Greetings from Shanghai

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Here on a work trip - nice city. Spent the afternoon tooling around on the subway visiting a bunch of areas in the city. Here are some pictures.


Nanjing Road area:

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Police "vehicle" on Nanjing Road :rofl:

I wonder how the NYPD will look in one of these:

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Wanna go sightseeing on a doggy train? :rofl:

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Police "vehicle" on Nanjing Road :rofl:

I wonder how the NYPD will look in one of these:

That would be tossed in the US. It looks like a go cart

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Didn't realize Derrick Rose was this popular in China:

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View of Shanghai skyline from the Bund walk area:

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Mofo, dna, wnabeabeast and rado taking in the sights:

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Old Town shopping area:

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Maglev train station:

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Look Ma, no tracks!

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About to board the train:

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Max Speed: 430 km/hr:

[dna9488]

Awesome man. Looks like a blast

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The Maglev train was awesome. 430km/hr was crazy... but it was so smooth you could barely feel it. It was like flying in an airplane...

That is kind of bad-assery I see more and more of in Asia and less in the western countries. It's almost as though we have lost our nerve. It's the kind of shit we used to do in America all the time - it doesn't matter if it makes any sense to build - just the fact that it can be done is reason enough to do it.

We need a swift kick in the pants here in the US. I can't believe this kind of stuff is happening elsewhere. We need to quit wasting our money blowing shit up in the Middle East and use the money to build stuff here. No reason why we shouldn't have the best damn engineering wonders in the world right here - we used to and we are now getting outbuilt one by one. If I was President, I'd set this country straight.

[Chadd77]

Mofo, dna, wnabeabeast and rado taking in the sights:

Hey mofo!! :hibb: