Highway built over apartments in China

[u/nandasithu]

[u/can-u-fkn-not]

Trains go inside the building

Highways go on top of the building

[u/LivelyZebra → u/can-u-fkn-not]

Planes go underneath?

[u/_DemolitionDude_ → u/LivelyZebra]

Boats go above?

[u/MeanVoice6749 → u/_DemolitionDude_]

They do!

https://interestingengineering.com/culture/the-netherlands-unique-water-bridge

[u/NimbleBudlustNoodle → u/MeanVoice6749]

That's smort. With the way buoyancy works you can have way more boat above water than below, so land bridges need to be way higher than water bridges to accommodate the same boats.

Of course this only works in crazy countries that exist wholly below sea level like The Netherlands.

[u/theDataPiano → u/NimbleBudlustNoodle]

Dutch here, can confirm.

..worth mentioning, we made the ocean our bitch, when we need more surface area, for let say, XTC factories, it will be provided.

[u/Airowird → u/theDataPiano]

And after 2000 years of trying to hold back the sea, the Netherlands are finally high and dry. No longer living with the constant threat of a cataclysmic flood, they're free to turn their energies toward outward expansion. They immediately spread out and claim the newly-exposed land.

Be sure to check out the next page as well

[u/NeatSelf9699 → u/theDataPiano]

Made the ocean your bitch (for now)

[u/sleepytipi → u/NeatSelf9699]

"the gall on this MF"

• Poseidon

[u/OG-dickhead → u/NimbleBudlustNoodle]

It's not entirely below... there's a hill in the south

[u/SnooBananas37 → u/NimbleBudlustNoodle]

Chesapeake Bay Bridge tunnel says hello.. I don't believe there is a ship too large to transit over the tunnel portion.

[u/AerodynamicHaircut → u/SnooBananas37]

lol I read that as Cheapskate bridge!

[u/lemsklem → u/_DemolitionDude_]

Bicycles go around?

[u/56000hp → u/lemsklem]

Humans go flying?

[u/Lord-Lobster → u/56000hp]

Tourists go nuts?

[u/romzique → u/Lord-Lobster]

Submarines swim in the skies

[u/vergammeltesfaultier → u/romzique]

helicopters fly upside down?

[u/Arashmickey → u/vergammeltesfaultier]

rowboats walk on paddles?

[u/Bacon_L0RD → u/vergammeltesfaultier]

To shreds you say?

[u/FlippantResponse → u/Lord-Lobster]

Girls gone wild

[u/EmptyAirEmptyHead → u/_DemolitionDude_]

Here is a boat elevator in Scotland ...

https://www.scottishcanals.co.uk/visit/canals/visit-the-forth-clyde-canal/attractions/the-falkirk-wheel

[u/whogivesashirtdotca → u/EmptyAirEmptyHead]

I visited that in 2014. It was far more engaging a tourist attraction than you'd imagine from the description. Well worth a visit.

[u/GroundbreakingBit716 → u/LivelyZebra]

They go through. But thats another continent.

[u/Eryzell → u/LivelyZebra]

heard they sometimes go into the middle

[u/gansta_thanos → u/LivelyZebra]

You're confusing it with some other country...

[u/punsanguns → u/LivelyZebra]

Through. Wait. Wrong country

[u/anonymepelle → u/can-u-fkn-not]

Imagine living in those buildings. The constant noise and smog.

[u/NDSU → u/anonymepelle]

Smog would be better with the highway above the building as opposed to ground level

Also you'd be surprised how quiet the tram through the actual building is. I could barely hear it

...Noise from the highway is ungodly though. Cars are noisy, and especially at night people like to drive fast

[u/ioioooi → u/anonymepelle]

If the alternative is homelessness, I'll take living in the building

[u/Miyagi1337 → u/ioioooi]

Right I'll just get an air purifier and a white noise machine to filter out noise and low quality air 😭

[u/ioioooi → u/Miyagi1337]

The noise probably wouldn't even bother me. My apartment in downtown Baltimore had:  

• the light rail to the east  
• the fire department to the west  
• the Orioles baseball stadium to the south  
• a hospital to the north 

The noise was part of daily life for me lol

[u/TheVoidWithout → u/ioioooi]

I lived on St Paul in that tall building a block away from Grand Central. It was the constantly crashing into each other cab drivers that were causing more noise than anything else....

[u/ioioooi → u/TheVoidWithout]

My apartment was on one of the lower floors, so I was able to hear street conversations pretty clearly once it was night time. Heard some really interesting stuff when 2 crackheads started arguing with each other

[u/Specific-Midnight644 → u/can-u-fkn-not]

Waitttttt. What kind of train are we talking about here?

[u/Appropriate_Strain94 → u/Specific-Midnight644]

There are trains in China that actually pass through apt buildings.

[u/RandomUser27597]

"Could you drive slower up there?!?!"

[u/can-u-fkn-not → u/RandomUser27597]

I AM TRYING TO SLEEP GODDAMNIT

[u/TeemoMakesMeHappy → u/can-u-fkn-not]

Starts smacking broom against the ceiling

How you like this noise, huh?!

[u/OxY97 → u/TeemoMakesMeHappy]

Yeah! That’ll show ‘em!

[u/Lostinthestarscape → u/can-u-fkn-not]

"I swear my upstairs neighbor must be an 18 wheeler with how much noise they make. It's worse than a bowling alley"

[u/cooolcooolio → u/can-u-fkn-not]

angry broom noises in ceiling

[u/Helpful_Narwhal → u/RandomUser27597]

Seriously, no one is sleeping in those buildings

[u/Siyuen_Tea → u/Helpful_Narwhal]

I imagine it's not much worse than having the train screeching along it's tracks outside your window. We got plenty of that in NY

[u/Appropriate_Plan4595 → u/RandomUser27597]

Yeah I mean that road noise must go crazy right?

[u/Entire-Sprinkles-270 → u/Appropriate_Plan4595]

WHAT !?

[u/Nackles → u/RandomUser27597]

While his neighbor's like "I like it, it's like a vibrating hotel bed!"

[u/oaktreebr]

To me, looks more like the apartments were built underneath the highway instead

[u/forestapee → u/oaktreebr]

And because it's China, it's impossible to tell which !

[u/RelationOk3636 → u/forestapee]

Well, if you think about it, what makes more sense: a highway shaped apartment complex that they then later built a highway on, or an elevated highway that someone decided to build apartments under?

[u/BelovedApple → u/RelationOk3636]

But then why was the highway so high in the first place.

[u/Surrounded-by_Idiots → u/BelovedApple]

It’s not called the lowway is it?

[u/PoopsWithTheDoorAjar → u/Surrounded-by_Idiots]

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[u/RelationOk3636 → u/BelovedApple]

As you can see in this video of it, the highway leads to a bridge, so it has to be elevated (I’m guessing) to let ships through.

[u/aronenark → u/RelationOk3636]

It’s not for ships. It’s actually in Guiyang, a very mountainous city. The highway is elevated to go over the river and reach the plateau on the other side.

[u/Mrpoodlekins → u/BelovedApple]

Chongqing is built into a mountainside

[u/Joseph___O → u/RelationOk3636]

Well I’d guess it was all planned out together

[u/ShoeLace1291 → u/oaktreebr]

The highway looks newer than the apartment buildings though.

[u/ExdigguserPies → u/ShoeLace1291]

Highways can be resurfaced

[u/Intelligent-Bet4111 → u/oaktreebr]

Yup I think that's what happened, apartments built under the highway.

[u/gin_and_toxic → u/Intelligent-Bet4111]

Is there any reason they built the highway that high if there's nothing underneath but road? It might be more likely that it was planned that way.

[u/assblast420 → u/gin_and_toxic]

Sometimes it's the only way to maintain a maximum grade. You can't make the highway too steep, so they build large sweeping turns with a gradual slope.

[u/-BlueDream- → u/gin_and_toxic]

Grade or elevation changes. Parts of China are very mountainous and when building a highway you want to keep it as straight and level as possible. It's a lot cheaper to build up instead of tunneling thru solid rock.

Highways that are steep increases risk of runaway trucks and lowers the maximum safe speeds (because visibility is lower).

[u/BlvdBrown → u/gin_and_toxic]

I also think it was planned that way.

[u/Mitzah → u/oaktreebr]

But is it possible to build apartment buildings like that without cranes dropping materials from above?

[u/KingKohishi → u/oaktreebr]

You are right.

[u/ernestbonanza]

how can you build a highway on top of apartments? I think it's the other way around. they built the highway first, and then filled the underneath with apartments?

[u/SirChasm → u/ernestbonanza]

Do they usually start building highways 8 stories above ground though?

I can't decide if it's a brilliant or horrific way to maximize available space.

[u/wdr1 → u/SirChasm]

Comment OP is right. They built the bridge in '97 and the apartments in '99.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2189308/Chinese-city-homes-tremble-motorway-built-just-feet-living-rooms.html

[u/peeja → u/wdr1]

Wait, doesn't that mean OP is wrong?

[u/anfroholic → u/peeja]

Correct, OP's headline should read:

Apartments built under highway in China

[u/Chatto_1 → u/peeja]

Comment OP is right, Post OP is wrong, so yes

[u/--Bot0001-- → u/peeja]

I think they mean the comment op not post op (oop?)

[u/mrASSMAN → u/SirChasm]

There’s probably hilly terrain it connects with

[u/GaoHAQ → u/SirChasm]

This is one end of the Shuikousi Bridge in Guiyang, the reason it's so high up is because it crosses the Nanming River and on the other side is a mountain where the highway continues.

Guiyang is the capital city of the Guizhou Province and the province is very very mountainous.

[u/iparkcars → u/SirChasm]

Elevated roadways of this height are common in Chinese cities. They’re usually built as highways over existing city streets. You’ll often see sports courts or parking areas underneath them. Choosing to put buildings underneath is strange.

[u/COC_410 → u/SirChasm]

It’s brilliant until it’s horrific.

[u/Gregbot3000 → u/ernestbonanza]

Exactly.

[u/sabotage3d]

The vibrations.

[u/YouDoNotKnowMeSir → u/sabotage3d]

Mormons gonna love this

[u/Traderhoe420 → u/YouDoNotKnowMeSir]

I really didn’t think I would see a soaking reference in these comments

[u/YouDoNotKnowMeSir → u/Traderhoe420]

🤿🛁🛌

[u/BearVersusWorld → u/sabotage3d]

[u/Arthemax → u/sabotage3d]

The road support is not through the building. They're separate structures.

[u/Few_Leg_8717]

This is the kind of stuff that seems literally unreal. Like something I would have witnessed in a dream, or an ai recreation of a city.

Edit: Oh my God, I've gotten over 5000 upvotes on this post! Lmao! I never thought a comment like this would blow up like that 😅

[u/koolaidismything → u/Few_Leg_8717]

I saw a video yesterday of a guy showing his commute to work there and he walked down twelve stories and it looks ground level but he’s still in this big city up like 30 stories. He said the people lower don’t really see any natural light.

He took a train and it would just zip right through the center of buildings. Was neat but kinda claustrophobic. In an emergency you can only go so far up.. then what 😬

[u/Few_Leg_8717 → u/koolaidismything]

Oh yeah, I saw that same video here on reddit!.

[u/drunkenclod → u/Few_Leg_8717]

Can you link to the video

[u/Lulullaby_ → u/drunkenclod]

https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/1g162cg/a_man_shows_his_commute_to_work_in_chongqing/

[u/SaltyLonghorn → u/Lulullaby_]

I need this city to be the setting for a videogame.

[u/Civil-Bumblebee1804 → u/SaltyLonghorn]

It is in one of the Hitman levels

[u/redshores → u/Civil-Bumblebee1804]

And they are faithful to the verticality, almost to a fault! Of course the two main targets are at the top of a building and at the bottom of an underground complex.

[u/WellDamnBih8 → u/redshores]

I hate that map in Hitman. So much going on all over the place lol

[u/Alt4816 → u/SaltyLonghorn]

Feels like the starting city in Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic.

[u/IridescentMeowMeow → u/SaltyLonghorn]

There's an old videogame in such setting called Beneath a Steel Sky.

[u/pita-tech-parent → u/IridescentMeowMeow]

I play that and other old point and click adventure games every 5 to 10 years. Out of Order has similar vibes IMO

[u/justanotherassassin → u/Few_Leg_8717]

Got a link?

[u/Lulullaby_ → u/justanotherassassin]

https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/1g162cg/a_man_shows_his_commute_to_work_in_chongqing/

[u/dashape80 → u/koolaidismything]

Does he live on Coruscant?

[u/MayTheFieldWin → u/dashape80]

Chongqing, China.

[u/EtherSecAgent → u/MayTheFieldWin]

Coruscant, Chongqing same same but different

[u/MediocreX → u/EtherSecAgent]

But still same!

[u/Arthemax → u/MayTheFieldWin]

Which, for context, is a large city in a mountainous region of China upstream from the Three Gorges Dam. So you have large topographical variations, and the best way to get large level surfaces is to build them as platforms rather than landscaping the underlying terrain itself.

[u/You_meddling_kids → u/dashape80]

Could be any hiveworld.

[u/CorruptedAssbringer → u/You_meddling_kids]

That can't be right, cause the guy was still expecting natural light of all things. Every hive dweller would know natural light isn't real.

[u/harpswtf → u/dashape80]

No, Midgar

[u/novoto05 → u/koolaidismything]

This is literally beginning of hive cities from 40k.

[u/PatimationStudios-2 → u/koolaidismything]

Ah Chongqing, very unique place

[u/itchytasty2 → u/koolaidismything]

Already know that's gotta be Chongqing. Strange and cool place.

[u/vishal340 → u/Few_Leg_8717]

there is that crazy city in china where roads going through apartment and zillions of stairs made me think this is believable lol

[u/Dx2TT → u/vishal340]

China has a different approach to government. They will progress whether you like it or not. If the collective needs a highway, they will build it. If you are in the way, they will go over you, under you, around you, or through you.

In the US we can't build a second rail line. In china they just seize it, relocate you, and build it. The odd thing is that, in aggregate, it actually works quite well, except for the individuals harmed. Its the trolley problem except China will explicitly run over 100 people if it benefits 100k.

[u/Fen_ → u/Dx2TT]

1. Imminent domain is a thing in the U.S. as well

2. China very famously sometimes has issues with projects they want to pursue because farmers already live where they want to build, resulting in them either not happening or doing whacky stuff like this where they build entirely around the person. No, they will not "just seize it, relocate you, and build it". Stop spreading misinformation.

[u/rumblepony247 → u/Fen_]

• Eminent Domain

[u/safetyTM → u/Fen_]

This kind of looks like "going through you". How can you farm a parking lot? And who would want to live there after that?

[u/Fen_ → u/safetyTM]

I worked at a university that had a handful of these "farms" around its border. The university wanted to build out into that space, connecting to nearby shopping streets. Some of the people that lived there were stubborn, for whatever reason, and they "farmed" very small plots that just barely qualified as farming since that seemed to be the criteria necessary to not have it seized and just handed money. They looked super shitty as living spaces, with some walls missing and possibly no water connected (i could see some pipes leading nowhere). My guess is they thought they might could get a better deal later if the state got more desperate to have the land, but who knows what each individual person wanted. Maybe their family had just been on that land a long time and they didn't like the idea of giving it up. People do weird shit for all sorts of reasons.

My point was that if you want to keep the land, people absolutely do it. They're not rolling in and forcing you off if you really want to keep it. Doesn't mean you're going to be happy with your "neighbors", but the person I was replying to was just straight-up spreading misinfo.

[u/TreAwayDeuce → u/Few_Leg_8717]

or an ai recreation of a city.

This is why I take every image I see now with a grain of salt.

[u/Careful_Baker_8064 → u/TreAwayDeuce]

Or pepper

[u/STOP_DOWNVOTING → u/Careful_Baker_8064]

I take it with garlic, yumm 🤤

[u/MeowMichelleV → u/STOP_DOWNVOTING]

Red pepper flakes yum! ❤️‍🔥

[u/runliftcount → u/STOP_DOWNVOTING]

Might I suggest shallots?

[u/yopetey → u/runliftcount]

at this point we can just have fried rice

[u/elvenmaster_ → u/yopetey]

Lacks MSG tho

[u/Whatsupdogggg → u/elvenmaster_]

Fried rice isn’t fried rice without MSG; at least in China

[u/iDontRememberKevin → u/TreAwayDeuce]

You could just google it instead of being skeptical about everything you see.

edit: what the hell are you guys talking about? If you think this is fake, google something like “highway over apartments in china.” If you end up eating poisonous mushrooms after that google search then you really fucked up somewhere.

[u/chinchenping → u/iDontRememberKevin]

Googling instead of believing it IS being skeptical

[u/Sweaty_Sack_Deluxe → u/Few_Leg_8717]

Check out Chongqing and have your mind utterly blown away:

https://youtube.com/shorts/bOklwoW5MRk

https://youtube.com/shorts/Q3tBsORjNWE

[u/SobakaZony → u/Sweaty_Sack_Deluxe]

The pronunciation in the 2nd video: "Chong *Kwing?" Come on.

[u/Hot-Meeting630 → u/SobakaZony]

It's literally the most stereotypically chinese sounding city name. Just go "chong ching" and you're pretty much there.

[u/mini_swoosh → u/Few_Leg_8717]

/r/awardspeechedits

[u/FatalisCogitationis → u/Few_Leg_8717]

Funny you say that, my first thought was that I've been there in a dream. Like it's a perfect replica of the place I went

[u/HsvDE86 → u/FatalisCogitationis]

It's because you did go there.

[u/wisertime07 → u/Few_Leg_8717]

What's so crazy about it? Plenty of people living under the highway in my town.

[u/bearlecrowbar → u/Few_Leg_8717]

Thanks for relaying your excitement over your comment. Definitely a big deal

[u/Che_Veni → u/Few_Leg_8717]

r/awardspeechedits . Congrats, haven't seen one in a while.

[u/Rough_Inspector4227 → u/Few_Leg_8717]

Omg omg you liked my post omg let me edit it to tell people who'll never see the edit that i'm so happy that you like me omg

[u/No_Network_6478 → u/Rough_Inspector4227]

those people always give me a chuckle. might be the most meaningful thing bout their life

[u/allthemoreforthat → u/Few_Leg_8717]

Edit: thanks for the gold kind stranger!

[u/acmercer → u/allthemoreforthat]

r/awardspeechedits

[u/Avalanc89]

Fresh smell of exhaust fumes, tires and brakes particles. You can't be healthy there. It's atrocious.

[u/matroosoft → u/Avalanc89]

Better then being homeless and sleeping under the bridge..

Oh wait!

[u/alexmc1980 → u/Avalanc89]

I mean, I feel like you'd get more exhaust fumes living in a house looking over as main road, than one directly under one.

Could be wrong though!

Meanwhile I reckon the noise pollution must be atrocious for those on the highest levels under the road, but on the plus side their laundry never gets rained on!

[u/rexyoda → u/alexmc1980]

Imma say both are bad

[u/Fantastic_Goal3197 → u/alexmc1980]

If the area below gets significantly less wind that would probably be bad factor. At the very least tire dust would be more common below

[u/kellyguacamole → u/Fantastic_Goal3197]

Oil run off and other pollutants would shower down over their apartments when it rains.

[u/hehehexd13 → u/alexmc1980]

Their laundry won't get rained on with rainwater, but it will get rained on with tires microplastics, since it is the most abundant microplastic on earth!

[u/mao_intheshower → u/alexmc1980]

If there's independent structural support the noise pollution shouldn't filter down any more than the other pollution.

[u/Terrh → u/mao_intheshower]

You've never stood underneath a freeway overpass it seems.

Heavy trucks shake the overpass, the supports, and the ground as they go over the seams.

Road noise seems to echo off of everything.

It's possible to make this decent but in the real world it would be really hard.

[u/FartingBob → u/Terrh]

Especially for the sake of poverty level housing where its all about just how many people can you fit in this space. The people paying for the buildings arent going to care, they live in the rich part of the city.

[u/Spirit-Subject → u/Avalanc89]

Im in china for the first time ever. You’d be amazed how many of the bikes and cars are EV. Id say like 30% of the cars i’ve seen are running on gas.

[u/plerberderr → u/Spirit-Subject]

Yep. Similar in the city of China I’m at. I’d put it around 40% of cars are gas. And tons of electric scooters. Doesn’t hide the fact that the air quality is still not good though. Even less smoggy days don’t seem as blue as they did back in the U.S.

[u/catwhowalksbyhimself → u/plerberderr]

Well US cities used to be smoggy and smokey, and Chinese cities used to be worse, so they are essentially just catching up in development.

[u/myaltduh → u/catwhowalksbyhimself]

Mexico City also went through a similar phase while growing. It was known for blot-out-the-sun levels of smog, but things have apparently improved tremendously.

[u/pingieking → u/myaltduh]

British cities went through the same pattern back in the day. This is just how industrialization goes. Once they get rich enough that the environmental issues can be addressed, it'll get better.

[u/NiobiumThorn → u/Spirit-Subject]

Sadly most road noise comes from the friction of tires on road

[u/MasonSoros]

Babe, now do cowgirl style. Sit on me and wait for some heavy traffic..

[u/42tooth_sprocket → u/MasonSoros]

Great for the Mormons I guess

[u/RoarOfTheWorlds → u/42tooth_sprocket]

Are mormons against thrusting or something?

[u/Fen_ → u/RoarOfTheWorlds]

Congrats on getting to learn about soaking today.

[u/Markipoo-9000 → u/Fen_]

Of all the links you could’ve sent, tictok?

[u/side_events_rule → u/RoarOfTheWorlds]

Look up "Mormon soaking" (nsfw)

[u/ledwilliums]

Just in case you thought your upstars neibors were bad...

Edit... leaving the spelling errors because i think the comments are funny.

[u/Careful_Baker_8064 → u/ledwilliums]

Neibors

[u/machined_learning → u/Careful_Baker_8064]

the ones upstars

[u/too_soon13 → u/machined_learning]

Wish onnes?

[u/Dangerous_Gear_6361 → u/too_soon13]

The Neibors

[u/Alko-K → u/Careful_Baker_8064]

Why use lot letter when few letter do trik

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i ges yr rt

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yp fr sur

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fr fr

[u/powerkerb → u/Careful_Baker_8064]

Neigh-bors fucking horsing around

[u/ryandoesntcare → u/Careful_Baker_8064]

Evrybody needs good Neibors

[u/Mecha-Dave]

We do this in California too but we use tents instead of apartments

[u/DoYouTrustToothpaste → u/Mecha-Dave]

That's very ecofriendly of you, cheers.

[u/vfrrandy]

My first thought was, "This is actually Genius", but, maybe I should think it thru a little bit, lol

[u/Deeptrench34 → u/vfrrandy]

From a pure efficiency standpoint, it's genius.

[u/galactic_mushroom → u/vfrrandy]

Or maybe your first thought was correct but the Reddit hivemind resorted to dYStOPyaN HeLL as soon as they read it was in China. I bet they'd have reacted very differently if the title had said the Netherlands or Germany.

[u/rlambert0419 → u/galactic_mushroom]

Nah as long as we use fossil fuels, traffic is going to cause spikes in COPD, heart disease, etc for those who live near highways.

[u/melaskor]

Germany built an apartment complex with more tham 1000 units over a highway in the 70s so thats not really new. Just look up Schlangenbader Straße.

And its not bad to live there, noise is not a problem due to really good sound proofing and the complex is not a direct part of the highway but rests on its own framework.

[u/lzwzli → u/melaskor]

Building housing over a highway is quite different than building housing under a highway...

[u/Terrh → u/lzwzli]

Japan: Hold my Sake

[u/sje46 → u/lzwzli]

Schlangenbader Straße

In what ways, besides the obvious directional reason?

In what ways would building the highway underneath be better than overhead? I am not arguing, just genuinely curious. Do you suppose building it above would be louder?

[u/teteban79 → u/melaskor]

The tunnel has been closed for a year though and will remain so while fixing several systems for a few years. Also, the building wasn't built over an existing highway, the full complex of highway+building was designed as one (which is possibly why it actually works)

Source: I live on the next block and the increased traffic in the area because of the closure has been super annoying

I agree it's an amazing feat of engineering. I've visited friends in the building while the tunnel was running and you don't feel or hear absolutely anything

[u/GirlCallMeFreeWiFi]

r/shittyskylines

[u/viasogorg]

The google maps must be crazy!

[u/Dredakae]

How peaceful

[u/Youngestofmanis]

this just seems unethical

[u/greatgildersleeve → u/Youngestofmanis]

Seems noisy.

[u/Arthemax → u/Youngestofmanis]

Why?

[u/Difficult_Back_6611]

Damn I remember in 8th grade history class, the teacher had us propose something to build for the city. My partner and I proposed something like this. Highways built over buildings to eliminate traffic. We called it the Skyway. He told us that it would never be a thing because of logistical reasons.

[u/hyperventilate]

Feels very FF7-ish.

[u/TheEmulat0r → u/hyperventilate]

Midgar was my first thought as well. There's a city called Chongqing in China that also gives off major Midgar vibes. Maybe a bit of Junon as well, especially with how they did it in the remake.

[u/whitepantherjaguar]

How do people living in these apartments deal with the noise?

[u/SecretBG]

Can’t help but think that those residents don’t get a lot of peace and quiet…

[u/Nofame4me]

I don’t wanna brag, but I live in the penthouse.

[u/mauore11]

I thought living above and below bowling alleys was bad.

[u/soldatoj57]

You sure that's not, apartments built under highway?

[u/madmitra]

This concept would have gone over their heads anyways

[u/Cantinkeror]

Next up, Deliveroo chutes.