I'm impressed by how pedestrian friendly this city infrastructure seems to be, good design. The biggest critique I have is the *total* lack of greenery, how hard would it be to plant a few small trees or boulevards to break up these enormous paved squares?
But it wouldn't feel as "cyberpunk" as it is now. Besides that the trees in the square might become an obstacle and block the flow of walking traffic if the square ever gets overcrowded, they would end up stepping on the trees and destroy it anyway. (Idk this might be the reason the architect designed the square without any trees)
If you look up the geographical location of Guizhou, you will find that it is located in the southwest of China near Vietnam. There are forests everywhere...
@@nntflow7058 In China, people are used to centralize their houses and green spaces, so as long as there is a residential area, there must be a park or garden nearby, but it seems that there are not many trees in the residential area.
It’s so mind blowing… watching a video of hundreds of people literally on the other side of the planet living their lives with no interest or insight to how the world is on my side. Just moments before watching, I had no idea these people living their lives existed, and now I am so incredibly invested in the daily rhythm of the locals there.
Fascinating perspective. People must be moving into and out of those massive buildings every day. Can't help but think of all the water, electricity, Internet, food, trash services needed to support so many people.
The provision of those services and the successful day-to-day running of cities and areas like this is an astonishing achievement of human civilisation.
It’s more efficient to host a big population in a small amount of land, people don’t have to use their cars that much, the city can justify building hospitals fire stations grocery stores nearby so it becomes a real 15 minute city
I lived in China for four years teaching English. The last city I lived in was Guangzhou in a residential area similar to this. I really miss it to be honest. The level of convenience was unlike anywehere else (countrywise) that I have ever lived. Whatever you need/want at any time of day or night is right there. And it always felt extremely safe.
I don't know what it is exactly but I find videos of these sorts of places totally captivating. The atmosphere is unlike anywhere else in the world. At first glance its a bit brutal, but there is so much life and personality and beauty in every little moment you catch.
I was in Guiyang like ten years ago and it was pretty small and old-looking. That's the dizzying thing in China -- you go someplace, leave for a few years, and it's unrecognizable. You're like, "Where's my old neighborhood? It's gone! The tallest building had four stories! Now there are all these skyscrapers!"
As someone who lives in a remote location with a population density of only 5 people/sq km I'm fascinated to see such a place but really glad I live somewhere peaceful and quiet.
on the other hand, I live in a peaceful and quiet but very boring and lonely suburb (which describes most suburbs) ... and would LOVE to stay in this lively neighborhood with everything at a walkable distance !
You know where else is peaceful and quiet? In the middle of the desert, in Antartica, or up in high mountain ranges. Living in a place with 5people/km sq is terribly boring, but keep telling yourself that it's good thing because "quiet" lmao
I love it! It feels like I could disappear in here. All the clean buildings with straight edges and straight lines. Beautiful videography too, Mr Wang.
i dont know why but this definitely fills the travel bug space inside me. i studied in china before and these videos definitely remind me of that time. thank you for the upload.
@@HomeAtLast501 Only NYC has this level of density, and even that's restricted to Manhattan. These are families and middle class people in a relatively small city (by Chinese standards, the city of Guiyang doesn't even crack the top 30 most populated cities), living in an ultra-dense setting. You don't see that anywhere in USA.
@@neerajvshah Why is this something to be excited about? We don't have a NEED to cram lots of people into crappy, tiny apartments --- we have space. Which is why China wants to come over here and kill us all to get our land. Or so General Chi Haotian said. After we exported all of our manufacturing to you, and you stole all of our technology. Pretty crappy thanks.
Having worked in Shenzhen for a while I can tell you it's just a different place. So modern, so different and well planned, so busy too. I'll never forget the train station, the parks, the futuristic buildings, and the people. I look forward to going back there one day.
I'm an Englishman living in a small town in Surrey. Met a Chinese girl who lives here (engaged with her now) and she lived here before moving to England. Walking around this area is so utterly fascinating and intimidating at the same time. You feel so insignificant by the scale of the buildings. It is pretty cool to walk around here at night with my blade runner ambience running on my headphones though. Heading back there next month in April.
Here I provide some information you don't know about: 1. Guiyang is located in southwest China. The weather there is very comfortable. Not hot in summer, nor cold in winter. Therefore, the weather permits people to live comfortably even in densely populated areas. 2. Guiyang is the capital of Guizhou province. The whole province is almost fully covered by mountains and valleys. The people there do not lack trees or countryside scenes, but extremely lack of plains and urban areas. Actually, only 7% of the province is flatland that is suitable for living. Therefore the people there may prefer to live in such a crowded place. 3. I am very afraid of its future. 20 or 30 years later, these buildings may lack good maintenance because the maintenance fee may rise year by year. With the extremely low fertility rate nowadays. The people there may not want to keep these tall buildings and these places may be concrete deserts in the future.
What worries me is that the new generations are attracted to this. I'm not criticizing, but how is it possible that a human can like and think that they are even magnificent places where there is not a branch for a bird? Where there are no trees, but an expanse of enormous buildings, moreover clientelistic for the wealthy? I thought you had a greater connection with nature, it's sad to read that so many have it with concrete. But I wonder, and I don't want to offend, where will we go if the new generations think that expanses of tons of concrete are beautiful, even if there is no nature? The detachment from nature that we experience today is scary. In my time this video was just a frightening expanse of concrete, not something to admire.
It always amazes me, a city THAT big, and most people outside of China have never heard of it... Goodness, I lived in China for a few years, and have been back several times, and have never heard of it.... Thanks for sharing, this is really cool. I've been all over the world (particularly China, Hong Kong, and Japan). I've never seen anything like this. Hong Kong is close, but not quite this dense (at least not where I was).
@@redlevantinist8947 indeed! It’s a pretty amazing country. I’m lucky to have been able to see much of it (far west Xinjiang, Tibet, Shanghai, Sichuan, the north east, Hong Kong, etc, etc).
You haven't heard of it because it isn't relevant. It's boring, gloomy, sterile concrete and steel with some colored lights helping to "charm up" the depressing environment devoid of any greenery.
True, it’s also because China media doesn’t really make it into the rest of the world. They have their own social media platform and they aren’t as tourist friendly as other countries so although there are some expats making videos or some videos like these there’s not much that goes viral except some mountains.
I was in Guiyang in 2018 and I have pictures of these buildings, they were one of the first things I photographed on my way from the airport into the city center. I remember what might be the same avenue as the one shown in the 'most replayed' section. I don't know how UA-cam has known to recommend me this video, or if it's maybe just pure coincidence. I was traveling with a girlfriend (she's European but she was living in China at the time), and at one point that morning she cried because we had invested money and time to go see rice terraces and other natural landscapes, yet the first stop on the trip was this overwhelming concrete monstruosity. I could totally understand her feeling, and yet I was actually excited because for me to see this vastly different urban landscape was exciting in and of itself. This was my first time in mainland China, and my first time in Asia overall, and seeing this hive-like environment felt surreal, futuristic, like something out a cyberpunk movie.
It's really interesting to see how building regulation affects stuff. Here in NYC, it's illegal to have several building be THAT tall and not allow sunlight to penetrate through. Hence the "stair" like terraces to allow light in.
it's not allowed in most provinces in China too. Guiyang and the entire Guizhou province are full of mountains so people there have no choice. The population of Guizhou is more than California but plant area is less than 15% of California.
This is why i'm not a fan of huge cities, people are alive yet so dead. We were never meant to live in huge metal structures with millions shoved in few square miles with no sense of community.
It should be illegal for people to live in the millions in a given area all bunched up on top of each other! For god’s sake, spread out a bit more... where's the pleasure in rubbing shoulder to shoulder while walking on the sidewalk?!
The first few seconds makes the area look like it came straight out of a cyberpunk themed movie (in a good way, of course)! I want to visit this!! I'm a sucker for urban things
The cities that freaked me out in Asia weren't wall-to-wall highrise, just really heavily populated. Stepping out of your hotel in central Jakarta or HK almost invariably puts you in the middle of a crowd. For some reason, it was easier to deal with in Seoul and Tokyo - orderly cities with wide footpaths and an absence of street vendors. This seems like allowance has been made for pedestrians - not always the case in many cities in Asia
Lived in Seoul for 10 years as native, I don’t consider streets in Seoul orderly and pedestrian friendly at all - sidewalks there are parking lot + bikepath + motorbike lane + dumpster garage. But I’m comparing it to European cities so maybe I have a different PoV.
@@aaaaaaaard9586 have you ever been to Bangkok or Phnom Penh ? Even HK seems chaotic compared to what I saw of Seoul but I take your point - we only see a small slice of a city as tourists.
@@arthurwatts1680I have actaully been to Bangkok and Siem reap both as a tourist for few days. Bangkok felt more or less like Seoul (many more motorbikes of course), depending on which part of Seoul are you comparing to. Siem reap was a total chaos. I was always on edge.
@@aaaaaaaard9586 Siem Reap has a particularly nasty rep - it's still the only place where I've seen a woman get hit by a motorbike, get up and walk away like nothing had happened. Cambodia is still the Wild West AFAIC - by contrast, Seoul seemed clean and orderly. I guess I must have been in that neat little inner city bubble that tourists tend to gravitate to. Thousands flock to Sydney every year, blissfully unaware of life beyond whatever they are pointing their camera at, and that's as it should be.
@@arthurwatts1680Yes, Siem Reap was indeed like the wild west… To be fair there are lots of places that do look clean in Seoul. I lived near Seokgye station, If you google it you’ll see street food vendors selling pig intestines and narrow, crowded and disorderly streets.
If they are going to build huge buildings like that why don't they at least make them aesthetically pleasing? Its like they took Soviet apartment blocks and supersized them.
The tall buildings accompanied by wide open spaces makes for a very interesting/strange view. I'm accustomed to seeing tall buildings being jammed together in places like NYC and whatnot. This looks futuristic and apocalyptic in a way. Very interesting.
Many people, including you, make use of the word "futuristic" too casually. If you watch footages of the Japan tsunami and consider the potential aftermaths, or of '90's earthquakes and the aftermath, these scenes come close to being apocalyptic. The breadth of the streets/roads/squares is just one aspect of "urban planning". So now the massive structures are further from each other across the road. This allows better ventilation, and should there be some emergency or "apocalyptic" event there would be more space to work within (think large machinery, mass of emergency responders, etc). For now it is functional to avoid overcrowding whether transporting on foot or by vehicle. There are a few streets or avenues in Manhattan that are quite wide.
@@wip1664 My comment was more about how the space felt to me visually. I wasn't making a statement about urban planning or disaster preparedness-just how the aesthetic struck me as futuristic or apocalyptic in a way that's different from what I'm used to.
The garish neon and the little storefronts all jammed together and the hum of conversations and the chill vibe of masses of people meandering around … all remind me of evenings spent in Caracas in the 1970s and very early 1980s! Not the height of the buildings or the width of the streets, though. But otherwise, the architecture and aesthetic and overall spirit of all cities which developed rapidly from quite humble beginnings in the 20th and the 21st centuries is remarkably similar no matter where you go. It’s surprising how weirdly nostalgic, even though it’s from a completely different time and place, this video makes me for 1970s Caracas!
Having lived in China for a year I can tell you it's just a different planet man. So unique, so different. I'll never forget my experience. And I look forward to going back there one day.
The Chinese are some of the best city planners. They managed to make a high density area full of high rise buildings look nice. Russia on the other hand...
@@DonDon45-i5h- are you kidding, St.Petersburg and Moscow have architectural splendor everywhere you look, I see none of that here, just a high volume of buildings.
@@regortex3364 yea exactly. Only those 2 and a couple other cities are the only nice parts of russia. The rest of the country is the same old gray, decaying commieblock with streets full of potholes
Thank you very much. This is so amazing. It's like me being there exploring the city myself. It's also a bit like watching sci-fi movie, except there's no violence.
@@azexnewmai3607In landfills and then recycling what they can. My country, the US, produces more garbage and recycle less than any other nation in the world. Not only that, but you’ll find garbage strewn about roads, highways, sidewalks, etc. which is much less common to see in China. So unfortunately, my man, we’re 0-2 in this battle
From what I learned at school when I was a kid, Guizhou is a highly mountainous province. Although I'd wished to see more trees in this city, I guess people could easily connect to nature? This is impressive. So clean and quiet and I really love the massive walking areas between buildings. It seems extremely convenient too! I am surprised that everyone walks, and not riding bikes, or at least roller scooters, or skates though.
It's too dense and dim, because of the height of buildings. Tall buildings are preferable in CBD. But for houses, short buildings are way better for residents, coz they are safer, have lower maintenance costs and brighter street view.
I actually lived there for a couple of weeks. I liked the convenience of having a plethora of choices for every daily necessity within walking distance. Good transport links. Many Chinese cities are a horror show of urban planning, but this setup here seems to work. Don't know what percentage of those apartments is actually occupied, though.
i think this is in a strange way more environmentally friendly because of the density of population and the fact that you can access everything you need (shops, hospitals, drug stores and so on) without the need of a car. But at the same time it feels like a mausoleum, too much concrete, too much gray. This would be brilliant if those cities would have included much more green spaces
C’est vraiment impressionant, au début de la vidéo je trouvais ces immeubles claustrophobiques et après un quart d’heure finalement il se dégage une atmosphère agréable dans cette ville, presque rassurante, c’est curieux 🤔
@@adammarkowitz7944 Definitely not lol the people, the government literally nobody cares here. we'd be happy if at least one city here could look like this in the next 15 - 20 years.
As a Chinese ,I heard about this community because the locals give a nickname to it--the largest slum .Most of the apartment owner are renting their apartment instead of living in them.Looks stunning ,but living in it like pain in the ass.
I have been there. As far as I know, the smallest house in this community is 140 square metres and the largest house is over 200 square metres (3 or 4 people usually live in a house). The community also has 3 police stations, several hospitals, 10 public schools and 22 fire stations. The whole community is made up of more than forty residents' committees united. So it is a small city with a community name.
How many apartments are in a building like this and where do people keep their vehicles? Also i haven’t seen any sign of the infamous mega surveillance systems. Am i just being blind or do they hide it that well?
@@akosczibok6862 People in China generally use public transport. Cars are not necessary. There is no "mega surveillance system". China is a free and democratic country. Surveillance is less than in Western capitalist countries (and generally used to benefit people rather than control their lives). The US has the most cameras per peson and the most totalitarian surveillance system in all of human history and has extended the digital arm of it to Europe, China's surveillance is low compared to the West (except for personal data protection laws, while the US is still worse than China, Europe has much stronger protections against corporations using your data than the US and China). At the same time, China is more safe with very low crime rates because people are taken care of well and trust the government, also unlike the capitalist West.
Impressive, but the lack of green is depressing. There's a bit here and there, but not nearly enough for the amount of grey concrete. The streets are so wide that they could accomodate way more trees and shrubs.
Chinese people don't care about greenery that's white people preference. China does have parks in many parts of town they can go to enjoy greenery. But that's a white man's preference not chinese. Accept the fact that we are different from each other.
According to Google Maps, this place is a three day drive from Beijing. There is no direct public transport from the Chinese capitol either. If this is just some sort of residential enclave, one can only imagine the enormity of China's true major cities; Shanghai, et. al. Even I, a native New Yorker, am truly impressed.
why would you want to go from beijing? there are several regional centers in China, people living in these regional centers do not normally go to or want to live in beijing/shanghai. For example, the regional center in southwest China, Chengdu, or Chongqing, is only 4 hours fast speed train from guiyang, the city in this video. you can travel very easily from Chengdu/Chongqing to Guiyang, direct transportation is absolutely no problem.
Guiyang is the capital of Guiyang province, as comparison, Guiyang is geographically Salt Lake City in China. There is domestic flight between Beijing and Guiyang, with High speed rail, it takes no more than 12 hours.
Beautiful? Dystopian as hell, nature is so so much better, in that video the cemara man is surrounded by tall concrete buildings everywhere. Extremely depressed
@@codeagent47 A hyperbole comment to their reply. What we can do is not overpower nature but coexist, think of it like solar punk. Barely any greenery in that city, it's a concrete jungle. Where I live is no better, surrounded by agriculture and dirt fields in this small town.
Unreal...the very beginning! Even looking at those buildings from this ground-level camera's perspective makes me tad dizzy, just as I would feel dizzy if I were standing at the edge of a cliff looking down. And maybe this whole plane must 35 storeys high, for all i know. Breathtaking!
You summed it up perfectly in the description of your video - this really looks spectacular but it feels depressing at the same time... At one angle during the video, the buildings reminded me of a supercomputor... Taking the size of the population living here into account I'm aware there wasn't that many ways to incorporate green surfaces, tress etc., but the lack of the greenery really hits different when you see a residential area like this... But I'm talking from my perspective of living in a European city so I'm sure people living in this area are used to this cityscape and would find my city strange so yeah...
In fact, many people here think that Europe is the most beautiful and most suitable place to live. Through the Internet, we can see all over the world, but most of us do not have many choices where to live.
@@wangsrecord6991 I'm sorry if my comment sounded rude in any way, I was just honestly surprised/shocked with the cityscape since it was something I saw for the first time. In that wonder I actually forgot to say that the part from 45:45 till around 53 minutes of the video is really pleasing to the eye, from photography point of view 😊😊 I saw several places where the photos would look phenomenal during golden and blue hour. I wanted to add this last part to the posted comment yesterday but I was distracted and then it slipped my mind 😅
For a country that only recently developed in the past 20 yrs, and a city probly only built in the past 10 years or so, urban design and planning is still not refined yet as expected. But still very nice infrastructures, and surprisingly cleaner and well organized than I would expected for a mega million people city. The ecnomic policy, planning, construction involved in providing such many housings for a fast growing urban populations, middle class from rural area must have been an unimaginable task for any other country. Chinese people should be proud for what they have achieved in such a short time.
I'm happy for the Chinese but sad for the West, our cities are filthy and crumbling and so many of the inhabitants (native and immigrant) destroy them on purpose for fun
@@JR-mr1tw That probly varies by countries. I think some European countries or the Scandinavia are doing great. But you are probly right for the US, especially in mega cities like NYC, LA.. there currently lots of urban decay, social ills and high crimes endemic. I hope they put more money into infrastructure, education and social program that directly benefit the people, instead of too much wasteful pointless military spending.
Actually this is just a tip of the iceberg of China's development. This 304 video playlist here will blow your mind. ua-cam.com/video/CNeZOe3169E/v-deo.html
The sheer scale and repetition of the buildings make it look unreal. It is dense, but "breathable", if you know what I mean. Not as suffocating as HK's housing. I would even dare to say that there is a certain level of cosiness with the clean paved streets at the bottom which gives it a welcoming feel.
I think the building designs are bit too "copy paste" they could've put a bit more effort into making the façades more unique and interesting when it's close to the city centre
I would just love to get out of my state (Missouri) and travel to Asia. The cultures of China Japan, and South Korea interest me so much. Watching this feels like actually being there. Thank you so much!
The easiest way to move out of the states for Asia is to be an English teacher, many young Americans who wanna get out of the states choose that path. It's not easy though, and some just couldn't handle the stress and go back to the US. Of course, it's usually a short term stint but who knows, there are Americans in Asia who haven't returned to the states for over a decade now. The diaspora is still relatively small but it's growing.
This city is SO much cleaner than any densely populated city in America. This actually looks relatively clean and safe which cannot be said for the likes of a NYC, Chicago, or anywhere like that in the US.
As a Chinese I am also surprised how densely these apartments were built... Usually there are regulations that buildings should be far away enough so that ground levels can also have nature sunlight. I also have never seen this before.
@@gggg33333ee These buildings are like typical apartments, but usually 6-8 buildings will be built in a closed community (小区) with a big garden/park between them. The buildings in this video are much denser than typical communities.
3:45 This is the most dystopian thing I've seen yet. You got dozen of buildings thinking you are at ground level, then 3:53 it is revealed that all that is just elevated, with the same buildings beneath u being just dark.
@@strukitru cyberpunk is the future and Europe is late to the party If you haven't noticed all major cities in Asia are more or less like this and are all much better than anything in Europe
im most impressed by the people, they all are calm and fun. it seems like a no crime area, children running and playing everywhere, even though i think there could be a tree or two for them to climb on. but overall it looked pretty relaxing.
I used to live in Huaguoyuan before. And trust me not only this area, in majority of China, it's pretty safe to go anywhere at any time. The cost of committing crime is huge and punishment can impact not only yourself but your whole family like your offsprings as well. If you ever got a crime record, your child is not allowed to start a political life or apply any jobs in state-owned enterprises. And now the market is good. People has got many jobs to do.
Bullshit, who told you that Chinese people don't like the sun.It's just a cloudy day. But it is true that the sunshine between such high buildings is not as sunny as that of small houses.
For such a densely populated area , I must say it looks neat/organized and clean. But I still wouldn't be able to live in such a place for longer than a year without feeling suffocated/depressed.
@@Iv40 Disagreed, I've lived in several cities before, London is probably one of the nicest ones. Despite it being a metropolis with a big population, it is well spaced out, has lots of green spaces, it's not all skyscrapers and has tons of historical buildings.
40 floors probably a bit too high but having all those shops and everything you need in walking distance like that? Yea not opposed. It actually looks like a place build for people to live in first and not the car first madness in the US.
In my opinion it is too crowded and there are few trees. There are similar neighborhoods in Seoul and Tokyo, but the difference is that in those two cities the green areas, trees and skyscrapers are more harmonized to the point you almost forget you're in a densely populated area
this is rated as one of the worst residential districts within China by Chinese people. Guiyang used to be the poorest Chinese city, so it's incomparable to the neighborhoods of Seoul and Tokyo. Chengdu and Shanghai have much better neighborhoods with greater greenery. those richer cities have more money to spend on beauty and parks so they look a lot better than this place
I absolutely love the vibe this city gives off. Even though much of the architecture isnt that modern, the tall buildings and extremely wide streets give it a very futuristic feeling and because of the streets it doesnt feel like its that crowded.
What i´m most impressed of is, how quiet the traffic is! So much electric vehicle and still 2 years old Video. I´m living in germany and there are still so many combustion-cars on the street you don´t even mentioned there "could" be 20-30 % more. By the way i´m also impressed how well the citiy is designed for walking people. So you never get in conflict with the traffic itself. It´s also very clean, the people behave very relaxed and friendly.
It looks crazy dense & almost dystopian at first (all we need is flying cars buzzing around) but there's actually a lot of space. The sheer amount of buildings and their height is disorientating it's crazy. 😵💫
@@wheatlysparble7900 Yeah, imagine a total collapse of civilisation, or maybe a world crisis... then it will definetly look like a dystopian future city
Here is actually a slum in that city. People squeze together, the construction cost is low, and in result the property price is almost the lowest in that city. This community is also top 1 in China in term of population.
This is an interesting take in architecture. I believe it has its roots in brutalist style with a modern take and very good urban planning. I wonder of how nice the general apartment/ floor house is in this place. It looks nice.
@@Sumi_SBrutalist style means raw materials, no paint, concrete facade, sometimes exposed piping (horrible options for places with cold climate). And this style was born in Germany. Russia has barely like 10 buildings built in this style, and mostly all of them in Moscow. Ugly residential buildings from 60-90th are not Brutalism, they are just commie blocks.
@@bibitiptoes1473 "commie blocks" fall somewhere between constructivism and brutalism, having elements of both on a case-by-case basis. While brutalism took the lack of details to an extreme, then stylized it, constructivism just reduced the idea of an object to its bare minimum, to the point it became just function and no form, which are exactly the "commie blocks". But some "commie blocks" had some abstract details or unusual shapes, so those could fall into brutalism.
How is it 'depressing'? Provided they use SOUND-ISOLATING tiles for apartment blocks, this is impressive how much it can house! Its NOT depressing. It's spectacular!
It's all urban sprawl and concrete jungles but... it's somehow just staggeringly beautiful and liveable. I would definitely not mind living in a place like this, it's like straight out of the future.
Yeah I lived in Suzhou, China for 2 years and it was the best time of my life. Now I'm back in the hellhole known as Maryland, USA (tbh, USA in general). But I respect those who don't like the modern/future aesthetic and prefer the run-down suburban aesthetic. It's all about preference. However, lack of public transportation and public services here is objectively bad.
There is an easy answer to the mystery. Because there is so much packed into a very systematical space it becomes very clear and open and this gives the city this jungle look like a grass field standing in the sun.
I live in São Paulo, Brazil. 5th biggest city in the world, the biggest from the western hemisphere (even bigger than NY) and the city with one of the most intense air traffics in the world. 22 million people, huge buildings and all, but even for me this looks unreal, things are so peaceful and organized, not the same as here, here is way more noisy and chaotic, homeless people everywhere, endless crimes…
You are comparing an actual megapolis São Paulo to essentially some backwater city in China. No, not just a city, but a district, residential area within the city. So... Comparison is irrelevant. Beijing, Hong Kong would be better competition for São Paulo.
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As a European living in a small old city, this look unreal. It's like I'm watching a sci-fi cyberpunk movie.
Blade runner or some sht
Many Asian cities are like this. Would recommend you to visit one of them
haha agree
Thats why some people from Europe are fledgling about the world outer west. They think everywhere are like like them own.
@@mikeandersson7962 by "That" what are you referring to? living in a small city ?
I'm impressed by how pedestrian friendly this city infrastructure seems to be, good design. The biggest critique I have is the *total* lack of greenery, how hard would it be to plant a few small trees or boulevards to break up these enormous paved squares?
@@nagasakitendo6843 Also, the grass that you see is actually painted green.
my feeling too. a bit more green and colors and it looks much friendlier
But it wouldn't feel as "cyberpunk" as it is now. Besides that the trees in the square might become an obstacle and block the flow of walking traffic if the square ever gets overcrowded, they would end up stepping on the trees and destroy it anyway. (Idk this might be the reason the architect designed the square without any trees)
If you look up the geographical location of Guizhou, you will find that it is located in the southwest of China near Vietnam. There are forests everywhere...
@@juanagung9973I do not think that architects create this nightmare to create a Cyberpunk City. 😂
Ultra-high residential density, but at the same time it is not particularly noisy, without heavy vehicles traffic and quite clean.
Thanks for seeing the good about this place
Where are you from?
LOL, the kids screaming at the start of the video disagree.
Also, barely any trees around.
@@nntflow7058 There are many trees in parks.
@@nntflow7058 In China, people are used to centralize their houses and green spaces, so as long as there is a residential area, there must be a park or garden nearby, but it seems that there are not many trees in the residential area.
It’s so mind blowing… watching a video of hundreds of people literally on the other side of the planet living their lives with no interest or insight to how the world is on my side. Just moments before watching, I had no idea these people living their lives existed, and now I am so incredibly invested in the daily rhythm of the locals there.
And just like that you already forgot. We are just too many people to even comprehend.
We are two planets, the West and China
I think they would have some insight about the world in your side, at least not any less than you have about theirs.
*Europe's problem is not the World's problem.*
most of them are not on this side youtube
Looks like a movie. I was especially impressed by the 3-level overpass expressway, and yet another bridge over it.
Thank you, Guizhou is a mountainous area, so there are many such interchanges, so is Chongqing
Where are you from?
@@powerfulstrong5673 Oslo
@@hulu8022 Which country are you from?
@@hulu8022 Its cool to look at but I wouldn't want to live here.
Feels like an architectural surrealist landscape
Well, that's the feeling
It looks like we're in dream
Exactly
@@patatebanine4278 a nightmare i would say, it's very grotesque and ugly
@@garanceahran7953 to each his own though haha
Being so dense yet soo neat and clean..
Fascinating perspective. People must be moving into and out of those massive buildings every day. Can't help but think of all the water, electricity, Internet, food, trash services needed to support so many people.
The provision of those services and the successful day-to-day running of cities and areas like this is an astonishing achievement of human civilisation.
It blows my mind. Even makes me a little nervous tbh. How does this all work and fit together sustainably? Freaks me out
It’s more efficient to host a big population in a small amount of land, people don’t have to use their cars that much, the city can justify building hospitals fire stations grocery stores nearby so it becomes a real 15 minute city
Don't forget all the fuckee suckee going on
nah lots are empty and unfinished
I lived in China for four years teaching English. The last city I lived in was Guangzhou in a residential area similar to this. I really miss it to be honest. The level of convenience was unlike anywehere else (countrywise) that I have ever lived. Whatever you need/want at any time of day or night is right there. And it always felt extremely safe.
모든 아시아 지역이 다그래
white monkey
Well China is safer than the US that’s for sure
Bring a few muslims here and see how they ruin the peaceful environment
What was your salary as a English teacher......?
The vibe and energy here is incredible. Thank you for sharing
This video really felt like walking inside a building without a roof.
I don't know what it is exactly but I find videos of these sorts of places totally captivating. The atmosphere is unlike anywhere else in the world. At first glance its a bit brutal, but there is so much life and personality and beauty in every little moment you catch.
ofc they are still human,rather than terroists or alien
Forget concrete jungle, this is a concrete rainforest!
But a pretty beautiful one
and probably more lively than any big shot North American "cities"
@@alexk9295 Eh..debatable.
I like the metaphor, very fitting
@@ToneyCrimson Seems cleaner and safer to me.
I was in Guiyang like ten years ago and it was pretty small and old-looking. That's the dizzying thing in China -- you go someplace, leave for a few years, and it's unrecognizable. You're like, "Where's my old neighborhood? It's gone! The tallest building had four stories! Now there are all these skyscrapers!"
This is so crazy how fast such areas get developed in China.
As someone who lives in a remote location with a population density of only 5 people/sq km I'm fascinated to see such a place but really glad I live somewhere peaceful and quiet.
on the other hand, I live in a peaceful and quiet but very boring and lonely suburb (which describes most suburbs) ... and would LOVE to stay in this lively neighborhood with everything at a walkable distance !
@@uday4816 No you wouldn't... you have no idea how incredibly stressful noise polution.
@@YozoDerzu Doesn't seem like it'd be a problem if you live on the higher floors.
It depends on person to person. I love cities because they have so many opportunities, people, parties, restaurant, jobs, etc.
You know where else is peaceful and quiet? In the middle of the desert, in Antartica, or up in high mountain ranges. Living in a place with 5people/km sq is terribly boring, but keep telling yourself that it's good thing because "quiet" lmao
aww the little children learning to skate is so adorable T_T
I love it! It feels like I could disappear in here. All the clean buildings with straight edges and straight lines. Beautiful videography too, Mr Wang.
i dont know why but this definitely fills the travel bug space inside me. i studied in china before and these videos definitely remind me of that time. thank you for the upload.
感谢观看，你在中国的经历应该很难忘吧
So u know chinese?
Same studied in China and feel like going back justnfor the sake of it.
@@arjunraj823 是的呀
@@suneetsachdeva2168 双击666 老铁没毛病
I cannot believe my eyeballs right now; I'm both amazed and speechless. This is genuinely something I'd thought I'd only see in a movie.
Here in America we have lots of tall buildings. Where are you? Antarctica?
@@HomeAtLast501 Only NYC has this level of density, and even that's restricted to Manhattan. These are families and middle class people in a relatively small city (by Chinese standards, the city of Guiyang doesn't even crack the top 30 most populated cities), living in an ultra-dense setting. You don't see that anywhere in USA.
@@neerajvshah Why is this something to be excited about? We don't have a NEED to cram lots of people into crappy, tiny apartments --- we have space. Which is why China wants to come over here and kill us all to get our land. Or so General Chi Haotian said. After we exported all of our manufacturing to you, and you stole all of our technology. Pretty crappy thanks.
yeah, a horror movie
@@Rootiga No blax, no spix, looks amazing
Having worked in Shenzhen for a while I can tell you it's just a different place. So modern, so different and well planned, so busy too. I'll never forget the train station, the parks, the futuristic buildings, and the people. I look forward to going back there one day.
I'm an Englishman living in a small town in Surrey. Met a Chinese girl who lives here (engaged with her now) and she lived here before moving to England. Walking around this area is so utterly fascinating and intimidating at the same time. You feel so insignificant by the scale of the buildings. It is pretty cool to walk around here at night with my blade runner ambience running on my headphones though. Heading back there next month in April.
way to ruin your english bloodline
@@azzaahhYT 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡
@@louisd6410let him cook😂
@@azzaahhYTdon’t worry you guys have completely ‘ruined’ American genes in north and south
Hey, can i ask, how you meet her?
Here I provide some information you don't know about:
1. Guiyang is located in southwest China. The weather there is very comfortable. Not hot in summer, nor cold in winter. Therefore, the weather permits people to live comfortably even in densely populated areas.
2. Guiyang is the capital of Guizhou province. The whole province is almost fully covered by mountains and valleys. The people there do not lack trees or countryside scenes, but extremely lack of plains and urban areas. Actually, only 7% of the province is flatland that is suitable for living. Therefore the people there may prefer to live in such a crowded place.
3. I am very afraid of its future. 20 or 30 years later, these buildings may lack good maintenance because the maintenance fee may rise year by year. With the extremely low fertility rate nowadays. The people there may not want to keep these tall buildings and these places may be concrete deserts in the future.
Sounds like theres room for immigrants. Want some of ours?
Hello from Japan. I think this comment is very on point. I can see a future where it will be abandoned and become obsolete in half a century.😢
You Chinese will never catch up with the U.S. because of the extremely low birth rate.
Jimmy you're tarded 😂 don't worry about fertility rate the CCP is working on it
It's going to be an awesome paintball arena
建物に囲まれてる安心感
是被人类文明包围的安心感
私は日本人でそこそこ大都市に住んでいるのですが、この様な高層ビルが壁の様に立ち並ぶ壮大な光景は日本の大都市でさえほとんど見ることのできない光景です…これは別世界と言う言葉以外に形容することができません。いつか必ず中国に行きたいです🇯🇵🤝🇨🇳
I agree completely.
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What worries me is that the new generations are attracted to this. I'm not criticizing, but how is it possible that a human can like and think that they are even magnificent places where there is not a branch for a bird? Where there are no trees, but an expanse of enormous buildings, moreover clientelistic for the wealthy?
I thought you had a greater connection with nature, it's sad to read that so many have it with concrete.
But I wonder, and I don't want to offend, where will we go if the new generations think that expanses of tons of concrete are beautiful, even if there is no nature? The detachment from nature that we experience today is scary.
In my time this video was just a frightening expanse of concrete, not something to admire.
作为中国人很羡慕日本的居住环境 这是绝大部分中国人的真实想法 森林和海洋 还有很多保存完好的古建筑 是真的很美很美！ 中国刚发展起来还有很多路要走 尤其是传统文化自然保护个人卫生和审美方面的发展
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It always amazes me, a city THAT big, and most people outside of China have never heard of it... Goodness, I lived in China for a few years, and have been back several times, and have never heard of it.... Thanks for sharing, this is really cool. I've been all over the world (particularly China, Hong Kong, and Japan). I've never seen anything like this. Hong Kong is close, but not quite this dense (at least not where I was).
@@redlevantinist8947 indeed! It’s a pretty amazing country. I’m lucky to have been able to see much of it (far west Xinjiang, Tibet, Shanghai, Sichuan, the north east, Hong Kong, etc, etc).
You haven't heard of it because it isn't relevant. It's boring, gloomy, sterile concrete and steel with some colored lights helping to "charm up" the depressing environment devoid of any greenery.
True, it’s also because China media doesn’t really make it into the rest of the world. They have their own social media platform and they aren’t as tourist friendly as other countries so although there are some expats making videos or some videos like these there’s not much that goes viral except some mountains.
@@redlevantinist8947 Yea when you add the fact most of china is a empire annexed through war and colonization it really shows how big it is.
Buildings are so tall that you can't really see the sunlight onto the streets much. And that's a real issue
No excessive UV and heat though. Chinese people are obsessed with sun protection clothes and stuff. Not needed much there.
@@lol32scbw they're shitty rats
@@lol32scbw they're rats right?
there are much mountain,so we have to build the buildings taller and taller,
WOuld actually be a huge upside somewhere in the desert. Shade means cool!
Wow cool... Dense but not crowded! I actually really like this style of city planning. Especially if you can quickly drive out to the countryside.
There is an underground level under the building for parking and driving cars.
Also very quiet. Not sure why, but this video gave me very pleasant feelings about walking on this city
It looks dense but actually isn't.
I was in Guiyang in 2018 and I have pictures of these buildings, they were one of the first things I photographed on my way from the airport into the city center. I remember what might be the same avenue as the one shown in the 'most replayed' section. I don't know how UA-cam has known to recommend me this video, or if it's maybe just pure coincidence.
I was traveling with a girlfriend (she's European but she was living in China at the time), and at one point that morning she cried because we had invested money and time to go see rice terraces and other natural landscapes, yet the first stop on the trip was this overwhelming concrete monstruosity. I could totally understand her feeling, and yet I was actually excited because for me to see this vastly different urban landscape was exciting in and of itself. This was my first time in mainland China, and my first time in Asia overall, and seeing this hive-like environment felt surreal, futuristic, like something out a cyberpunk movie.
It's really interesting to see how building regulation affects stuff. Here in NYC, it's illegal to have several building be THAT tall and not allow sunlight to penetrate through. Hence the "stair" like terraces to allow light in.
it's not allowed in most provinces in China too. Guiyang and the entire Guizhou province are full of mountains so people there have no choice. The population of Guizhou is more than California but plant area is less than 15% of California.
Well, these are what you call tofu buildings. Forget about sunlight, residents should thank themselves if they dont collapse.
This is why i'm not a fan of huge cities, people
are alive yet so dead. We were never meant to
live in huge metal structures with millions
shoved in few square miles with no sense of
community.
It should be illegal for people to live in the millions in a given area all bunched up on top of each other!
For god’s sake, spread out a bit more... where's the pleasure in rubbing shoulder to shoulder while walking on the sidewalk?!
@@wigglyk2796 says the American
The first few seconds makes the area look like it came straight out of a cyberpunk themed movie (in a good way, of course)!
I want to visit this!! I'm a sucker for urban things
I visit this place in 2012, it was very chaos. A huge construction took place there. I wouldn't expect it turns out to be such a nice place.
@@achillesarmstrong9639such is China. Rapid development within a decade.
The cities that freaked me out in Asia weren't wall-to-wall highrise, just really heavily populated. Stepping out of your hotel in central Jakarta or HK almost invariably puts you in the middle of a crowd. For some reason, it was easier to deal with in Seoul and Tokyo - orderly cities with wide footpaths and an absence of street vendors. This seems like allowance has been made for pedestrians - not always the case in many cities in Asia
Lived in Seoul for 10 years as native, I don’t consider streets in Seoul orderly and pedestrian friendly at all - sidewalks there are parking lot + bikepath + motorbike lane + dumpster garage. But I’m comparing it to European cities so maybe I have a different PoV.
@@aaaaaaaard9586 have you ever been to Bangkok or Phnom Penh ? Even HK seems chaotic compared to what I saw of Seoul but I take your point - we only see a small slice of a city as tourists.
@@arthurwatts1680I have actaully been to Bangkok and Siem reap both as a tourist for few days. Bangkok felt more or less like Seoul (many more motorbikes of course), depending on which part of Seoul are you comparing to. Siem reap was a total chaos. I was always on edge.
@@aaaaaaaard9586 Siem Reap has a particularly nasty rep - it's still the only place where I've seen a woman get hit by a motorbike, get up and walk away like nothing had happened. Cambodia is still the Wild West AFAIC - by contrast, Seoul seemed clean and orderly. I guess I must have been in that neat little inner city bubble that tourists tend to gravitate to. Thousands flock to Sydney every year, blissfully unaware of life beyond whatever they are pointing their camera at, and that's as it should be.
@@arthurwatts1680Yes, Siem Reap was indeed like the wild west…
To be fair there are lots of places that do look clean in Seoul. I lived near Seokgye station, If you google it you’ll see street food vendors selling pig intestines and narrow, crowded and disorderly streets.
If they are going to build huge buildings like that why don't they at least make them aesthetically pleasing? Its like they took Soviet apartment blocks and supersized them.
因为这些都是私人建筑公司设计 外观都比较统一 由于迅速的城市化 对于审美的追求还没有更上 我也觉得不好看
The tall buildings accompanied by wide open spaces makes for a very interesting/strange view. I'm accustomed to seeing tall buildings being jammed together in places like NYC and whatnot. This looks futuristic and apocalyptic in a way. Very interesting.
This is what a communist regime of the 2030 agenda looks like.
Bring a few muslims here and see how peace comes crumbling down.
@@whitewhite4462 facts
Many people, including you, make use of the word "futuristic" too casually. If you watch footages of the Japan tsunami and consider the potential aftermaths, or of '90's earthquakes and the aftermath, these scenes come close to being apocalyptic.
The breadth of the streets/roads/squares is just one aspect of "urban planning". So now the massive structures are further from each other across the road. This allows better ventilation, and should there be some emergency or "apocalyptic" event there would be more space to work within (think large machinery, mass of emergency responders, etc). For now it is functional to avoid overcrowding whether transporting on foot or by vehicle. There are a few streets or avenues in Manhattan that are quite wide.
@@wip1664 My comment was more about how the space felt to me visually. I wasn't making a statement about urban planning or disaster preparedness-just how the aesthetic struck me as futuristic or apocalyptic in a way that's different from what I'm used to.
No music - I can add whatever music to the background and still hear the city! EPIC!
The garish neon and the little storefronts all jammed together and the hum of conversations and the chill vibe of masses of people meandering around … all remind me of evenings spent in Caracas in the 1970s and very early 1980s! Not the height of the buildings or the width of the streets, though. But otherwise, the architecture and aesthetic and overall spirit of all cities which developed rapidly from quite humble beginnings in the 20th and the 21st centuries is remarkably similar no matter where you go. It’s surprising how weirdly nostalgic, even though it’s from a completely different time and place, this video makes me for 1970s Caracas!
我曾在美国留学 去很偏远的地方滑雪的时候住进了一家规模巨大的酒店 也曾在密尔沃基看过篮球赛 巨大的体育场馆让我感叹 美国曾经的基建也是非常非常雄伟
wow, that's amazing..love from India.
wow, surreal. The tall, dense buildings, many grouped together with no visible sky or sunlight in between, gives me anxiety.
Having lived in China for a year I can tell you it's just a different planet man. So unique, so different. I'll never forget my experience. And I look forward to going back there one day.
The Chinese are some of the best city planners. They managed to make a high density area full of high rise buildings look nice. Russia on the other hand...
@@DonDon45-i5h
I bet you've never been to Russia.....
I rather live in Japan, Tokyo that is the city of the future.
@@DonDon45-i5h- are you kidding, St.Petersburg and Moscow have architectural splendor everywhere you look, I see none of that here, just a high volume of buildings.
@@regortex3364 yea exactly. Only those 2 and a couple other cities are the only nice parts of russia. The rest of the country is the same old gray, decaying commieblock with streets full of potholes
Thank you very much. This is so amazing. It's like me being there exploring the city myself. It's also a bit like watching sci-fi movie, except there's no violence.
So clean. Amazing to be so dense yet free of litter. America could learn some lessons here.
Guess where they are throwing all the litters and sewage
@@azexnewmai3607In landfills and then recycling what they can. My country, the US, produces more garbage and recycle less than any other nation in the world. Not only that, but you’ll find garbage strewn about roads, highways, sidewalks, etc. which is much less common to see in China. So unfortunately, my man, we’re 0-2 in this battle
Careful you might hurt american dream ego
They won't. Remember the US is the best and China is bad narrative. Watching this video is proof the narrative is all American propaganda.
Просто там нет африканцев.
Tnx4d virtual walk with you around the densely populated area of Guiyang China. Amazing place🇨🇳👍
From what I learned at school when I was a kid, Guizhou is a highly mountainous province. Although I'd wished to see more trees in this city, I guess people could easily connect to nature? This is impressive. So clean and quiet and I really love the massive walking areas between buildings. It seems extremely convenient too! I am surprised that everyone walks, and not riding bikes, or at least roller scooters, or skates though.
It could be prohibited to ride them
Geography explains urban density. There isn't so much place to build for so many people like in Hong Kong
China bot.
It's too dense and dim, because of the height of buildings. Tall buildings are preferable in CBD. But for houses, short buildings are way better for residents, coz they are safer, have lower maintenance costs and brighter street view.
@@HomeAtLast501 ??
it’s nice that even though the city is so large it is still very walkable with plazas connecting several buildings together! 👍🏽
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love how spacious, peaceful and quiet the streets are
Distopian nightmare
@@misscoutts6193for you but for most people it's heaven
it felt like China copied USA'S worse habits. "Add more lanes to everything"
And seeing car accident rates, they did.
I actually lived there for a couple of weeks. I liked the convenience of having a plethora of choices for every daily necessity within walking distance. Good transport links. Many Chinese cities are a horror show of urban planning, but this setup here seems to work. Don't know what percentage of those apartments is actually occupied, though.
Maybe less than 22%
@@tangodayoo where did you get that statistic
@@realtissaye Oops i mean *More than* (idk from UA-cam)
I would say that chinese city are better plan, yes it's isn't better plan as Netherland, but it still far more better than urban planning in US
heck even this ciy are better plan than my country capital city like jakarta
Вау.. не верится, что такое место действительно существует. Хотелось бы однажды побывать там!
嗯，有机会一定来看看，中国欢迎你！
在这个小区的边上，还有一个很大的原始湿地公园，还有猴子在里面栖息生活，这座城市很适合休闲游玩，一年四季都有不同的景色❤️
There are many such cities in China, welcome to visit.
Удивительно что это Небольшой городок. Боюсь даже представить как выглядят Шанхай и Пекин
@@lestafan1783 这不是一个小镇。这是中国贵州的省会城市。算个三线城市
i think this is in a strange way more environmentally friendly because of the density of population and the fact that you can access everything you need (shops, hospitals, drug stores and so on) without the need of a car. But at the same time it feels like a mausoleum, too much concrete, too much gray. This would be brilliant if those cities would have included much more green spaces
more environmentally friendly that what? you know that every city in china is just walls of hideous buildings and endless concrete
What you expect from china ,a country that has not freedom.
Yes, such density allows the surrounding greenspace to be saved. Green infrastructure should be pursued in these super dense areas though
其实周围都是公园，社区的后面是一座小山，作为一个山地城市，不用担心森林面积。
The brightly colored neon lights make up for it
it's like New york but cleaner and less chaotic.
C’est vraiment impressionant, au début de la vidéo je trouvais ces immeubles claustrophobiques et après un quart d’heure finalement il se dégage une atmosphère agréable dans cette ville, presque rassurante, c’est curieux 🤔
I am lost for words to praise the hard working Chinese people who are transforming China into a well developed country. I am from India.
印度的经济也在飞速发展，我们都是人口大国，和平发展是大家共同的期望❤
I presume you are not finding the same thing happening in India?
@@adammarkowitz7944 Definitely not lol the people, the government literally nobody cares here. we'd be happy if at least one city here could look like this in the next 15 - 20 years.
As an Indian I got so envious that we don't even have a single city that looks like this beautifully organized and clean.
As a Chinese ,I heard about this community because the locals give a nickname to it--the largest slum .Most of the apartment owner are renting their apartment instead of living in them.Looks stunning ,but living in it like pain in the ass.
@@Irving-WH The slums of India are more to your taste😂
@@培强刘-g3v 你们这些小粉红啊，真是莫名其妙。阴阳怪气个啥，又不是我给这个小区起的外号。你百度搜下“贵州平民窟”，第一个就是这个花果园好吧。讲述下客观情况，一个二个民族自尊心就这么脆弱？？
@@Irving-WH yes guiyang ppl very poor and uneducated i hear creators are not from there
Well Chandigarh does not have skyscrapers like this but it is definitely beautifully organized and clean
I can't even believe this place is real. I love it.
looks surprisingly clean for a dense city.
I have been there. As far as I know, the smallest house in this community is 140 square metres and the largest house is over 200 square metres (3 or 4 people usually live in a house).
The community also has 3 police stations, several hospitals, 10 public schools and 22 fire stations.
The whole community is made up of more than forty residents' committees united. So it is a small city with a community name.
That's a community?! Looks more like a megalopolis!
How many apartments are in a building like this and where do people keep their vehicles? Also i haven’t seen any sign of the infamous mega surveillance systems. Am i just being blind or do they hide it that well?
@@akosczibok6862 People there put their cars in the underground parking lot, but it was very crowded
@@akosczibok6862 People in China generally use public transport. Cars are not necessary. There is no "mega surveillance system". China is a free and democratic country. Surveillance is less than in Western capitalist countries (and generally used to benefit people rather than control their lives). The US has the most cameras per peson and the most totalitarian surveillance system in all of human history and has extended the digital arm of it to Europe, China's surveillance is low compared to the West (except for personal data protection laws, while the US is still worse than China, Europe has much stronger protections against corporations using your data than the US and China). At the same time, China is more safe with very low crime rates because people are taken care of well and trust the government, also unlike the capitalist West.
@@lynth ？？我不服
Impressive, but the lack of green is depressing. There's a bit here and there, but not nearly enough for the amount of grey concrete. The streets are so wide that they could accomodate way more trees and shrubs.
I don't know the area (not even close!) but perhaps there is some green spaces adjacent to this main street?
Maybe inside
I am sure they will get around to it. This place is probably 5 years old knowing china's development.
Chinese people don't care about greenery that's white people preference. China does have parks in many parts of town they can go to enjoy greenery. But that's a white man's preference not chinese. Accept the fact that we are different from each other.
@@chickaboomboom2726 Sorry, that's bull. Look at 重庆.
Very clean and well maintained.
According to Google Maps, this place is a three day drive from Beijing. There is no direct public transport from the Chinese capitol either. If this is just some sort of residential enclave, one can only imagine the enormity of China's true major cities; Shanghai, et. al. Even I, a native New Yorker, am truly impressed.
why would you want to go from beijing? there are several regional centers in China, people living in these regional centers do not normally go to or want to live in beijing/shanghai. For example, the regional center in southwest China, Chengdu, or Chongqing, is only 4 hours fast speed train from guiyang, the city in this video. you can travel very easily from Chengdu/Chongqing to Guiyang, direct transportation is absolutely no problem.
There is non-stop high speed rail from Guiyang north station to Beijing west station. 9.5 hours Of course, there are many daily flights
New York is absolutely nothing compared to some of China's big cities.
肯定是有直达的公共交通的，巴士或者是高铁以及普通火车，中国有很庞大的铁路交通网
Guiyang is the capital of Guiyang province, as comparison, Guiyang is geographically Salt Lake City in China.
There is domestic flight between Beijing and Guiyang, with High speed rail, it takes no more than 12 hours.
This is actually very relaxing. I have saved to put on in my background while studying or working.
Wow, this is an impressive city! China looks beautiful!
Beautiful? Dystopian as hell, nature is so so much better, in that video the cemara man is surrounded by tall concrete buildings everywhere. Extremely depressed
@@booaks2980
I guess we should all go back to the Stone Age to enjoy the real nature if you want to go backwards.
@@codeagent47 A hyperbole comment to their reply. What we can do is not overpower nature but coexist, think of it like solar punk. Barely any greenery in that city, it's a concrete jungle. Where I live is no better, surrounded by agriculture and dirt fields in this small town.
In China ppl believe detached houses are cool, they're awfully expensive in cities, as you believe high-rise apartments are cool lol.
@@ChenLinYu323
Well, nothing is for free. Everything has its price. But, China is beautiful!
Unreal...the very beginning! Even looking at those buildings from this ground-level camera's perspective makes me tad dizzy, just as I would feel dizzy if I were standing at the edge of a cliff looking down. And maybe this whole plane must 35 storeys high, for all i know. Breathtaking!
Not only Asia, it's world's largest Residential Area!
You summed it up perfectly in the description of your video - this really looks spectacular but it feels depressing at the same time... At one angle during the video, the buildings reminded me of a supercomputor... Taking the size of the population living here into account I'm aware there wasn't that many ways to incorporate green surfaces, tress etc., but the lack of the greenery really hits different when you see a residential area like this...
But I'm talking from my perspective of living in a European city so I'm sure people living in this area are used to this cityscape and would find my city strange so yeah...
In fact, many people here think that Europe is the most beautiful and most suitable place to live. Through the Internet, we can see all over the world, but most of us do not have many choices where to live.
@@wangsrecord6991 I'm sorry if my comment sounded rude in any way, I was just honestly surprised/shocked with the cityscape since it was something I saw for the first time. In that wonder I actually forgot to say that the part from 45:45 till around 53 minutes of the video is really pleasing to the eye, from photography point of view 😊😊 I saw several places where the photos would look phenomenal during golden and blue hour. I wanted to add this last part to the posted comment yesterday but I was distracted and then it slipped my mind 😅
@@Marina-vr2zz Well, it's alright, 🙂thank you for your liking🙂
@@wangsrecord6991 And thank you for your understanding 😊
因为贵阳多山，适合居住的平地非常有限。
为了充分利用有限的土地，楼房修得越高，居住的人越多。
这也是没有办法的事。
其实，作为中国人，也希望可以像美国和欧洲一样，住独立的house，带garden。
问题是中国人口太多了，任何城市都无法提供足够的土地来修炼可以容纳千万人口以上的houses
For a country that only recently developed in the past 20 yrs, and a city probly only built in the past 10 years or so, urban design and planning is still not refined yet as expected. But still very nice infrastructures, and surprisingly cleaner and well organized than I would expected for a mega million people city. The ecnomic policy, planning, construction involved in providing such many housings for a fast growing urban populations, middle class from rural area must have been an unimaginable task for any other country. Chinese people should be proud for what they have achieved in such a short time.
Some new cities in China that are under construction are extremely well designed.
I'm happy for the Chinese but sad for the West, our cities are filthy and crumbling and so many of the inhabitants (native and immigrant) destroy them on purpose for fun
@@JR-mr1tw That probly varies by countries. I think some European countries or the Scandinavia are doing great. But you are probly right for the US, especially in mega cities like NYC, LA.. there currently lots of urban decay, social ills and high crimes endemic. I hope they put more money into infrastructure, education and social program that directly benefit the people, instead of too much wasteful pointless military spending.
Actually this is just a tip of the iceberg of China's development. This 304 video playlist here will blow your mind.
ua-cam.com/video/CNeZOe3169E/v-deo.html
@@derekwampum8861 can you Name some of the Citys you mentioned? Maybe there is some stuff on UA-cam to watch.tx
If this place is like this today, then I can't imagine how it will look after 100 years.
The sheer scale and repetition of the buildings make it look unreal. It is dense, but "breathable", if you know what I mean. Not as suffocating as HK's housing. I would even dare to say that there is a certain level of cosiness with the clean paved streets at the bottom which gives it a welcoming feel.
Judging by your name, I guess you don't like WION TV? Lol 😆...
@@tygerk2372 you’ve guessed it right 😅🤣🤣
@@tygerk2372 it burns chinese wumaos after all
What are you Pro-Marxist and secular ?
I think the building designs are bit too "copy paste" they could've put a bit more effort into making the façades more unique and interesting when it's close to the city centre
Not enough trees and parks. But absolutely incredible scale and look how peaceful everyone is!!!
其实视频重点只放在建筑上了而已，实际并不缺绿地公园，那地方周围就是山
I would just love to get out of my state (Missouri) and travel to Asia. The cultures of China Japan, and South Korea interest me so much. Watching this feels like actually being there. Thank you so much!
Maybe teach there if you can.
The easiest way to move out of the states for Asia is to be an English teacher, many young Americans who wanna get out of the states choose that path. It's not easy though, and some just couldn't handle the stress and go back to the US. Of course, it's usually a short term stint but who knows, there are Americans in Asia who haven't returned to the states for over a decade now. The diaspora is still relatively small but it's growing.
这里生活比美国便利，安全，但是薪水比较低，人均资源少。
Imagine only having 4 hours of sunlight because the buildings block it all day...
This city is SO much cleaner than any densely populated city in America. This actually looks relatively clean and safe which cannot be said for the likes of a NYC, Chicago, or anywhere like that in the US.
Просто там живут другие люди.
I agree, American cities have declined. They’re dangerous.
I’ll take messy freedom over orderly slavery anyday.
As a Chinese I am also surprised how densely these apartments were built... Usually there are regulations that buildings should be far away enough so that ground levels can also have nature sunlight. I also have never seen this before.
Maybe the regulations say "every apartment must get sunlight during noon on summer solstice"?
저는 한국인입니다. 궁금한것이 있어서 질문하겠습니다. 비디오 영상에 나오는 아파트는 중국의 일반적인 아파트 인가요? 아니면 특별한 아파트인가요?
@@gggg33333ee These buildings are like typical apartments, but usually 6-8 buildings will be built in a closed community (小区) with a big garden/park between them. The buildings in this video are much denser than typical communities.
@@l34han 정보 감사합니다
3:45 This is the most dystopian thing I've seen yet. You got dozen of buildings thinking you are at ground level, then 3:53 it is revealed that all that is just elevated, with the same buildings beneath u being just dark.
@Eddie Hughes To be fair, just European ones. But Asia is on another magnitude.
3: 53 The buildings below are not for living. It may be that the bank or company is off duty at night, so there is no light
Looks like someone never went outside their home town
@@dv9239 We don't have cyberpunk themed districts in Europe
@@strukitru cyberpunk is the future and Europe is late to the party
If you haven't noticed all major cities in Asia are more or less like this and are all much better than anything in Europe
Looks clean for a place so densely populated. beautiful!
im most impressed by the people, they all are calm and fun. it seems like a no crime area, children running and playing everywhere, even though i think there could be a tree or two for them to climb on. but overall it looked pretty relaxing.
Surveillance everywhere means safety.
when every small crime is punished , bigger crimes wouldn't happen.
I used to live in Huaguoyuan before. And trust me not only this area, in majority of China, it's pretty safe to go anywhere at any time. The cost of committing crime is huge and punishment can impact not only yourself but your whole family like your offsprings as well. If you ever got a crime record, your child is not allowed to start a political life or apply any jobs in state-owned enterprises. And now the market is good. People has got many jobs to do.
@@learnchinesewithtianyi1044 Fascinating !, wonder what make them could felt remorse and keep it that way...
They got to keep their "social credit score" up so they are not punished. Cameras with facial recognition keeping tabs on every citizen.
@@safemode6433 from the Fa Jia.
I love the pedestrian spaces! Looks very liveable and chinese people dont like the sun anyways so i guess it's not much of an issue.
Bullshit, who told you that Chinese people don't like the sun.It's just a cloudy day. But it is true that the sunshine between such high buildings is not as sunny as that of small houses.
For such a densely populated area , I must say it looks neat/organized and clean. But I still wouldn't be able to live in such a place for longer than a year without feeling suffocated/depressed.
yeah seriously :( there are barely any trees or greenery. literally a concrete jungle and feels almost dystopian
where do you live now
@@yuanpeng2637 London
@@SarraLovesTunisia oh shiiit bro London is the most depressing place tf u talking about even
@@Iv40 Disagreed, I've lived in several cities before, London is probably one of the nicest ones. Despite it being a metropolis with a big population, it is well spaced out, has lots of green spaces, it's not all skyscrapers and has tons of historical buildings.
40 floors probably a bit too high but having all those shops and everything you need in walking distance like that? Yea not opposed. It actually looks like a place build for people to live in first and not the car first madness in the US.
Looks impressive to me, a good bit of urban planning, far less depressing than many urban areas around the world.
China really can be eye-wateringly impressive, just the scale and volume of architecture, just wow
According to China's urban GDP, this should be one of the poorest places in China.
@@meleney5406 are you from china?
@@Muhammad-oj9xg Most likely, there's a bunch of CCP shills in the comments spreading weird and easily refutable lies
In my opinion it is too crowded and there are few trees. There are similar neighborhoods in Seoul and Tokyo, but the difference is that in those two cities the green areas, trees and skyscrapers are more harmonized to the point you almost forget you're in a densely populated area
this is rated as one of the worst residential districts within China by Chinese people. Guiyang used to be the poorest Chinese city, so it's incomparable to the neighborhoods of Seoul and Tokyo. Chengdu and Shanghai have much better neighborhoods with greater greenery. those richer cities have more money to spend on beauty and parks so they look a lot better than this place
也有很多城市的绿化很好，你可以看看成都，重庆，苏州，广州，上海等等。 贵州的这个街区因为过于夸张而出名，因此被拍成视频，但它不代表全部
贵州省是中国最贫穷的地区之一
I absolutely love the vibe this city gives off. Even though much of the architecture isnt that modern, the tall buildings and extremely wide streets give it a very futuristic feeling and because of the streets it doesnt feel like its that crowded.
那是你没亲身感受，夏天的时候你都会感受阴暗潮湿压抑，因为高楼阻挡了大部分阳光但同时地面空气温度上升，夜晚的光污染喇叭声会让你感觉不到宁静，除非你已经习惯，这就是一座超密度的监狱
This place looks so cozy for some reason
Not to me honestly. Id rather be in the suburbs in a quiet, peaceful house
@@-wizard-4184suburbs are horrible as someone who lives in one, fuck car suburban dependent poop
@@toruinouelover More freedom, better air quality, better schooling, better safety, no noise. Just peace and quiet with your family
@@-wizard-4184 no
@@-wizard-4184 f freedom
One of the best cities to live here. Not too hot during the summer, not too cold during the winter
OH ITS DEFINITELY COLD IN THE WINTER
@@chickaboomboom2726 Not that cold😂😂
@@你不认识我-f3x May not be for you, but it is for me.
@@chickaboomboom2726 😂😂
How cold does it get?
What i´m most impressed of is, how quiet the traffic is! So much electric vehicle and still 2 years old Video. I´m living in germany and there are still so many combustion-cars on the street you don´t even mentioned there "could" be 20-30 % more. By the way i´m also impressed how well the citiy is designed for walking people. So you never get in conflict with the traffic itself. It´s also very clean, the people behave very relaxed and friendly.
Wow amazing very clean and much density with less noisy i would visit to this cool place ❤️👌
Same!
so big but so clean and relaxed. very beautiful !
It looks crazy dense & almost dystopian at first (all we need is flying cars buzzing around) but there's actually a lot of space. The sheer amount of buildings and their height is disorientating it's crazy. 😵💫
Ikrrr it's one step away from being a cyberpunk city
@@wheatlysparble7900 Yeah, imagine a total collapse of civilisation, or maybe a world crisis... then it will definetly look like a dystopian future city
it looks dystopian at first and at last.
There is also a huge underground city under these buildings, which is used to park and drive cars.
Here is actually a slum in that city. People squeze together, the construction cost is low, and in result the property price is almost the lowest in that city. This community is also top 1 in China in term of population.
They did a good job keeping cars out of the area. Must be nice, being able to walk around and get some groceries.
This is an interesting take in architecture. I believe it has its roots in brutalist style with a modern take and very good urban planning. I wonder of how nice the general apartment/ floor house is in this place. It looks nice.
"brutalist style" is an oxymoron
@@rumfordcbrutalist style is just another way of saying Russian style
@@Sumi_SBrutalist style means raw materials, no paint, concrete facade, sometimes exposed piping (horrible options for places with cold climate). And this style was born in Germany. Russia has barely like 10 buildings built in this style, and mostly all of them in Moscow. Ugly residential buildings from 60-90th are not Brutalism, they are just commie blocks.
@@bibitiptoes1473 you’re a Russian wierdo coping
Russia has many of those
@@bibitiptoes1473 "commie blocks" fall somewhere between constructivism and brutalism, having elements of both on a case-by-case basis.
While brutalism took the lack of details to an extreme, then stylized it, constructivism just reduced the idea of an object to its bare minimum, to the point it became just function and no form, which are exactly the "commie blocks".
But some "commie blocks" had some abstract details or unusual shapes, so those could fall into brutalism.
貴陽人太幸福了
大樓群大開眼界
乾淨漂亮沒話說
眼睛看建築真爽
好像未來的城市
很棒的視頻分享
在家的我就是一个很讨厌我吧，北京的时候也不敢相信了别人了，这次又有机会成本管理会计师协会理事会理事长和老师 👩🏻🏫
會嗎？？審美觀很特別
@@guchienchen5935 你想表达什么呢？这么和谐舒适，您有什么看法？
我去过这个城市以及几乎整个贵州，包括新发现的自然保护区，贵州一方面是中国最穷的省份，一方面年青有为不断进取，生活安逸物价低廉美食众多，出城就是各种旅游景点，令人感觉相当喜欢生活在贵州。
花果园在贵阳这边的评价是：普遍偏低。楼房密集，住起来有点压抑，采光和堵车太严重了。周边配套设施很少，但是它为在都市生活打拼的年轻人提供了住所。
Lack of trees is giving me anxiety lol
No I am allergic so this is perfect
@@Србомбоница86allergic to oxygen?
@@prakashpothineni7752 to trees
Pplv really be having all sort of allergies
@@Србомбоница86then you should move to Mars with Elon musk 😂😅
How is it 'depressing'? Provided they use SOUND-ISOLATING tiles for apartment blocks, this is impressive how much it can house! Its NOT depressing. It's spectacular!
cuz China and china has to = bad
It's all urban sprawl and concrete jungles but... it's somehow just staggeringly beautiful and liveable. I would definitely not mind living in a place like this, it's like straight out of the future.
You're a perverted person
Yeah I lived in Suzhou, China for 2 years and it was the best time of my life. Now I'm back in the hellhole known as Maryland, USA (tbh, USA in general). But I respect those who don't like the modern/future aesthetic and prefer the run-down suburban aesthetic. It's all about preference. However, lack of public transportation and public services here is objectively bad.
There is an easy answer to the mystery. Because there is so much packed into a very systematical space it becomes very clear and open and this gives the city this jungle look like a grass field standing in the sun.
Really? Everything is gray, no real trees, no parks, no grass, no animals. How could you live like that? Are you human?
@@PaulRakoczi basically everybody nowadays lives without nature my friend
👍 👍 👍 👍 👍 Thanks to you for this outstanding video. 💯 👏 👏 👏 👏
thanks for your appreciation
As a rural Canadian, this looks like hell on Earth.
Rural Canada is pretty depressing but yes in comparison, this is hell.
Most of Canada is hell itself
I was expecting lots of litter, super loud, etc. i was wrong, so different and clean . I like it.
I live in São Paulo, Brazil. 5th biggest city in the world, the biggest from the western hemisphere (even bigger than NY) and the city with one of the most intense air traffics in the world. 22 million people, huge buildings and all, but even for me this looks unreal, things are so peaceful and organized, not the same as here, here is way more noisy and chaotic, homeless people everywhere, endless crimes…
У китайцев не забалуешь.
@@UserInterneta-y9b ОСТАНОВИТЬ ВОЙНУ
@@guilhermeluizpolli7550 Так мы шо против. На переговоры Ваши не идут.
Muy parecido a México
You are comparing an actual megapolis São Paulo to essentially some backwater city in China. No, not just a city, but a district, residential area within the city. So... Comparison is irrelevant. Beijing, Hong Kong would be better competition for São Paulo.
Wow so clean and beatiful.
In awe at the scale of this city. Would love to visit some day
welcome to visit
@@wangsrecord6991 unfortunate we can not because virus
konichiwa und arigato.
This is just a small residential area in a small city in China check out the greater bay area
This crazy- wow. Thank you so much for sharing
Just a city guy from India. I have a strong feeling that I'll visit this place in my lifetime. Hopefully in the next 5 years.
Take my word, you WILL visit for sure - From a fellow Indian.
people like u destroy places like this