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Beijing: My 10,001st Reason to Say 'Nope!'

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    Orlando Ryan
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    I also love the changing seasons in Beijing! The light greens and pinks of spring, that sense of vitality and joy – it's something I never experienced in over 20 years living in the south.

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      Frank Cole
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      All big cities are pretty much the same.

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        Jermaine Satterfield
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        Really? Every time I go to Shanghai on a business trip, I find the city beautiful and the climate great.

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          Ada Muller
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          The traffic is too chaotic. Major intersections surprisingly don't even have separate left-turn signals. Even when pedestrians have a green light, cars can still turn left and they don't yield. As a tourist, I was genuinely shocked.

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            Pat Pagac
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            I totally agree with this, just got back from a trip to Beijing.

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              Emma Kihn
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              Me too. I'm graduating in June and planning to leave Beijing for Hangzhou. Life in Beijing has been so tough...

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                Abel Schulist MD
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                I feel like people in Beijing have this sense of superiority, as if Beijing has to be the best place in the country and they can't stand anyone saying otherwise. I won't be swayed by that thinking. I'm already very unhappy here, and the only way to change things is to leave. I visited Hangzhou last month and was so happy; time seemed to slow down, like a day actually had 24 hours. The pace in Beijing is just too fast, there's no time to really experience life.

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                  Byron Larkin
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                  You can tell from the comments there's a lot of negativity.

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                    Kelley Balistreri
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                    So, are there any cities with good weather? I've also grown tired of Beijing's climate these past couple of years. Sigh 😑

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                      Anita Wiza
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                      Your username is hilarious.

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                        Guadalupe Barton
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                        If it weren't for life's pressures and a strange twist of fate, who would willingly choose to stay long-term in a place like this, always feeling subordinate?

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                          Morris Schneider
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                          Damn, that's so true! I've never seen discussions about the differences between locals and outsiders in any other city-related topic.

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                            Nathan Dickinson-Steuber
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                            So true.

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                              Danielle Purdy-Weimann
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                              Just realized the OP studied in Chengdu. I'm from Chengdu, haha!

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                                Danielle Purdy-Weimann
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                                You can tell just by looking at the comments... You're really brave for posting this.

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                                  Kelley Balistreri
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                                  [Hehe] Actually, I try to be objective and say both good and bad things, but unfortunately, it's the criticisms that people tend to notice more.

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