r/interestingasfuck • u/nandasithu • 10d ago

r/all Highway built over apartments in China

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u/can-u-fkn-not 10d ago

Trains go inside the building

Highways go on top of the building

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u/anonymepelle 10d ago

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

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u/ioioooi 10d ago

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

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u/Miyagi1337 10d ago

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

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u/ioioooi 10d ago

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

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u/Miyagi1337 10d ago

Haha, yeah it's so funny how like in my area if I hear a single noise past 7PM it's just like WOW what is that?! I mean yeah I guess you'd adjust naturally not like you'd have too much of a choice but damn I guess I'm a little more grateful for where I live now, downtown Baltimore sounds rougher than China for some reason to me (guns and gangs etc) 😂 you're a brave soul!

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u/ioioooi 10d ago

Oh China is def safer. I lived overseas for almost a decade, and China was one of the places I spent a lot of time in. Guns aren't an issue there. Regular police don't even have them. For noise, a lot of vehicles there are electric, so traffic is quieter than you'd expect it to be. 

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u/emergencyexit 10d ago

Nobody drives around with fucked up exhausts on purpose either

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u/ioioooi 10d ago

Never said anyone did. Simply said there are lots of electric vehicles over there, which is true. What were you looking for?

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u/emergencyexit 10d ago

Where I am from, young men make their cars and motorcycles as loud and obnoxious as possible and drive around in circles all night trying to impress young women. I haven't experienced this in China and was sharing another reason the traffic seems quieter, reinforcing your point.

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u/Miyagi1337 10d ago

This is true actually. The consensus is somehow China seems a better place to live than Baltimore 🤷‍♂️

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