Shanghai's Wukang Mansion: Peak Overrated. Seriously, Just Don't.

[Iris Marquardt]

This place is mainly popular with people from out of town.

[Mr. Carlton Johnston]

I was specifically looking for a comment like this from a Shanghai local. It wouldn't feel right if I couldn't find one.

[Priscilla Marquardt IV]

This is where people live, it's not a tourist attraction!

[Ellis Sauer DVM]

Exactly! My friend lives there and they barely dare to open their windows anymore because of all the people.

[Leon O'Keefe]

You can find thousands of similar, ordinary buildings on European streets. I've never seen foreigners flocking to the Wukang Mansion to take photos and 'check in'.

[Lucia Feest]

I'm not sure when it got hyped up into an internet-famous attraction; it never used to draw crowds like this.

[Elaine Boyle PhD]

I'm from Shanghai, and I haven't been there in over ten years.

[Maryann Daniel IV]

It used to be a diving platform.

[Jermaine Satterfield]

The secret sauce for online traffic: 'what to avoid,' 'de-hyping/myth-busting,' 'negative reviews'...

[Danielle Purdy-Weimann]

And another clickbait classic: 'Never coming back!'

[Kristi Doyle]

You probably just didn't pick a peak time, so of course, there weren't many people.

[Carmen Willms]

You must have gone in the middle of the night, right?

[Kelvin Shanahan DVM]

Go in the morning, there's hardly anyone around.

[Orville DuBuque]

Is it very crowded there now?

[Joanne Swift]

It's not too bad.

[Leslie Kunde]

Were the people edited out of the photo, or have there just been fewer visitors to Shanghai lately?

[Ada Muller]

It was never meant to be a tourist spot!

[Dallas Durgan]

It's become incredibly crowded again recently.

[Kelvin Shanahan DVM]

Excuse me, may I ask where this is?