r/Damnthatsinteresting 4d ago

Video Fascinating growth made by China!

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u/Euphoric-Potato-4104 4d ago edited 4d ago

I was in shenzen in 1995, and it looked even worse than that 1980 picture of it. Dirt roads, dusty, dilapidated infrastructure, shoeless children wandering the streets, open sewer pits, etc. Now it makes nyc look like a third word country.

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u/RandomNightmar3 4d ago

NYC is in a third world country.

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u/firefalcon01 4d ago

Least privileged American