at the beginning with all the old historic buildings, castles, side-walk cafes and canals but after a while it gets depressing. Everything and everywhere looks old, there are many run down buildings and graffities on many walls, Lots of scammers on the streets, lots of pushy immigrants selling stuff. The locals are not exactly friendly and welcoming and the always-grey weather does not help either. Many places also felt empty and lifeless with very few people. Don't get me wrong, Europe is beautiful in its old ways but it is boring to me. Sorry. Although this place looks like a cyberpunk city right out of a movie, it is exciting to me. It is lively and vibrant and you can see all walks of life and families both young and old going about their daily lives. Despite its high population density it does not feel crowded and congested, it has lots of wide open space and it is very self-contained with all the retail and service outlets which are all just below their apartments with well connected public transport at many links and this estate is right in the middle of the city and so it is convenient to work anywhere in the city .Now that's what I call good urban planning. In general, shopping in China is much cheaper than in Europe and has more varieties and I think Guiyang is no different. I also love spicy food and Guiyang City is famous for that. Lastly, I find lots of eye candy pretty Chinese girls in this video (Ok I'm Asian so I am biased). This place just needs more trees, plants and flowers to make it warm and green.
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@Luking2 I am relating my honest opinion to you on my Europe trip and most Asian also share my opinion. Maybe as an Asian or SE Asian to be exact, our country is developing, as such many of our buildings are new and that is why we see Europe as old. However, not all Asians have this opinion but most do. You must remember different people have different perspectives of things and expectations. Does not mean they are wrong. Sorry for being honest. This housing estate does not reflect the buildings' aesthetic of the whole of China. This was a redevelopment project to replace the slum that was once there. This is a low medium class dwelling. China is large, it is more than a country, it is like a continent. Therefore nowhere in China looks the same. This 304 video playlist here will show the sights and sounds of almost the whole of China and it will blow your mind. Many have said that China is the super-sized version of Singapore. Many of China's iconic buildings such as Raffles Chongqing and Capital Land Hangzhou are buildings built by Singaporean developers. In fact the late Deng XiaoPing admired Singapore's success very much which was led by the late Lee Kuan Yew. As such both of them were very close. BTW Singapore is 76% Chinese. Copy and paste? Basic designs? Watch the playlist and you will see what the Western media do not show you. Many of the buildings in each city have an iconic cluster of skyscrapers where people like me will immediately identify which city that is. ENJOY. BTW I do agree with you that Singapore, HK and Tokyo also have beautiful skyscrapers like China - Perhaps East Asia is good at that. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNeZOe3169E&list=PLOcyzJdsH2qoFwUJ0X7eJWFpGpeUBnaQx&index=1&t=2210s
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@Luking2 I apologized because you are somehow offended by my honest opinion, again I apologized for that. I don't find China's residential high-rises repetitive, I think they look cool, modern, well planned and supported with retail shops, service outlets, public amenities, bicycle lanes, wide pedestrian pathway, public transport and wide roads for cars. I agree with you that Tokyo is okay, but Amsterdam is boring and overrated. Oslo is not safe in certain neighborhoods where the demographic is totally not the same. Generally, Europe is grey and depressing to me. It looks old and tired. BTW my 4 paragraphs are not to rant but to educate. I thought you might appreciate that as I think it is informative. Anyway, cheers.
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@Luking2 Elaborate? Do I need to write a 500-page report detailing the various reasons for what I don't like? ……..and you still haven't.- Hahaha, you think you are in a situation where the teacher is reprimanding the "student" for not submitting his homework yet? I already told you what I don't like about Oslo and Amsterdam TWICE? So you already got the juice of it. Buddy. If you still don't understand, read the past comments I made. I use the word abusive because it is warranted. You are insulting me by saying I don't know what I am talking about. Just because I disagree with you? You say you are disappointed with me because of my response to the said cities. Disappointed? Who are you to say that? Are you my boss? Opinion differs in real life, Buddy. You are not a dictator, right? Are you? Look, I think I know why you are "pissed"off. You are a European and I think a Norwegian since you said you are living in Oslo. To you, Europe is the best continent in the world for the past 500 years which was built on colonialism and should be admired by all people from all over the world. But then someone like me (An Asian) came along with an honest opinion about Europe and that burst your bubble.You cannot accept that. Oh.....He doesn't know what he is talking about. Oh I am disappointed with him for such a response. And now "I don't see a value in continuing this conversation".........no value? Hey, buddy, you sure spent a lot of time responding to me to continue our "valueless" conversation, Are you sure you are not Butt-Hurt? Are you ok with that? I think not. Anyway, Cheers.
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@strukitru Actually in Europeans cities it is nice in the downtown center with sidewalk cafes, picturesque old buildings and some places with canals and so on. But towards the residential part it looks grey and depressing and many shops are quite run down and graffiti are all over the place.
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@Luking2 Just because you disagree with my opinions does not mean I do not know what I am talking about. You say my response is disappointing? As if my response needs to meet your approval. To say such a thing is actually abusive in order to get your way. I am just telling you my opinions of these places because I went there, I experienced it and I am telling you what I think - Tokyo is okay, Amsterdam is boring and Oslo is not safe ( I came, I saw and I tell). Last time I checked, this is called free speech. You can always respond whenever you want, I am open for discussion. And Yes you can enjoy European cities any way you want even though I don't like it but you don't have to care what I say.
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@wangsrecord6991 Actually there are many places in Singapore with lots of high rise residential dwellings. They called it HDB Flats but it is comfortable with many plants, trees and flowers in the landscape which really helps a lot. When I was watching this video, I was thinking in my mind - oh, it would be nice to have flowers here or a plant there. Of course this will involve more cost in maintenance. I guess it all depends on your priorities.
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Actually this is just a tip of the iceberg of China's development. This 304 video playlist here will blow your mind. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNeZOe3169E&list=PLOcyzJdsH2qoFwUJ0X7eJWFpGpeUBnaQx&index=1&t=592s
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You believe? Why? Constant exposure to anti China rhetoric from Western media? Have you been there? Do you know for sure? Did you go to every unit there to verify that it is empty. So you just believe? Because you believe China and the Chinese people cannot do anything right? Anything the Chinese is either sinister, bad and nothing good? This is actually racist and Sinophobia. Look, China has a population of 1.4B people that is more than 4 times the population of the US whose land size is almost the same as China. That is why in certain part of China they have these humungous residential estate like this estate to house them. This estate is also very popular with the Guiyang Chinese as all the retail shops, services, amenities, parks and public transport are just down there and are all at walking distance at the center of the city. Empty? You are dreaming. To me I don't believe anything until I see it with my own eyes.
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@willzyxOfficial Europe weather is always grey and architecture looks boring after a while, graffiti's everywhere, buildings looks old and run down, no modernity, too many street scammers, food is lousy and Europeans looks sombre all the time and not friendly. Sorry to make you butthurt.
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@marianmacko4598 HAHAHA........................ "Not even one of your opinions is correct. U r just another miserable hater with zero relevant knowledge" Look who is butthurting. Just because I gave my honest opinion on Europe which I find old and run down has kind of bursted your European bubbles. Well then, Cry!
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These people here has lots of fresh air. Fantastic country. 🤪🤪🤪 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lI2OgZ29gzc&list=PLOcyzJdsH2qrMjN0vydTV8NtU0E4ndHsB&index=1&t=13s
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