2 ms·
A friend is in China right now. I spent some time on the phone with him the other day, as he wandered around the city where he's working. It was Sunday there,
by johnea 2mo ago
A friend is in China right now.
I spent some time on the phone with him the other day, as he wandered around the city where he's working.
It was Sunday there, most people's day off, and he was amazed at how many people were out in the public parks, playing chess and go, kids on the playground equipment. inter-generational interaction.
His impression was that China has a much higher level of people randomly interacting with other's IRL than here in the US.
- stronglikedan 2mo agoI wonder how that looks per capita. I'd wager very similar between China and the US.
- andai 2mo agoLooks like their cities are 10x bigger on average than US cities, that's amazing. That means that if you go out for a walk you would be 10 times more likely to run into a friendly stranger who wants to chat.
- em-bee 2mo agothis is exactly it. cities are bigger and denser. the higher population density means that you have to go out of your way to not run into someone or do something that is not common for chinese to do, like walking around in streets where there are no restaurants or shops.
- em-bee 2mo agoplaying chess and go, kids on the playground most of those people were likely a bit older, already retired, and were out watching their grandchildren. sunday there is no school or kindergarten.
- Gathering6678 2mo agoCould be just China has a much higher population density. US cities sometimes feel like "ghost towns" in China to me...