For Chinese tourists the big Western cities come as a huge disappointment. New York’s Time Square is just a busy junction, not the wide square of their imaginings. In the downtowns Los Angeles, Atlanta and Phoenix, you rarely see a soul apart from the occasional tramp. It’s so desolate that it feels scary to walk there even in the daytime.
China’s Small Town Problem
For Chinese tourists the big Western cities come as a huge disappointment. New York’s Time Square is just a busy junction, not the wide square of their imaginings. In the downtowns Los Angeles, Atlanta and Phoenix, you rarely see a soul apart from the occasional tramp. It’s so desolate that it feels scary to walk […]
November 23, 2011