Why China's Parks are 'Great Places'

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  • Опубліковано 13 лип 2023
  • I talk about why I think Chinese parks qualify as "great places," I also show you the new high tech gym equipment going in to all the local parks around here. Pretty cool. As for me, I go to the local park everyday for exercise and I am quite grateful for all the features discussed in this video.
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  • @yummemys4608
    @yummemys4608 11 місяців тому +176

    It's lovely to see the elderly exercise, play chess and mingle with friends. In the UK where I am, the old folks are chucked into 'homes' and they spend their days drugged up, staring into space.

    • @banarama4144
      @banarama4144 11 місяців тому +15

      Very sad. Imagine putting away your parents in an old people's home😢😢😢

    • @sawyermcgill2799
      @sawyermcgill2799 11 місяців тому

      And what for :it’s about time

    • @tigerlily6668
      @tigerlily6668 11 місяців тому

      😢

    • @davidz7858
      @davidz7858 11 місяців тому +29

      The main difference is in China old people are respected and taken care of by society, but in west old people are disliked by society. So in China old people are proud of being old and in west old people are afraid of being identified as old.

    • @sachareus3329
      @sachareus3329 10 місяців тому

      if outside would be safer, old people would surely hangout. But it's not safe at all because of our permissiveness

  • @user-lh3yg3yt8q
    @user-lh3yg3yt8q 11 місяців тому +191

    It is quite strange that when I visited Tasmania earlier in this year. Most of the parks were empty even though they were maintained quite good. When I visited Nanjing in 2000, I was shocked by the atmosphere in the parks there. In the morning, you can see many many people in the park playing different kinds of tricks, Kung Fu, cultural games, dance, and many others. It was so amazing and wonderful. One more thing, all parks in China are well maintained and are beautiful.

    • @wulung5943
      @wulung5943 7 місяців тому

      The Chinese enjoy their life

  • @godzillamothra5983
    @godzillamothra5983 10 місяців тому +38

    when I was in Hangzhou, I saw an old man standing near the lake in the park with a thing that look like a broom and a bucket of water. At first I thought he was the cleaner in the park. Then I saw he dipped the broom in the bucket and start "sweeping" in weird way. I got closer to see and found out that the old man was doing caligraphy with water on the park floor. Simply amazing. Investing in free public park may sound like expensive, but the benefit to the public is simply immeasurable. It also increase the quality of people's lives tremendously. For government, it increase the public satisfaction a lot.

    • @seekx2y556
      @seekx2y556 6 місяців тому

      In China, there are these artistic elderly people everywhere. 😂😂😂When I retire, I also want to go to the park to practice calligraphy with a large brush that I learned in elementary school but have given up for a long time.

  • @user-gc1hg9sp9k
    @user-gc1hg9sp9k 11 місяців тому +143

    The park probably play an important role to make older people healthy and live much longer

    • @sjelucten7150
      @sjelucten7150 10 місяців тому

      and more productive. A 70 YO Chinese person in China could be healthier and more productive than an obese 40 YO in usa and the uk.

  • @HKChineseCanadian
    @HKChineseCanadian 11 місяців тому +143

    China is truly a leader in parks and recreation. It is little wonder that its China's life expectancy has overtaken the USA. Chinese people are blessed with facilities that make growing old fun.

    • @WEBFundamental
      @WEBFundamental 11 місяців тому

      Not a fair comparison. Give guns and drugs to the Chinese citizens and let them shoot at each other. Then, we have a fair life expectancy comparison.

    • @schorschoppenheim1825
      @schorschoppenheim1825 10 місяців тому +21

      Most important is, not like in the west, people really take care of their parents.

  • @MichaelZhuang
    @MichaelZhuang 11 місяців тому +182

    The Chinese park culture is indeed quite unique in the world. Physical health and social connection are major contributors to people's wellness. In this regard, the parks serve a great purpose. Sadly in America, parks have to be only car-accessible, or they would quickly become homeless camps.

    • @weizhang2834
      @weizhang2834 11 місяців тому +17

      The same East Asian countries like Korea and japan, they don’t have this kind of park culture

    • @davidgivins4203
      @davidgivins4203 11 місяців тому

      Happily your a fool as a communist countries could never be as good as America as China and most of the world is forever imitating America as they should! You flunkies continue with your delusion of greatness as America is truly the leader of all countries and I David Givins will break my country America 🇺🇸! The truth is that America rules, rocks!😊😅😂❤

    • @user-rf5nl9oi2q
      @user-rf5nl9oi2q 11 місяців тому +4

      @@weizhang2834 Garden Culture in China has a long history.For example, the famous Suzhou Gardens. In the past, gardens were private and only the wealthy could enjoy them. However, in modern China, their scale has expanded, and they have become recreational places for the public. These gardens encompass both traditional Chinese classical architecture and incorporate Western gardening styles, along with modern amenities.
      Japan also has, which may be due to its small land area and cultural reasons, has always maintained a courtyard-style small scale, and is more intimate.

    • @gelinrefira
      @gelinrefira 11 місяців тому +4

      Singapore is the same way.

    • @sjelucten7150
      @sjelucten7150 10 місяців тому

      @@weizhang2834 Koreans are vainer and Japanese are pretentious. Chinese people, I think, are real people. Chinese people don't try to be what they are not.

  • @timgoodman4472
    @timgoodman4472 11 місяців тому +321

    Love the sharing of the culture Eric. Most foreign people don't get to see the REAL China. All they witness is what's fed to them via the Media. Everyday it's China did this or China did that and it's mostly negative. Sicking to be frank. My wife and I walk 6 miles 3-4 times a week here in Hunan. We leave our home around 4am to beat the heat and drive to a mountain park. A lot of places you wouldn't feel safe being on the streets at that time but not here. Lastly, we decided to buy the Nio ES6. I can't justify spending the extra cash for an ES8 or EC7. Cheers and Thanks for your insight.

    • @randomname931
      @randomname931 11 місяців тому

      China is a shining example of a well goverened and well functioning society. my country, the US of A, is the exact opposite. it is a country in decay where the elite class exploit the masses for personal gain, allowing the country to rot.

    • @Eric_Garrison
      @Eric_Garrison  11 місяців тому +22

      Congratulations on the ES6! Must be fun to take it up to the mountains on your morning walks. I also get up early and walk, usually not 4 though lol. About 6 wake up, drink coffee then climb the mountain here in Nanshan. About 5 km and 300 m elevation gain. Not many people up yet and not too hot or humid. It's miserable by about 10 am...

    • @DK-ev9dg
      @DK-ev9dg 11 місяців тому +10

      Wow!! You guys are living a very good life in China

    • @giliguluedinburgh
      @giliguluedinburgh 10 місяців тому +2

      ​@@Eric_GarrisonCoffee first thing in the morning? Are you a newbie in China 😅. The locals swear by hot water first thing in the morning, basically as hot as you can handle!

    • @xggong8261
      @xggong8261 10 місяців тому +2

      My understanding as a Chinese is that as long as you're not involved in politics or fighting against the government, China is a lot safer than the vast majority of Western countries.

  • @plfong22
    @plfong22 11 місяців тому +81

    US Parks are great too, full of tents, you get to practise self defence by fighting muggers and many more excitement 😊

    • @davidgivins4203
      @davidgivins4203 11 місяців тому

      You must have a park in your house!😅😂😊

    • @QQ-hp8mh
      @QQ-hp8mh 10 місяців тому +3

      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @EdwinaTS
      @EdwinaTS 10 місяців тому +2

      😂

    • @giliguluedinburgh
      @giliguluedinburgh 10 місяців тому +5

      You also get to challenge your running PBs times when chased by someone with a knife looking to mug you!

    • @seekx2y556
      @seekx2y556 6 місяців тому

      Bravo, we modern people all like to play bungee jumping and listen to dynamic pop music. For those exciting parks in the US, they are definitely worth promoting, but not in my own backyard.🤣

  • @mikeliu-te3vk
    @mikeliu-te3vk 11 місяців тому +59

    There are a lot of plants and flowers on both sides of urban streets in China, but many foreign streets are almost all made of steel and cement.

    • @_seola_
      @_seola_ 11 місяців тому +7

      specially on the highways, you see garden in the middle about the size of 2 lanes, compared to Canada..... can't say much.

    • @heyili1502
      @heyili1502 11 місяців тому +14

      That's right. I've watched American sci-fi movies where there are no more green trees or animals after Cyberpunk, and it's baffling. Why can't concrete buildings and high-tech electronics coexist with the natural environment? Shouldn't it be the case that the more technology is developed, the more it can harmonize human needs with the environment?
      That's why I've always been unimpressed by American-style cyberpunk movies (like Blade Runner). It's so far removed from our ideas about nature and people.

    • @malagebide
      @malagebide 10 місяців тому

      ​@@heyili1502说得太好了

    • @vjthemad4852
      @vjthemad4852 10 місяців тому

      I love plants human need more plants in city!

    • @ruedelta
      @ruedelta 9 місяців тому

      @@heyili1502 Cyberpunk is really strange once you realize that there are no kids in those cities. How does society even become like that? It would be a dead end, one generation thing.

  • @qilu2004
    @qilu2004 11 місяців тому +78

    while i was working in Manhattan, i always hesitate to wander into the central park for fear of being mobbed. in china, that fear NEVER EVER crosses my mind.
    the problems with public parks, and more general public space, are homeless, drug addicts, and gun violence. in a super rich town where everything is expensive and it takes cars to go from anywhere to anywhere, those problems are less obvious and life is great. but the common people deserve peace of mind even if they don't live ib fancy towns. those three problems have to be addressed.

    • @davidgivins4203
      @davidgivins4203 11 місяців тому

      Your white so I understand your fear going to central park that must have been 10 years ago as I go to all parks in nyc! Nyc has improved as Florida parks have been great since the beginning of time!😊😅😂❤

    • @JohnSmith-sm7ez
      @JohnSmith-sm7ez 10 місяців тому

      Central Park is very safe. You fear us pathetic .

  • @wongwalter5524
    @wongwalter5524 11 місяців тому +50

    Enjoy your sharing of the Parks in China. I like your analogy of what a great place should be.

  • @kennyz6271
    @kennyz6271 11 місяців тому +19

    One of the reason the park and the plaza are all so alive and so energetic is that the Chinese are retired in 50s and early 60 .So you see lots of people and activities out there during weekdays and you just feel good about being in the park always.

  • @user-ut9uw6we6v
    @user-ut9uw6we6v 11 місяців тому +33

    Chinese Gov invests generously in Parks for the benefits it people.

    • @josephdewuhan
      @josephdewuhan 11 місяців тому +3

      They have the money to do it because their military budget is much lower than 2% of GDP although their military is also very rapidly developing.

    • @liu3gz
      @liu3gz 10 місяців тому +3

      China military budget is 1.3% of its GDP. The USA spend more than 3%.

    • @user-os7ps2bx4n
      @user-os7ps2bx4n 9 місяців тому

      @@liu3gz我们和周边的国家几乎没什么仇怨,不需要那么大的军事推入。

    • @liu3gz
      @liu3gz 9 місяців тому

      @@user-os7ps2bx4n 我们浪费得比美国少

  • @Kanukosan
    @Kanukosan 11 місяців тому +35

    The Chinese were always great on knowing how to enjoy life!

    • @davidgivins4203
      @davidgivins4203 11 місяців тому

      Was it before world War 2 or after world War 2!?😊

  • @CashCatz
    @CashCatz 11 місяців тому +257

    I feel like we're missing the truth on China (in the West).

    • @CashCatz
      @CashCatz 11 місяців тому +57

      In the US, this place would be full of open drug users. If it even existed at all.

    • @blowindzhang6795
      @blowindzhang6795 11 місяців тому

      cause the west media is controlled by deep state, they don't allow any country better than America

    • @dstr1
      @dstr1 11 місяців тому

      It's intentional that we're not being told the the truth about China. Do tou think that they want us to realise that there's somewhere that so many people are living better than us with high quality things much cheaper!?
      Not ti mention that women can be out at night all hours and nobody bother them!?
      No thieves and robbers!?

    • @stayfree870
      @stayfree870 10 місяців тому +12

      Safety is probably #1 priority.

    • @Kotak8
      @Kotak8 10 місяців тому +16

      @@CashCatzIn most subway stations in the USA, the floors are filthy.

  • @taichilo6331
    @taichilo6331 11 місяців тому +31

    I got a $50 fine for staying in the park after dusk in Canada

    • @Eric_Garrison
      @Eric_Garrison  11 місяців тому +1

      Did you pay it?

    • @guochi
      @guochi 11 місяців тому +2

      OMG!

    • @thimotyswrightyed7397
      @thimotyswrightyed7397 10 місяців тому +4

      公园不应该是开放给人民的吗?况且,即使多呆一会,有必要罚款吗?

    • @alanyam2560
      @alanyam2560 4 місяці тому

      Shame on the govn of this city!!

  • @randomname931
    @randomname931 11 місяців тому +25

    bruh, as a native new yorker, central park isn't safe after dark. and there are parts that aren't safe any time of the day.

    • @davidgivins4203
      @davidgivins4203 11 місяців тому

      Your a BS new Yorker as I've gone to more parks then you and I'm 4 year tourist new Yorker! Some children are not safe with their parents !

    • @user-os7ps2bx4n
      @user-os7ps2bx4n 9 місяців тому +1

      为什么啊?记得那是前几年夏天,和朋友一名骑行的好友我喝醉了,途经公园、然后我俩就躺长椅上睡了一觉。第二庭早上被跳广场舞的大婶吵醒,然后骑车回家了。一切都很安全。

    • @seekx2y556
      @seekx2y556 6 місяців тому

      @@user-os7ps2bx4n 纽约中央公园有跳广场舞的大婶吗?

  • @normanguan7761
    @normanguan7761 11 місяців тому +60

    I never seen any countries on the world building parks like this except China ❤ I am quite enjoy my life here .

  • @Western_Decline
    @Western_Decline 10 місяців тому +28

    You are doing incredible work, my guy. I almost never hear anyone in the urban planning community talk about China.

    • @Eric_Garrison
      @Eric_Garrison  10 місяців тому +4

      Thanks... I'm not sure if I can keep it up though. I got too many other things I like to do and talk about haha

    • @musicdev
      @musicdev 10 місяців тому

      Very true, I haven’t noticed this before. Also, love the name ;)

  • @User-357dgjkitdvkkoohgj
    @User-357dgjkitdvkkoohgj 11 місяців тому +11

    Very grateful to see this video. Thanks

  • @americannumber2
    @americannumber2 11 місяців тому +17

    Can’t agree more.

  • @howweng6227
    @howweng6227 10 місяців тому +10

    我这一个七十万人的社区,大小两百多个公园。非常好的公园,有极限运动公园,有湿地公园,有Ai主题的智能公园,全免费超干净,不得不说,我们的公园太好了

  • @lchen28
    @lchen28 11 місяців тому +11

    Safety is the key that really makes the difference.

  • @TheAaafirst
    @TheAaafirst 11 місяців тому +69

    I am from Hong Kong, parks are small but we still make good use of them.
    Yes, parks in Shenzhen and China are fun. But i don't like the loud music.
    It's good that an American can say something fair. I guess as more and more Americans visit China, the country can be better understood.

    • @nmew6926
      @nmew6926 11 місяців тому +15

      HK urban planning is terrible. Outside the park, not a single tree in the urban areas unlike Chinese cities where all streets have trees lined

    • @qxhuang3560
      @qxhuang3560 11 місяців тому +10

      @@nmew6926 don’t create hate between HK and mainland China.

    • @dragothunderstar6526
      @dragothunderstar6526 10 місяців тому

      @@qxhuang3560it’s true Hong Kong parks suck

    • @user-dc1ud6px3s
      @user-dc1ud6px3s 10 місяців тому +1

      @@qxhuang3560 Nobody is creating hate. He is just honestly saying what he thinks. The OP also stated he didn't like loud music. Is that creating hate too?

    • @qxhuang3560
      @qxhuang3560 10 місяців тому

      @@user-dc1ud6px3s please, read carefully. Make sure whom I was referring to. I wish you could figure it out before you make a comment.

  • @daffyduck4195
    @daffyduck4195 11 місяців тому +12

    The Chinese govt offered to build a free-of-charge 100-acre "Chinese park" in Washington DC but was turned down.

    • @davidgivins4203
      @davidgivins4203 11 місяців тому

      There is no land in DC to build ignorant just like in Manhattan New York!😊😅😂

    • @alanyam2560
      @alanyam2560 4 місяці тому

      The Americans are scared that the populace will start a revolution to change the government!!

    • @alanyam2560
      @alanyam2560 4 місяці тому

      There are legislatures empowering city councils on running and maintaining parks in my country... passed down by our colonial master ie the British!! The parks in Malaysia are generally well maintained!!

  • @jkselama4698
    @jkselama4698 11 місяців тому +15

    Chinese parks rival botanical gardens elsewhere.

  • @juki0h391
    @juki0h391 11 місяців тому +15

    I live here in California almost my entire life(originally from Texas), I think I've only been to a park twice in the past 10 years. They are just too far away to walk or even ride a bike.

  • @unreliablenarrator6649
    @unreliablenarrator6649 10 місяців тому +3

    Shanghai (my home) has great parks. One of my favorites, Xujiahui Park was enlarged & renovated when the former 3 Coins Tire factory moved out of the city downtown and a former industrial site turned into a better park with even preservation of one of the factory smokestacks to create a memorial to the company & workers.

  • @vzlfkr
    @vzlfkr 10 місяців тому +4

    3 things I envy from China. Energy (Electricity), Public Transport (especially HSR), and of course parks

  • @Lzkhere
    @Lzkhere 10 місяців тому +1

    My park here is super, super beautiful. Lots and lots of lotus flowers.

  • @wcdirect9217
    @wcdirect9217 Місяць тому +1

    I have lived and worked in China and you are right the parks are well used by the locals.

  • @margiedenavarre7919
    @margiedenavarre7919 10 місяців тому +6

    I can’t believe how much American propaganda influences us about China in America. I hope I can get back to China. What amazing progress they have made. Such a fun and beautiful place to live.

  • @sunnywu2464
    @sunnywu2464 11 місяців тому +34

    I live in Hong Kong. Shenzhen is our back garden. Beautiful parks and recreation areas. Subway free for age over 60. I just had a 2day visit there (July 14) . Sadly, 34C outdoor. Had to retreat to malls and back to hotel. Not on Summer.

    • @taiwan-dppsucks
      @taiwan-dppsucks 11 місяців тому +1

      香港说深圳是后花园,就是因为消费低吧😂😂😂,事实上深圳的制造业和科技远远领先香港啊😂😂😂

    • @huixue1711
      @huixue1711 11 місяців тому +15

      I live in Shenzhen, Hongkong is our back garden XD

    • @monacolita9999
      @monacolita9999 11 місяців тому +4

      后花园这词,这位朋友还是慎用吧,多少有点以自己为主,以别人为辅的意味。

    • @TheAaafirst
      @TheAaafirst 11 місяців тому +8

      ​@@monacolita9999再顯二地文化差異。
      有點玻璃心了,後花園是讚美詞,是一個多綠帶及舒服的地方。

    • @user-rr2ke1pp6p
      @user-rr2ke1pp6p 11 місяців тому +5

      深圳gdp不是早就超过香港了吗?看好深圳,香港早就不应该有优越感了。

  • @katprowler6805
    @katprowler6805 10 місяців тому +5

    China is Amazing. As an American I've always thought China to be thus ominous communist dictatorial, dirty unsafe country!
    Until I was in Shanghai, Guanzhou and few other cities. I was pleasantly surprised.
    You are absolutely right about the parks. If only our elderlies are as sociable and community minded as the Chinese!

    • @DarkZerol
      @DarkZerol 10 місяців тому

      China is much closer to State Capitalism than Communism.

    • @Fenchel-hg
      @Fenchel-hg 9 місяців тому

      Like almost all western people, all your negative opinions about China before must be lies from western media. They never dare to report the real modern China, because they are afraid of causing people to question their country ~ that's it.😊

  • @leslau3515
    @leslau3515 10 місяців тому +7

    Chinese parks are definitely a threat to United States' national security

    • @FreshWaterBrook.
      @FreshWaterBrook. 6 місяців тому

      🤣more to their bloated ego, but government not people.
      Or let's say of those fake-news expertised mass media.

  • @M_Jono
    @M_Jono 11 місяців тому +5

    Lonliness kills , good to see old people having fun with friends

  • @alphaomega1969
    @alphaomega1969 11 місяців тому +6

    Wow great video, you showed some amazing video of old grandpa exercising

  • @cheewailee5115
    @cheewailee5115 10 місяців тому +11

    I live in Singapore which is widely reputed to be a city within a garden. Because of the equatorial weather we’ve always added greenery into every corner of our island, some of which are actually quite large parks. What marks out Singapore’s parkland design is the park connector system, which aims to connect all the main public parks via walking and cycling paths. You should come and see it for yourself, it’s literally hundreds of kilometers of landscaped paths, a lot of it running along rivers and canals.

    • @jt-ttt
      @jt-ttt 10 місяців тому +2

      Singapore~~ large, 😉 some parks in China are larger than your country😂

    • @nehcooahnait7827
      @nehcooahnait7827 10 місяців тому

      Well so what is your point? You think it is a competition? You think this is an “invitation to flex” moment?

    • @lucentyoung2691
      @lucentyoung2691 10 місяців тому

      Singapore is always so disgusting.

    • @asmr_rico
      @asmr_rico 8 місяців тому

      I think you have misunderstood the focus of this video.

  • @bellybutton6138
    @bellybutton6138 11 місяців тому +36

    Wow, I like the high tech exercise equipments. But I think if such equipment is installed in the parks in my community, they may be thrashed or even stolen. The community wouldn't do it, but we do get some dubious people going around breaking in houses and stealing cars.

    • @Eric_Garrison
      @Eric_Garrison  11 місяців тому +16

      Yea that is a big problem, no pride in the community. Too much individualism

    • @csking6377
      @csking6377 10 місяців тому +4

      I agree with that. Risk of vandalism is very high in my small city too.

    • @archstanton5973
      @archstanton5973 10 місяців тому +4

      Wanna know something else he didn't show? VENDING MACHINES IN THE PARKS OF CHINA.
      Can you imagine how long a vending machine would last in a park in New York or Chicago or Boston or San Francisco or Los Angeles?

    • @ulyks
      @ulyks 10 місяців тому

      There may be less vandalism in China but there certainly is theft. What they forgot to show is that every single one of those fancy fitness devices is equipped with it's own security camera. There are also cameras with facial recognition near park entrances and on random places. It takes the police 5 minutes to identify a thief without mask and tracking one with a mask is also not that hard. It's nice and secure but there certainly is a privacy cost.

  • @Henry-teach-Chinese-in-jokes
    @Henry-teach-Chinese-in-jokes 11 місяців тому +7

    The talent for being happy is appreciating and liking what you have, instead of what you don't have. I have a happy mood to learn.
    I’ve made many videos teaching Chinese in a humorous way.
    About 3000 Chinese characters cover 99% characters in newspapers and books. From my previous videos you can learn more than 400 common characters.
    There are about 120 commonly used Chinese character radicals. From my previous videos, you can learn more than 80 basic radicals.
    I’ve spent about 100,000 hours studying English humor and Western culture, and many years studying Chinese culture and jokes. My native language is Chinese.

  • @longyou8254
    @longyou8254 11 місяців тому +4

    The city looks beautiful

  • @MadReenactor
    @MadReenactor 11 місяців тому +13

    Montgomery county Maryland parks are award-winning. Very large Asian and Latino communities use them. Sometimes the public restroom is a portajohn. They're for children and wildlife, not adults. No security guards. Almost no police. MoCo is very affluent and urban. To keep the homeless out they make them pedestrian-hostile. Want to go to the park if you don't have a car? Parks are miles from where the homeless can panhandle or scavenge, even further from soup kitchens and shelters. Also you can't camp at a park. There is little to no shade. Everything is a ballfield. It's all for Little League and soccer! There's not even hopscotch. Little kids have the standard playground with 2 swings, 2 bouncy horses, and a fort with a plastic slide. Park employees spend their time fixing the grading so the soil doesn't wash away.

    • @Eric_Garrison
      @Eric_Garrison  11 місяців тому +7

      Award winning but sound quite bad in reality. Shame.

    • @tren133
      @tren133 10 місяців тому +1

      Montgomery county is becoming more urban, but it, like most of Maryland, is still predominantly suburban, without an extensive public transit system, which is why the parks remain car dependent. That's not necessarily by design, but just a result of the fact that a lot more Americans live in suburban settings. Interestingly enough, the much less urban Howard County next door has arguably less car dependent park systems. Because Columbia MD is a planned city, it was built as multiple "villages" each with its own artificial lake, small shopping center, and surrounding parks and trails, which make the individual parts of Columbia highly walkable, although you are still depending on a car if you want to go to any other part of the county.

  • @watatoi1515
    @watatoi1515 10 місяців тому +3

    Parks in China are clean and safe. Thanks for sharing. 👍🙏

  • @treeinafield5022
    @treeinafield5022 10 місяців тому +2

    4:09 birds for the SerpentZA viewers

  • @j_k_rz
    @j_k_rz 11 місяців тому +30

    Interesting video! Impressed with your use of objective metrics to back your viewpoint!
    Indeed, simply drawing factual comparisons with US infrastructure does show the unfortunate state of their underinvestment in public services (even without any intent of shaming them).

  • @lordlee6473
    @lordlee6473 11 місяців тому +5

    Parks in Colorado cities are pretty good, well maintained, few homeless people, normally made up of a field for baseball or soccer/football, a kid’s playground, a walking path, a few shelters for hosting birthday parties, and sometimes a real bathroom, but most times just porta potties. Bigger parks have basketball and tennis courts and even water features. The only thing lacking here is pretty trees.

    • @nehcooahnait7827
      @nehcooahnait7827 10 місяців тому

      Sport facilities are nice but they aren’t the same as parks tho

  • @jtang8768
    @jtang8768 10 місяців тому +3

    very interesting perspectives, i never watched any video that analyses parks in these four criteria, very valuable learning

  • @jennyohara4011
    @jennyohara4011 11 місяців тому +24

    China is simply a Great Place where ever you go!

    • @davidgivins4203
      @davidgivins4203 11 місяців тому

      Before world War 2 or after!😊😅😂

  • @teognostidoru
    @teognostidoru 9 місяців тому +1

    Nice to hear honest and great people like you. Congratulations 👏 tiger 🙌🏻🙌🏻

  • @kungliliana9897
    @kungliliana9897 10 місяців тому +3

    You are right!! Parks in China are absolutely great places. 👍👍👍
    We go to one park each time we visit Shenzhen. Next week we are going to Xiangmi Park. We hope to visit all the 10+ parks in Shenzhen.

    • @Ottovonostbahnhof
      @Ottovonostbahnhof 10 місяців тому +1

      xiangmi park is my favorite in downtown SZ. If you don’t mind go further east to the Xianhu park, it is gem.

    • @Fenchel-hg
      @Fenchel-hg 9 місяців тому

      I like the parks in Shenzhen very much, and the pattern is atmospheric!❤

    • @wishsun3890
      @wishsun3890 6 місяців тому

      Let me tell you the truth: Shenzhen, which is only 1260 square kilometers, has more than 2,000 parks! Some parks may be small, but they are also great places for neighborhood residents to gather to socialize and exercise.The Shenzhen Municipal Government website provides a downloadable list of names and addresses of 1,260 parks.

  • @HongKong.Shenzhen.
    @HongKong.Shenzhen. 11 місяців тому +6

    very true

  • @giliguluedinburgh
    @giliguluedinburgh 10 місяців тому +2

    I live in the UK and I didnt really think too much about the hostile architecture and yes we have them on benches to stop skateboarders using them to slide along, we have spikes or deliberate uneven grounds to stop homeless ppl sleeping there and our parks are not safe and no one in their right mind would even go in them when daylight is low.
    The other issue we would have with those high tech gym equipment you shown is that i can assure you they won't last a day here in the UK. It would be vandalised and graffitti'ed within hours.

  • @eveh5269
    @eveh5269 10 місяців тому +3

    We have nice parks in Sydney. Lots of new playgrounds, walkways and exercise equipment being put in. Probably the trade off for more apartments.

    • @Eric_Garrison
      @Eric_Garrison  10 місяців тому +2

      Used to really enjoy walking in the park near USYD when I studied there. The ponds had eels in them. Was cool af

  • @user-ww3ee4bs1n
    @user-ww3ee4bs1n 11 місяців тому +5

    Sihai Park used to be a large open space (without any ponds) with nothing in it. Later, it became more and more beautiful, but there were too many mosquitoes.

    • @mysseelu
      @mysseelu 11 місяців тому +1

      不知道有没荔枝摘

    • @Ottovonostbahnhof
      @Ottovonostbahnhof 11 місяців тому

      @@mysseelu 有的,吃过

  • @user-gl2wu2fs8h
    @user-gl2wu2fs8h 11 місяців тому +8

    习近平总书记: 绿水青山就是金山银山,我们过去讲,既要绿水青山又要金山银山,实际上绿水青山就是金山银山。
    China's achievement in environmental protection, green energy growth and beautiful parks are testament to the effectiveness of the Chinese system and President Xi's leadership.

  • @xuray6082
    @xuray6082 10 місяців тому +2

    15 years ago, I lived in Shenzhen, near sihai park. it's a small park, nearby the park, there is massage store, the work ofen blinde people( goverment have disable school training these people to make sure they have some skill to live), where a stuff fix my neck problem, still miss them.

  • @andrewzhang985
    @andrewzhang985 11 місяців тому +26

    In most UK parks, one would be very hard to find a public toilet, even the famous parks in the London city center and near the Buckingham Palace like the Hyde park and the Green park have no public toilet within. Also most of their parks have no place to stand or sit to aviod the rain when it is raining, which I find very frustrating because the UK rains a lot. Sitting benches are few and far between too. Shaded places to avoid the hot sun are also hardly able to be found. The worst aspect however is that after dark, parks would become a dangerous place for normal people to enter, because it would become a playground for gang members, prostitutes, drug addicts and the homeless.

    • @nmew6926
      @nmew6926 11 місяців тому

      In India public toilet attendants claim bribes from public when the toilets are supposed to be free. Consequently people prefer to poop in the traditional way i.e open air

    • @csking6377
      @csking6377 10 місяців тому

      Those parks in London were not designed with shade in mind. They are designed for people to bake half naked in the sun. 😄😄 Not much variety in function envisaged.

    • @JohnSmith-sm7ez
      @JohnSmith-sm7ez 10 місяців тому

      Dangerous my ass. So many bullshiters on here.

    • @JohnSmith-sm7ez
      @JohnSmith-sm7ez 10 місяців тому

      It doesn’t rain a lot in London . Rains more in most European cities

    • @JohnSmith-sm7ez
      @JohnSmith-sm7ez 10 місяців тому

      Hyde park has toilets and Green Park uses the station toilets

  • @ssenh
    @ssenh 11 місяців тому +10

    My wife is from Taiwan and we travel there quite often. I can say the park culture/system in Taiwan is very similar to that of China. That said, I can't say the same about the parks in the suburbs of outside Philly or within Philly. While the parks are very inviting to the public for Asian parks, the same can't be said of the parks in where I live. Our parks in the US are underutilize (unless you are in Central Park, NYC), most parks lacks public toilets and/or other amenities and exercise equipment (way outdated). The parks that has bathroom are usually filthy and poorly maintained. I often saw adult soft ball players walked to the side of the bushes on the perimeter of the field to relieve themselves when I do my nightly walks because we don't have public toilets.

    • @user-bx5cz4ff4n
      @user-bx5cz4ff4n 11 місяців тому

      因为台湾就是中国的一个省,多读点历史有好处

    • @user-uf3sr9dt6c
      @user-uf3sr9dt6c 11 місяців тому +8

      因为台湾本身就是中国的一个省,所以文化一样

    • @russelfang7434
      @russelfang7434 11 місяців тому +3

      basically same culture.

  • @SupaSupaKewl
    @SupaSupaKewl 11 місяців тому +6

    Great content. A Chinese urbanism channel would be an amazing niche for you! Especially since almost all urbanism stuff is American centric. Nice to learn about an East Asian approach to urbanism.

  • @Jadecatcafe
    @Jadecatcafe 4 місяці тому

    I am Chinese lives in California. You answered the question back of my mind for long time. Why I like to go to parks every night when I visit China but don't actually go to the parks back to California. complete behavior changing. The vibe and the activities in the park is my motivation to go and enjoy so much.

  • @yiquny
    @yiquny 11 місяців тому +6

    I used to work at Gongye 2nd Road,and lived in 花果山,which is right next to this park!

  • @judychi3313
    @judychi3313 9 місяців тому

    Wow, this park is so clean and well maintained. What’s more, it has attractions for different age groups and people of different personalities - kids can play and jump freely, energetic people can dance and exercise, whilst others can meditate or just simply enjoy the reflections beside the ponds. The rainbow bridge is so cool! 👍👍👍Thanks for showing this👏🏻👏🏻

  • @gktang3925
    @gktang3925 11 місяців тому +3

    I don't wanna swear this country or flatter that country. But honestly, the Chinese parks are more humanistic, and I hope the Americans can do something to their public facilities.

  • @cobaltblue2756
    @cobaltblue2756 11 місяців тому +10

    Something about thousands years civilization they know how to living in good life, for example *fengsui, it's embedded on the culture with purposes

  • @MohammedZaheeruddin-nr5sp
    @MohammedZaheeruddin-nr5sp 3 місяці тому

    Nice video guru .Thank you

  • @Novideos00
    @Novideos00 11 місяців тому +15

    Lovely pictures and even better commentary. I hope there can be more people to people exchanges like this between China and US to mitigate tensions between governments and to remind the governments that the people of both countries want to live peaceful and normal lives and pursue very underrated pleasures like a walk in the park with children and grandchildren. 🤔

    • @QQ-hp8mh
      @QQ-hp8mh 10 місяців тому +3

      What you say should be addressed to jealous America!😏

    • @Novideos00
      @Novideos00 10 місяців тому +1

      A bridge has to be built from both sides. To break the toxic group think on China in Capitol Hill the work of western expatriates in China educating and reaching out to the rank and file of America is vital in challenging misconceptions based on fear and ignorance. All Chinese should give theses expatriates all the encouragement we can give in this pursuit for peace🤔

    • @frankng4574
      @frankng4574 7 місяців тому +1

      You need to understand the tensions between the governments are not from China, don't you?😂

  • @alyciawang2892
    @alyciawang2892 10 місяців тому

    Thank you 😊😊😊

  • @JepsonSucks
    @JepsonSucks 11 місяців тому +5

    Verry good info🎉

  • @sayingchineselanguage117
    @sayingchineselanguage117 10 місяців тому +1

    Thank you, Eric, for your detailed report. As I know, the park becomes the social place for Chinese daily life rather than gathering parties.

  • @foothpath9966
    @foothpath9966 11 місяців тому +4

    good relfex traning Eric 😅, and thats with a cam in hand.. but i do agree with u, even though we have nice parks here in Norway and Denmark, they are not often made for multiple purposes, and often u have to drive to them.
    they are more made for a walk to get fresh air, or lay in the grass just to relax for a while with friends.

    • @Eric_Garrison
      @Eric_Garrison  11 місяців тому +3

      I really like European parks, though I'm not sure I really spent much time in any in Denmark or Norway while I was there last year. I did walk around the park with the mermaid in Copenhagen, but I didn't linger...I did hit up some parks in Sweden with my friend. A really great one in Malmo...I think my experience with a lot of european parks is as you said, not really much mixed use activities typically. Lots of walkers, which is great, but not a ton of other stuff happening. But again, that's limited experience and I could be quite wrong.

  • @dennish5150
    @dennish5150 10 місяців тому +1

    Only by pointing out the difference we can learn and improve. 👍

  • @j.pjoseph8491
    @j.pjoseph8491 10 місяців тому

    Nice Work

  • @library2355
    @library2355 11 місяців тому +1

    I totally agree with you 👏👏👏👍

  • @38nacy
    @38nacy 10 місяців тому +2

    I love China!! ❤❤❤

  • @renaigh
    @renaigh 8 місяців тому

    the only "park" anywhere near me is a golf course and of course it's all fenced off and only available to private members.

  • @MarcoSilesio
    @MarcoSilesio 10 місяців тому +1

    so cool

  • @alfellati
    @alfellati 10 місяців тому +1

    Hi Eric, great video. I also live in SZ, would love to meet sometime

  • @leonvolq6179
    @leonvolq6179 10 місяців тому +1

    Wow UA-cam allowed s video that shows something nice about China 😮

  • @Helghast73
    @Helghast73 10 місяців тому +2

    “Hostile Architecture” man London is littered with it ( and before anyone else says it’s full of litter too, I know 😏 ).
    I’d never given it any real thought other than what c**t designed this, you’re bang on though with your description!
    Quite a few parks near me in London, they’re not too bad to be honest, Dulwich park is one of the nicer ones but it like all other parks is fenced off and gates locked up past certain times.
    Loved the big bull sculpture 👍

  • @czoe6733
    @czoe6733 10 місяців тому

    Enjoy your share ❤

  • @kl9518
    @kl9518 10 місяців тому +2

    China has a great social culture.

  • @loadingnewads
    @loadingnewads 10 місяців тому +1

    谢谢,已经想去这个公园了……

  • @raeplaysval
    @raeplaysval 10 місяців тому +2

    my grandparents place had a park next to it. it was genuinely the most beautiful place i had been in a long time, especially just before sundown. they had a concrete bridge over a river where we could walk under it along the river and the reflections would catch onto the ceiling

  • @pisablavatsky-cb3dd
    @pisablavatsky-cb3dd 11 місяців тому +2

    Nice video

  • @Caraful
    @Caraful 10 місяців тому

    hahaha, the beginning is soooo funny

  • @EdwinaTS
    @EdwinaTS 10 місяців тому +1

    Wow! ❤

  • @dyankee7214
    @dyankee7214 10 місяців тому

    I don't recall many old Chinese men working out in the parks but I did enjoy the "dancing grannies" in the parks and on the mall behind my wifes home in Chengdu. I am curious about where in China you are.

  • @noneintel2119
    @noneintel2119 11 місяців тому +1

    My backyard is my park becasue I am living at 40 thousands sqauare feet lot. but a lot of yard work to take care it.

  • @bunnyfreakz
    @bunnyfreakz 11 місяців тому +3

    This is what happen if city build by Urban Designer instead politician.

  • @rongzheng2902
    @rongzheng2902 10 місяців тому

    四海公园,also my favorite!

  • @user-youknowwho
    @user-youknowwho Місяць тому

    Sadly, the safe, clean and comfortable environment of Chinese parks is what parks should be from the begainning, but people in some countries have forgotten this.

  • @user-iz8oq7qz2e
    @user-iz8oq7qz2e 10 місяців тому

    I'm Chinese, I don't know which province in China you are in, but hope you have a nice trip

  • @gw1284
    @gw1284 11 місяців тому

    Great vodeo

  • @alextan6551
    @alextan6551 11 місяців тому +5

    西海公园

  • @Yahoo1-
    @Yahoo1- 10 місяців тому +1

    The Chinese are really embracing the nature 😮

  • @Orientalmentor
    @Orientalmentor 11 місяців тому +4

    The parks in the US used to be great places to hangout 20 years ago. However, that's no longer the case. There are needles everywhere on the ground. You can smell marijuana just about every corner. You are judging on every human beings that walking towards you if hostile or friendly. My head constantly spinning around looking for potential threat. Constantly worrying about my car's windows. It's just not worth the risk of going to a park anymore.

  • @sumpahGWganteng
    @sumpahGWganteng 11 місяців тому +4

    $100b given to Ukraine could end homelessness in the USA

    • @ANUBIS209
      @ANUBIS209 10 місяців тому

      Too bad American Government doesn't care about its people doesn't matter who they elect

  • @welltank3723
    @welltank3723 11 місяців тому +13

    Great thoughtful content and good examples; hostile architecture, that's a great way to describe it.

    • @regophil
      @regophil 11 місяців тому +3

      Hospitable architecture

  • @varivavariva6045
    @varivavariva6045 11 місяців тому +2

    👍👍👍

  • @user-kr8ui2ve7u
    @user-kr8ui2ve7u 10 місяців тому

    看完这个视频,真是一代不如一代