why aren't we more popular edition
>>61575041
just posting buildings while programming...
>>61575143
>babies crawling up it
creepy
>>61575891
supposedly it has something to do with the limits of communism
>>61576469
Is that Gronland in Oslo?
>>61576745
Yes. apparently muslims are a popular thing in norway
Istanbul
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>>61575665
Is that 432 Park Avenue? God, I hate that eyesore.
wellington looks like a decent place
>>61578840
Wellington is qt as fuck
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>>61581009
>tfw your city will never be beautiful
City planners have shit plans.
>>61579616
I've been in Wellington.It is the second worst city in New Zealand after Christchurch
Mum says that's pretty big city.
when you can only build commieblocks but you fancy as shit
>>61582376
what's the inside look like
>>61582520
here you go
>>61582579
i was expecting something more based on the exterior
>>61576253
共産無限!
アメリカ人の限界だ!
i see all these nice places and it makes me sad because i'll never know them
OP here. I'm finally going to bed.
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>>61579410
Looks kinda soulless and devoid of character family.
>>61585424
I really really like that building on the left
Philly
jew york
who allowed this?
>>61586977
It's really not that bad
Some of the buildings around it are way worse, it's just that it's so tall and brand new.
New Yorkers hate everything new, then 50 years later they want it landmarked and preserved for all eternity.
>>61575041
art nouveau and commieblock
>>61588820
trapped in communism
r8 my city
hi
>>61590325
pretty nice
>>61588609
Isozaki tower is cool but i don't really like the other two, including the residential buildings
OP here. I'm awake.
More Istanbul
>>61593324
the contrast between the new towers and the older ones reminds me of what is happening in europe with all the new glass towers popping up
>>61590325
>living in the same city as the powerpuff girls
>>61588632
where is this
>>61599125
>where is this
High Line in NYC looking towards Hudson Yards
>>61599186
oh i didnt know that it came out so well. it would freak me out since i'm afraid of heights.
>>61599436
Is this also the high line? It's so pretty.
>>61599521
No that's houston.
>>61600041
It's cool how tokyo has massive canals for the rivers that run through it. we just tend to have giant ditches and the cities don't allow people to build near them.
>>61599984
I guess the flags and lack of buildings should have tipped me off.
Post some squares under construction here
>>61600151
>lack of buildings
:'(
>>61600107
i take that back somewhat as there are some instances in tejas where we have development along the water
>>61600368
Canals are a great way to improve cities. It's good for scenery and for transportation of water and people
Dense but short
Post some canals
>>61598128
Those minnarettes need to go.
i wonder if anyone is lurking
>>61604831
I do :^)
>>61605295
thanks
Is the skyline contest finished or just paused?
So how many of you actually live in a city?
>>61608364
i thought most people live in cities. i live in one but it's not very dense.
>>61579597
>one clean chunk
>tfw your city is dying
It had a nice boom a while back, got to 160 000 people, but...yeah.
The last few years developments have essentially stopped (save for new medical centers and seniors homes), more shops are boarding up than opening, and some buildings are just outright falling into disrepair. Hell, there's an entire section of downtown that's just run down, with the last shop for a few blocks (sandwich place) having closed up a few weeks ago.
Feels bad man.
>>61579597
which city is this?
>>61612789
Even though my city sucks and everyone complains about it, at least it is not dying. It's just growing slowly.
>>61612864
Wellington
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>>61580908
Saudis are jealous of Dubai?
>>61580536
Moving back to Shanghai soon
I don't care what others say about China, it's major cities are '''''''''''''urban''''''''''''''' as fuck
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>>61613960
I'm not sure if that was Shanghai.
>>61614014
It probably isn't, but I've been to a few cities in China.
I love walking around that country, every street and alley is so different and tells a different story.
>>61614081
I guess I should post some pictures I took in Shanghai and Suzhou
This was in the lobby of an office building in downtown Suzhou, a model of the city as of yet.
>>61613960
China's pretty shit desu
Urban buildings are nice sure but then again
It's China
why does japan look so comfy to me?
>>61614136
Here you can see the pants building that is in the model.
>>61614160
A typical middle class neighborhood in Suzhou
A surprisingly warm and friendly area of town, with lots of pets and families
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>>61614193
where are all the people
>>61614193
That entire lake is man-made by the way.
>>61614206
work day, the city is usually dead when everyone is at the office
This is the longest LED TV screen in the world.
At night the LED's come on, and there are chunks of the screen that show different channels from TV, including international sports channels.
There is a mall underneath it and at night to better serve patrons, they put out complimentary sofas, reclining lawn chairs and cots so that people can lay down and look up at the latest sports match, the speakers are on the ground and the sound bounces off the buildings in a way so that only you hear your chunk's channel audio. I remember at 3am I could catch all the hispanic expats staring upwards at the soccer match like turkey.
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outside of the Suzhou train station
This wall separates the downtown from the protected historical district. Unfortunately I never had a chance to go visit this side of Suzhou
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>>61614347
This is all I have of Suzhou.
I will save my Shanghai picture for the next thread
If there is a next thread
>>61600107
Tokyo used to be a canal city back in Edo times. It is precisely building near them that resulted in its demise; modernization ramped up the process by building directly on top of the waterway sytems. Most of those major highways run along former canal lines. Some are elevated and others completely filled up the canal space into underground depressions.
>google suzhou
>it's literally right next to shanghai
>like 5 miles away
so it's like the new jersey of new york?
>>61614412
What happened to it? How do they survive nowadays with so many canals?
>>61614147
I never had a problem living in China.
Infact, the most problems I had was in Hong Kong.
>Bring HK coworker with me to a meeting in Shanghai
>everyone is impressed with him, always asking him how it's like to live in HK
>Bring mainland GF and her cousin to HK
>almost all shop owners bar them from entering once they discover they're mainlanders, some restaurants refuse to serve them
I really don't understand this, it was during the Umbrella Protests so maybe this made tensions high. But Jesus HK, you could at least set an example instead of throwing a fit.
They're your own people
>>61614487
HK has had problems with mainlanders for a long time.
>>61614456
Pretty much
Actually tbqh Suzhou is as middle-class western as China has gotten to at this point. Lots of houses, lots of cars, families had 2-3 kids, pets on leashes. Super wide roads also was a nice change of pace from Shanghai.
But it has only two bars that are worthwhile
dropped
>>61614510
I knew that before going there, but I didn't expect them to kick people out of stores.
After my first trip to HK and China I wrote a research report about how HK is going lose it's economic power within 25 years.
Basically, if they keep treating mainlanders in this fashion the way they are currently, they will lose income from the mainland consumerism that's been growing far too rapidly. Additionally, China's Free Trade Zones only serves to move trade away from HK, as it is no longer the primary point of entry (Shanghai is now) into the mainland for 0% tarriffs.
These two factors alone will slow HK's growth to a point where it will no longer have any bargaining chips on the table to negotiate a longer term on it's SEZ lease with Beijing.
If only HK plays it's cards right, it could make enough money to let China loosen it's leash on the city.
But then Singapore has been aggressively soaking up ASEAN trade since their president died in order to keep the status quo.
Basically HK needs a miracle if it wants to stay HK once it's lease is up.
tl;dr Fuck this guy
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>>61614626
i never assumed that hk would remain separate after the 50 years was up. i'd be surprised if they even made it to the 50th year.
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