Beijing: My 10,001st Reason to Say 'Nope!'
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I guess it's 'different strokes for different folks.' I just love Beijing's distinct four seasons; each one brings its own surprises. Spring with its blooming flowers, summer with iced sodas and watermelon, autumn with golden leaves, and winter mornings when you open the curtains to a white world. I love watching the seasons change and feeling the passage of time.
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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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All big cities are pretty much the same.
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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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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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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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You can tell from the comments there's a lot of negativity.
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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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Your username is hilarious.
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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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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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So true.
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Just realized the OP studied in Chengdu. I'm from Chengdu, haha!
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You can tell just by looking at the comments... You're really brave for posting this.
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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.