Skip to content
logo
  • Popular
  • Recent
  • Destinations
Brand Logo
  1. Home
  2. Categories
  3. General Discussion
  4. Beijing: My 10,001st Reason to Say 'Nope!'

Beijing: My 10,001st Reason to Say 'Nope!'

Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved General Discussion
beijing
20 Posts 18 Posters 1 Views
  • Oldest to Newest
  • Newest to Oldest
  • Most Votes
Reply
  • Reply as topic
Log in to reply
This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.
  • F Offline
    F Offline
    Frank Cole
    wrote last edited by
    #6

    All big cities are pretty much the same.

    1 Reply Last reply
    0
    • J Offline
      J Offline
      Jermaine Satterfield
      wrote last edited by
      #7

      Really? Every time I go to Shanghai on a business trip, I find the city beautiful and the climate great.

      1 Reply Last reply
      0
      • A Offline
        A Offline
        Ada Muller
        wrote last edited by
        #8

        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.

        1 Reply Last reply
        0
        • P Offline
          P Offline
          Pat Pagac
          wrote last edited by
          #9

          I totally agree with this, just got back from a trip to Beijing.

          1 Reply Last reply
          0
          • E Offline
            E Offline
            Emma Kihn
            wrote last edited by
            #10

            Me too. I'm graduating in June and planning to leave Beijing for Hangzhou. Life in Beijing has been so tough...

            1 Reply Last reply
            0
            • A Offline
              A Offline
              Abel Schulist MD
              wrote last edited by
              #11

              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.

              1 Reply Last reply
              0
              • B Offline
                B Offline
                Byron Larkin
                wrote last edited by
                #12

                You can tell from the comments there's a lot of negativity.

                1 Reply Last reply
                0
                • K Offline
                  K Offline
                  Kelley Balistreri
                  wrote last edited by
                  #13

                  So, are there any cities with good weather? I've also grown tired of Beijing's climate these past couple of years. Sigh 😑

                  1 Reply Last reply
                  0
                  • A Offline
                    A Offline
                    Anita Wiza
                    wrote last edited by
                    #14

                    Your username is hilarious.

                    1 Reply Last reply
                    0
                    • G Offline
                      G Offline
                      Guadalupe Barton
                      wrote last edited by
                      #15

                      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?

                      1 Reply Last reply
                      0
                      • M Offline
                        M Offline
                        Morris Schneider
                        wrote last edited by
                        #16

                        Damn, that's so true! I've never seen discussions about the differences between locals and outsiders in any other city-related topic.

                        1 Reply Last reply
                        0
                        • N Offline
                          N Offline
                          Nathan Dickinson-Steuber
                          wrote last edited by
                          #17

                          So true.

                          1 Reply Last reply
                          0
                          • D Offline
                            D Offline
                            Danielle Purdy-Weimann
                            wrote last edited by
                            #18

                            Just realized the OP studied in Chengdu. I'm from Chengdu, haha!

                            1 Reply Last reply
                            0
                            • D Offline
                              D Offline
                              Danielle Purdy-Weimann
                              wrote last edited by
                              #19

                              You can tell just by looking at the comments... You're really brave for posting this.

                              1 Reply Last reply
                              0
                              • K Offline
                                K Offline
                                Kelley Balistreri
                                wrote last edited by
                                #20

                                [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.

                                1 Reply Last reply
                                0
                                Reply
                                • Reply as topic
                                Log in to reply
                                • Oldest to Newest
                                • Newest to Oldest
                                • Most Votes


                                • Login

                                • Don't have an account? Register

                                Powered by NodeBB Contributors
                                • First post
                                  Last post
                                0
                                • Popular
                                • Recent
                                • Destinations