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Originally Posted by graupner
The USA is probably the worst country in the world in terms of urban planning.
Except old cores of old cities, Everything built in the past 50 years basically involves a shopping mall, endless highways and depressive suburbia.
If I compare 2 modern cities, ( Shenzhen and Phoenix), the first is a great example of density, while the second one is giant suburbia.
You are in a really bad position to do any criticism regard chinese urbanism, considering you come from the country who invented suburbia.
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Really? So no one in the US has a foot to stand on when commenting on poor urban design because decisions made in their country for the past 50 years?
He's bang on with his assessment. China is famous for providing huge set backs for their towers, and leaving dead green space in between and an un-animated urban realm. It's not being critical or derogatory, it's observation that coincides with current city planning theory.