What city is this?

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What city is this? It is one of the coolest and most interesting cities in the world. It's fairly well known; it's name is a verb.

Still, I would not have recognized it from the pictures below. Before I googled it, that is. ---I think I need to get out and see more of the world.

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It's a neat city, but it's built on the poverty of the people. Estimates range between 2.8% and 15.8% on the percentage of people living below the poverty level in China. And it's important to note that, because China isn't a "fully developed country," their standards for poverty are vastly lower than ours. For many estimates, "absolute poverty" in China is defined as someone living on 85$ (US) per year, or less.

Shanghai will always be a beautiful city because it's the capitol, so they'll throw tons of money at it to keep it impressive. But there's a cost to that.

 
knapplc said:
It's a neat city, but it's built on the poverty of the people. Estimates range between 2.8% and 15.8% on the percentage of people living below the poverty level in China. And it's important to note that, because China isn't a "fully developed country," their standards for poverty are vastly lower than ours. For many estimates, "absolute poverty" in China is defined as someone living on 85$ (US) per year, or less.

Shanghai will always be a beautiful city because it's the capitol, so they'll throw tons of money at it to keep it impressive. But there's a cost to that.
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True. But since nearly every factory that closes in the U.S. opens up in China they won't be poor for long. China made incredible strides in the past quarter of a century.

 
NUance said:
True. But since nearly every factory that closes in the U.S. opens up in China they won't be poor for long. China made incredible strides in the past quarter of a century.
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They have. And to be fair the label "poverty" is really different there than here. But it's interesting to note.

Still, those are some awesome buildings.

 
NUance said:
knapplc said:
It's a neat city, but it's built on the poverty of the people. Estimates range between 2.8% and 15.8% on the percentage of people living below the poverty level in China. And it's important to note that, because China isn't a "fully developed country," their standards for poverty are vastly lower than ours. For many estimates, "absolute poverty" in China is defined as someone living on 85$ (US) per year, or less.

Shanghai will always be a beautiful city because it's the capitol, so they'll throw tons of money at it to keep it impressive. But there's a cost to that.
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True. But since nearly every factory that closes in the U.S. opens up in China they won't be poor for long. China made incredible strides in the past quarter of a century.
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Don't they open there because they can pay their employees slave wages?

 
NUance said:
What city is this? It is one of the coolest and most interesting cities in the world. It's fairly well known; it's name is a verb.

Still, I would not have recognized it from the pictures below. Before I googled it, that is. ---I think I need to get out and see more of the world.

intro_shanghai.jpg


10780_1_shanghai%20t10big.jpg


165705.jpg
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Dubai.

 
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TXHSKR said:
Shanghai China?
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Yeah. Pretty cool looking place, huh? That first pic I posted above looks like a city on another planet.
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I've been there before, awesome city, and really sweet looking buildings. As knapplc mentioned the rich/poor divide is pretty significant, in that country in general. The key-shaped building with the "handle" in it is my favorite. But it's not the capital, Beijing is the capital.

Also: is Shanghai a verb? What does it mean?

 
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