After Over a Decade of Massive Demolition and Construction, You'll Find That All Cities Look Exactly the Same

@VanTalk:After over a decade of massive demolition and construction, you'll find that all cities have turned into the exact same模样: one Wanda Plaza and eleven Wuyue Plazas. Next to the plazas, there are always these shops:

XX Duck Neck + Mixue Ice Cream & Tea + Luckin Coffee.

Newly built residential compounds by Country Garden, Vanke, Poly, China Overseas, CR Land, and Greentown are scattered around.

Downstairs are the identical pharmacies and Meiyijia convenience stores,

Barbie Steamed Buns, Shaxian Snacks, and Lanzhou Hand-pulled Noodles. Wherever there is an open space, during the day, elderly men and women stroll with baby carriages, and at night, square dancing music starts right on time.

The old city areas have been developed into snack and gourmet commercial streets,

and the food is always the same few items: loudspeakers shouting about Changsha Stinky Tofu,

Dongbei Grilled Cold Noodles, Taiwan Hot Dogs, Grilled Gluten, Squid Skewers, Fruit Bowls, Hand-smashed Lemon Tea, Langya Potatoes, and Roujiamo (Chinese Hamburger).

What they sell are the identical small commodities sourced from Yiwu: fans, prayer beads, bracelets….

Walking down the street, you will occasionally come across a sign: "The wind missing you has blown to XX," "I miss you so much at XX."

From time to time, a few short, chubby girls wearing traditional Hanfu walk by, checking in and taking photos.

It makes you feel at home no matter where you go in the country. It's like a segment of code

being constantly copied and pasted in this modular world.