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It's really hard to fathom how quickly things have changed in China in the past ~20 years. I haven't been there since early 2017 which doesn't feel that long ago, but I'm planning another trip there hopefully for next year and I already know to expect massive changes since then.
Meanwhile in my city here in Canada the fact that we have built a half dozen decent residential towers and put in some bike and bus lanes downtown since then is sadly good progress compared to a lot of cities on the continent. Truly just different levels of progress in China.
Living in Canada is depressing af, infrastructure develops on geological scale here. It's like watching plate tectonics.
its so true, and yet when I talk to american friends who live in smaller cities they are envious of the urban development that occurs here even. Sad state of affairs in North America
As USian, can confirm. So much infrastructure and even buildings is from the 1970's, at best. We're still actively poisoning ourselves with lead pipes ffs.