I know that private influence is a crushing problem there, too, but I would honestly have expected them to ban that practice on the basis of it being a public nuisance/unproductive, race-to-the-bottom noise pollution.
That’s easier to determine for individual cities, but depending on the source it looks like for countries overall it’s probably India. Shanghai on its own is definitely up there though.
Yeh I was gunna say something similar. Yes China has some street level noise but the traffic noise is significantly reduced. I stayed in a hotel on xinzha rd in shanghai amd despite it being next to a raised highway (南北高架路on a Saturday morning all I could hear was the bird call from the park across the street
even on random videos you get the vibe that the chinese are just loud people that like to talk. contrast this with the weird funereal vibes that japanese often give off.
i’ve always felt that the shouting thing should make chinese culture more approachable for westerners (maybe i’m just projecting and it’s just my family that was shouty), yet due to imperial shenangians, it’s japanese culture they’re more familiar with.
As a westerner living in Asia, I much prefer a Japanese funeral train over a Chinese one where everyone is playing phone games without headphones
But westerners don’t like Japanese culture. They like icons of Japanese culture. Actually living there and navigating social situations can be very difficult compared to China. Korea too… Neoconfucianism is disgusting to me. Chinese people are way more welcoming, helpful, and easy to be friends with. Just also noisy 😆
I know that private influence is a crushing problem there, too, but I would honestly have expected them to ban that practice on the basis of it being a public nuisance/unproductive, race-to-the-bottom noise pollution.
China is the world capital of noise pollution…
That’s easier to determine for individual cities, but depending on the source it looks like for countries overall it’s probably India. Shanghai on its own is definitely up there though.
Shanghai’s pretty quiet. They banned car horns and there are so many electric cars and busses you don’t really get engine noise either.
SEA or India makes China feel tranquil imo.
Yeh I was gunna say something similar. Yes China has some street level noise but the traffic noise is significantly reduced. I stayed in a hotel on xinzha rd in shanghai amd despite it being next to a raised highway (南北高架路on a Saturday morning all I could hear was the bird call from the park across the street
I had no idea that cities could ban car horns, that’s amazing. Some busy cities are completely intolerable due to overuse of honking.
No idea how they enforce it but it works.
I’ve lived in four Chinese cities and everybody is noisy all the time, everywhere. It’s one of the worst things about living in China
even on random videos you get the vibe that the chinese are just loud people that like to talk. contrast this with the weird funereal vibes that japanese often give off.
i’ve always felt that the shouting thing should make chinese culture more approachable for westerners (maybe i’m just projecting and it’s just my family that was shouty), yet due to imperial shenangians, it’s japanese culture they’re more familiar with.
As a westerner living in Asia, I much prefer a Japanese funeral train over a Chinese one where everyone is playing phone games without headphones
But westerners don’t like Japanese culture. They like icons of Japanese culture. Actually living there and navigating social situations can be very difficult compared to China. Korea too… Neoconfucianism is disgusting to me. Chinese people are way more welcoming, helpful, and easy to be friends with. Just also noisy 😆