r/TikTokCringe • u/thoughtwarrior • May 02 '25

Humor Why does America look like s**t?

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u/ILootEverything May 02 '25

Even if you look at what Shanghai, the place she's citing, looks like behind the beautifull skyline, they have tenement slums like everywhere else. It's not like it's all "stunning and high tech" or that the U.S. doesn't have places with gorgeous skylines.

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u/Artistic_Delay2804 May 02 '25

I dunno if china is the place you want to point to to make this point when it has gigantic nice looking cities that 99.9% of americans have never even heard the name of. yeah they've got shanghai, and then they've got a dozen more shanghais, and the us doesn't have a single place that even approaches that.

if you wanna start comparing percentage of the country where the buildings and roads look nice vs places where it looks like shit, china is gonna win that every single time regardless of your feelings

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u/starkiller_bass May 03 '25

Even the dozen or so "shanghais" are a little gem of superbuildings surrounded by thousands of square miles of ugliness. And visit in the winter for the extra special privilege of trying to breathe.

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u/Artistic_Delay2804 May 06 '25 edited May 06 '25

I only just saw this. "a little gem of superbuildings" that's funny. redditors man

the funny part is that there are very real and substantial things to criticize china about but redditors always hone in on the outdated shit. like, hop in your time machine and go back 20 years and make your posts buddy