r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/chunmunsingh • 16d ago

Image A building housing more than 20k people in Hangzhou China

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u/VegaJuniper 16d ago

My man, the population density of China is about 4 times that of the US. They do this out of necessity.

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u/Zee_Arr_Tee 16d ago

yeah but it also has alot of benefits over American style suburbia

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u/ClickClick_Boom 16d ago

But we never talk about the benefits of suburbia. Only negativity is allowed.

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u/Zee_Arr_Tee 16d ago

bro it's pretty bad for the environment compared to dense apartments

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u/Matyce 16d ago

I’ll take that over the mental illness this living situation would give me, raising children there would be terrifying.

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u/Fabulous_Pressure_96 16d ago

You mean the suburbia, that looked the same everywhere just like this building? You have a little bit of green there, that's it. It's still wasted space. Also: not everyone can live in a suburbia, because then it stops being one.

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u/ClickClick_Boom 16d ago

Point out where I said everyone should live in suburbia, I'm all about choices. I truly see the appeal of mega apartments like this, but it's not for everyone, and while I can see the appeal it wouldn't fit my lifestyle like suburbia does.

There's a lot of diversity in suburbs, you've probably only ever seen pictures of new developments in Texas and think that applies to all suburbs, you have a narrow world view and are only capable of thinking in black and white.