Last Updated on April 13, 2007 by stlplace
Enough praises for Shanghai, let’s look at the other side of the coin.
Traffic, very few cars will stop and wait for pedestrains to pass, from time to time a bike would zip through (in front of) you;
Cigarette smoking is prevalent in restaurants, sometimes I think about smoking myself because I heard it’s safer than second hand smoke;
Wait in line at banks, I only waited at China Merchant Bank, one of the top banks in China, but still…
Spit on the street, dogs litter on the street (tie);
SPAM message being sent to my cell phone, (just like telemarketing people calling me at dinner time in the US), other human noises (fire cracks, construction) while I need sleep;
If you hold the door at the place (being polite), you will hold the door forever;
Shanghai does not have a mountain, not even a hill, same as St. Louis;
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