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For three years, I have been in China teaching Swing Dancing. Now I'm wandering yet again...
2003-08-25
Shanghai, Day 5 ( Monday )
I met last night with a Finnish expat. Like me, he just arrived and he's going to be exploring the city a month or two before beginning work. We discussed the Shanghai experience. We had both been working tech jobs back home moved to Shanghai for a change of pace. Both of us had seen Beijing and decided Shanghai was the real hot spot. In Shanghai, you quickly meet folks from everywhere. Shanghai looks like New York and feels like L.A. but is friendlier than both. Also, the Shanghainese are currently achieving the highest level of wealth and freedom they have ever known, as as such they tend to go out and have fun more often.
I have discovered several centers of activity in Shanghai. One the the Bund, a colonial-developed area on the riverfront. It separates the main part of the city, Puxi (poo shee), from the new business disctrict, Pudong (poo dong). Pudong has all of the interesting scyscrapers.
(Copy this link into your browser address bar to view:)
http://f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/jszyszko/lst?.dir=/ChinaTripNov2002/Shaghai&.src=ph&.order=&.view=t&.done=http%3a//f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/
The second area I have noted is Xu Jia Hui (shoo jyah hway). This is very much like New York's Times Square. It is a shopping area with neon signs the size of buildings. Pedestrian crosswalks arch over the streets and people can be seen there at all hours.
I am going to mark these areas on my map to help in picking a housing location.
-J
I met last night with a Finnish expat. Like me, he just arrived and he's going to be exploring the city a month or two before beginning work. We discussed the Shanghai experience. We had both been working tech jobs back home moved to Shanghai for a change of pace. Both of us had seen Beijing and decided Shanghai was the real hot spot. In Shanghai, you quickly meet folks from everywhere. Shanghai looks like New York and feels like L.A. but is friendlier than both. Also, the Shanghainese are currently achieving the highest level of wealth and freedom they have ever known, as as such they tend to go out and have fun more often.
I have discovered several centers of activity in Shanghai. One the the Bund, a colonial-developed area on the riverfront. It separates the main part of the city, Puxi (poo shee), from the new business disctrict, Pudong (poo dong). Pudong has all of the interesting scyscrapers.
(Copy this link into your browser address bar to view:)
http://f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/jszyszko/lst?.dir=/ChinaTripNov2002/Shaghai&.src=ph&.order=&.view=t&.done=http%3a//f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/
The second area I have noted is Xu Jia Hui (shoo jyah hway). This is very much like New York's Times Square. It is a shopping area with neon signs the size of buildings. Pedestrian crosswalks arch over the streets and people can be seen there at all hours.
I am going to mark these areas on my map to help in picking a housing location.
-J
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