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And on that train, the inside of it is honestly...
not super nice.
And I don't mean this as a big critique.
I think there's a theme across what I'm seeing of the projects or buildings or infrastructure here where they don't, like I'm not on the nicest subway you've ever seen or the nicest high speed rail you've ever seen or the best bus you've ever seen.
But they exist and they work and they serve their purpose.
And I feel like that is,
That is a theme of the buildings and infrastructure specifically.
The difference I would describe is if you've been to a city like, or I don't know, like Amsterdam or Utrecht or, or like, uh, I don't know, like Zurich or something.
I feel like the things are, are like nicer, nicer there.
And in Chengdu, it's,
like there's still huge intersections.
There's still a lot of like traffic.
It's not like you're watching this perfectly designed like Dutch city you saw on some YouTube video, but it gets, everything just gets the job done.
It's so sick.
One thing, I think the surveillance is interesting.
Like how visible it is.
And we, apparently the most obvious it is, is in Beijing.
And like, we won't even, I mean, we won't even see that.
So just being in Shanghai and then even in Chengdu, if you've ever been in a,