Shenzhen: Yeah, Good Luck Trying to Like This Place.
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Even Futian, Nanshan, and Luohu are chaotic these days. Only the luxury residential areas are slightly better. But a city can't just have its upscale neighborhoods being civilized and orderly, right?
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The more I think about it, the angrier I get. Living in an 'urban village' in Shenzhen, I'm constantly surrounded by noise. People in the 'handshake building' (buildings so close you could practically shake hands) across from me are playing cards, my neighbor on the same floor is yelling at their kids, and there are constant drilling sounds... it's complete chaos.
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And don't forget the screaming kids, e-bikes speeding down the sidewalks blaring their horns. It's just a total mess.
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In Shenzhen, I guess only Nanshan and Futian are relatively better.
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Perhaps other places are even worse, because Nanshan isn't all that great either.
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'Disorderly' is the perfect word to describe how Shenzhen feels to me. Everything is just chaotic.
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Seeing that recent incident in Pingzhou, Shenzhen, makes it all feel even more relevant.
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It's so incredibly crowded, people packed shoulder-to-shoulder everywhere you go.
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People are crammed together, and the cars are all jammed up too.
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Tell me about it! Shenzhen is completely different from what I imagined. My colleagues seem so listless, the roads are incredibly narrow, there are e-scooters everywhere, and the housing isn't comfortable either (and I'm mainly looking at apartments in residential complexes).