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/FullmetalGin 4d ago

This is the state of most major cities in India right now and it's depressing

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u/rohmish 4d ago

China acknowledged that they have issues and worked to solve them. Indian culture is thinking everything about India is already the best. broken roads with nobody following traffic laws, no lanes, people driving in the wrong direction, no helmets, driving on foothpath..all is normalised. inferior and cumbersome solutions in the name of "homegrown" alternatives? don't worry we'll say it's better than western and Chinese solutions. Pollution in cities? we'll just ignore it and call people who try to talk about it weak!

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u/CrimsonBolt33 4d ago

You are so fucking wrong lol...China is not fixking its problems...you say India doesn't follow traffic laws? Drive in China for 5 minutes, no helmets? China, Driving on footpaths? China...Pollution...China...

Also Why does China only show a handful of cities...despite there literally being hundreds of cities with over 1 million people in them....hrmmmmm probably because its propoganda.