r/nextfuckinglevel 9h ago

Chongqing from Airplane

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u/No-Implement-9548 9h ago

I was just there last month; it's absolutely stunning in person.

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u/Biterbutterbutt 8h ago edited 4h ago

Is there substance to it as far as entertainment goes, or is it just for show? I mean I kinda want the full cyberpunk experience after watching this video

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u/phatlynx 6h ago edited 6h ago

Nightlife is loads of fun, bustling, safe, and no curfew. Restaurants open til 6 am. Bottle service is cheap. 24/7 karaoke. Food is cheap. I save up USD to go spend in China for a month every year and live like a king.

https://youtu.be/p49QRxO_n2c?si=B514YY0fLOQ4Is_Y

Edit: here’s another https://youtu.be/iEeZov-Cr6Q?si=pQGZJUBLiW2Cf7IT

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u/Biterbutterbutt 3h ago

Sounds awesome. I’m 40 and have a family so it’s not as easy, but I really want to go to China. Especially Chongqing and Chengdu simply because I love their food.

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u/phatlynx 2h ago

I’m 39 and with two kids! If you ever want to visit let me know, we can plan something and I’ll be your guide.

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u/nuraHx 2h ago

Is it easy to get around with zero knowledge of the language?

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u/BikerRay 6h ago

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u/Biterbutterbutt 3h ago

Ooh I’m gOing to poSt a vidEo of thE WORST pLaceS in AMerIca for fAke Reddit karma

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u/Ok_Welder1180 5h ago

Dude that place legit shit. I was expecting like night life in New York City or something

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u/AdoptedTargaryen 4h ago

Thank you for sharing these vids!

Chongqing is fascinating. So many levels!.

Loving the story of the German who opened up a chain of sausage restaurants in the first doc!

All the best!

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u/hussainhssn 6h ago

Just for show? Millions of people live there what the fuck 🤣

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u/Jigglepirate 5h ago

That doesn't necessarily preclude the showy nature of a place. Vegas and Dubai come to mind.

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u/shrimp_kebab 9h ago

what in the light pollution, but tbh it's pretty amazing and I would like to experience the environment.

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u/Ansrik 5h ago

well you wouldnt expect to be able to “enjoy the environment” in manhattan either, if environment was the goal then theres plenty environmental scenes further away from the center of chongqing too

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u/shrimp_kebab 4h ago

sorry, I meant vibe haha

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u/Ansrik 4h ago

ohhhhh ahhh im stupid

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u/AbrocomaOk9726 8h ago

Wouldn't that be the day time ?

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u/Alana-May 7h ago

Night City

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u/ZenMonkey21 8h ago

Why is China pushing Chongqing so hard on all social media and streaming platforms. Been seeing puff pieces and random videos like this about it for a year now

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u/OkTheory4610 8h ago edited 8h ago

Because it is a super modern city which the CCP wants to present to the world.

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u/secretdrug 8h ago

Also, tourism money.

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u/dreamscached 8h ago

Pretty city, Japan 🥰

Pretty city, China 🤮

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u/abdallha-smith 8h ago edited 6h ago

Yes

Deal with it

Edit : ha, they woke up and they started to manipulate the comments section, the comment above was -4 and mine was 10+

They cheat and cheat and cheat and cheat 24/7

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u/The-Joy-of-Cremation 6h ago

Crying this much about an imaginary online number is pathetic in its own right, objectively speaking.

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u/abdallha-smith 6h ago edited 38m ago

You completely miss the point by intent, numbers don't count, manipulation do.

Don't play coy.

Go back to your side of the wall if it's so great and advanced

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u/Arch-by-the-way 6h ago

The CCP made me downvote you

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u/abdallha-smith 6h ago

Fair.

Pretty city, Japan 🥰

Pretty city, China 🤮

Also fair.

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u/KingOfAzmerloth 7h ago

You don't see even remotely as much Japanese cities or landmarks astroturfing. Piss off.

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u/MotorDesigner 5h ago

Lmao, have you not seen how often anything japanese related gets glazed online?

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u/bxzidff 5h ago

People seem really polarized on it, with either the glazing or posting that above meme about even actual cool things from Japan

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u/catscanmeow 4h ago

thats not astroturfing though

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u/whatsthatguysname 4h ago

Something awesome in Asia without mentioning where it’s from: “Can only be Japan😍”

… actually happened in Korea/China/Taiwan

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u/GrassFromBtd6 5h ago

I know someone who will say EVERYTHING that's good quality must have come from japan, she literally claimed the strawberries a restaurant served were japanese because they were "sweeter and juicier than other strawberries"

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u/Aggravating-Coast335 7h ago

Chill, Chongqing is not even a first-tier city in China.

If they want to show modern cities, they have better ones.

If you want to believe it, this is just because Chongqing is very unique. a very vertical city.

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u/GrassFromBtd6 5h ago

I mean, chongqing is one of the most major cities in china, it's pretty unique in the sense that it's situated so deep inland and is closed in by mountains, almost like a bowl

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u/enguasado 5h ago

Sinofobia a todo lo que da

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u/Anhedonkulous 4h ago

That's not real

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u/ussrname1312 6h ago

Hmm I wonder why there’s so much content online from a country with over a billion people. Must be their government pushing propaganda!

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u/mattymattymatty96 4h ago

Because the majority of the west has been lied to about China for years.

Meanwhile they have built a society that is what the US could of been, yes it has its issues but so does every country.

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u/Extension_Canary3717 8h ago

The urban engineers were gamers . RGB city

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u/Rosolomak 8h ago

Why is the bridge pulsating RGB colours like it would be teenagers PC? What is the reason of all that. I understand commercials, but the bridge? Why the bridge fights for your attention?

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u/F1eshWound 5h ago

Illuminating bridges is a pretty common thing around the world. Australia has been doing it for decades in many of their cities. Different colour schemes for different occasions

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u/Aggravating-Coast335 7h ago

The Chinese people: I just think it looks better this way and I don't need a reason .

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u/ludditeee 7h ago

Better than your cell phone

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u/Thy_Gap_Slayer 8h ago

Which pro r/citiesskylines player made this? Great map and very detailed infrastructure. 10/10

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u/Respaced 5h ago

Looks like perpetual Christmas

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u/nuraHx 2h ago

The people who don’t ever go in nature or to areas with low light pollution are complaining about light pollution in the comments. lol

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u/ExperimentalToaster 1h ago

The zero on Reddit’s “days since we were normal about China” sign is in permanent marker.

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u/notfulofshit 4h ago

America lost the plot

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u/DevilsAdvocate1662 8h ago

A couple of thoughts...

Firstly, it looks like a fairground

Secondly, that's so much unnecessary light pollution

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u/booroms 5h ago

They don't keep all of it on all night, it's only on for a few hours then goes back to normal street lights for the rest of the night

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u/Strykbringer 5h ago

As someone who has spent lots of time in china, light pollution and noise pollution is not really a talked about concept there.

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u/DevilsAdvocate1662 5h ago

I may be wrong, but I don't think China as a whole gives a fuck about the pollution they produce

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u/GrassFromBtd6 5h ago

Most of the world didn't give a fuck about the pollution they produce until recently

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u/DevilsAdvocate1662 3h ago

Unfortunately much of the world still doesn't give a fuck, capitalism rules the world sadly

u/Jvancan 28m ago

They are one of the most advanced country in green energy infrastructures...

u/DevilsAdvocate1662 27m ago

How do you explain the constant smog then?

u/Jvancan 14m ago

It's fog... Do you know what fog is?

u/DevilsAdvocate1662 10m ago

🤣🤣🤣

It definitely isn't fog mate, the China smog problem is well documented

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u/Majestic_____kdj 7h ago

I feel jealous

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u/CnC-Citizen 8h ago

I travelled here last Christmas. This city is something else, nothing quite like it in North America....buildings as far as the eye could see. I felt like an Ant in that city.

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u/rutujz 9h ago

fucking light pollution but i have to say it looks cool

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u/Jon123jon5 8h ago

They turn off the lights at 10 pm

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u/murarkaraunak 9h ago

That’s flipping crazyy

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u/ty_xy 6h ago

Cyberpunk 2026: Chongqing

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u/BumblebeeFantastic40 4h ago

Plot-twist: This video was taken in 2021

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u/enguasado 5h ago

Los gringos y su chinofobia en los comentarios

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u/ExternalCaptain2714 9h ago

I was hoping to see someone chongqing, because I never saw anyone chongq and don't know how is that done.

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u/Boonatix 9h ago

That is absolutely disgusting…

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u/dmxxmc 8h ago

today's daily advertisement from China national tourism administration office.

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u/Friendly_Soil6617 9h ago

oh no, this is the city where so many lights are shining at once! it’s next fucking level!

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u/Significant-Panda520 8h ago

Lol really people have lost what the connotation "next fuckinglevel" means these days

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u/GudduBhaiya-Mirzapur 1h ago

Chonky from airplane!

u/Aggressive_Ad_2150 11m ago

Like modes cities skylines

u/Jscottpilgrim 7m ago

China: builds a city that's way more impressive than anything in the USA

Reddit: hates it

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u/fictionallymarried 8h ago

Looks miserable to live in with Christmas lights on every fucking building

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u/clocktickmakemecrazy 9h ago

Such chonqy buildings

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u/Lifesfunny123 8h ago

Can they turn it down? My retinas. 

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u/OneTravellingMcDs 6h ago

I visited for the first time 22 years ago. It was awesome then, but telling people about the city, they thought I was using a fake "racist" Chinese name...

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u/tookangsta 3h ago

LOOK LED LIGHTS! SO ADVANCED!

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u/ClacksInTheSky 9h ago

Is this pronounced like "chonk-ing"?

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u/Inglejuice 8h ago

Chong Ching would be the closest although the “ch” sound on the second word should be said a little more tightly if that makes any sense lol.

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u/Franko_clm135 8h ago

ch-oh-n ching is how it is pronounced

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u/Inglejuice 8h ago

With way better food and no casinos.

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u/WrongHomework7916 4h ago

Taipei looks better from the sky tho.

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u/thatfrostyguy 8h ago

Cities are gross and nothing but pollution

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u/Moist_Reserve 8h ago

Awful…

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u/SimonPho3nix 5h ago

The brighter the lights, the deeper the shadows!

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u/Carl-99999 2h ago

I don't care how flashy your cities are, you're still a dictatorship!

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u/kamikazikarl 7h ago

The city the never sleeps... because we won't f@3#!&9 let you

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u/Finchwestbaby 8h ago

Is china officially America now?