The Bund is like that but not all of Shanghai is so garish. French district for example - though I agree the city Shanghai feels most like is NYC (just not all

The Bund is like that but not all of Shanghai is so garish. French district for example - though I agree the city Shanghai feels most like is NYC (just not all copies of Times Square). There's very little overarching design in the new development, and I grew to like the patchwork quilt-like mismatch of elements. Shanghai is a beautiful city, though if you said "this is so the Bund" then I'd agree with everything you said.