This is the first time I've been to this city. However, since I don't want to use too much time describing subtle stuffs, let me cut this through and start talking about some impressions.

First, when I see those conductors on the bus, who don't sell tickets but just ask you to drop a coin, and those elevator drivers, or maybe captains or pilots or whatever you want to call them, I just think that for the first time I have seen a live and workable city in... Okay. This is not going to work. Let me rephrase it a little bit. The sphere of this city has greatly improved my confidence as being a Party member.

Second, service industry here seems to be undeveloped, and the service itself is not as good as in Southern China. Toilets in restaurants are not as clean as expected. There are no waiters handing towels to you after you washed your hand. Nobody cares about how long have you been waiting for your food. The worst situation - You walk in a store or a restaurant right after the service time is over, but there are still people working in it, they would just tell you, "We are closed". Maybe you would try to convince them that this wouldn't bring them any inconvenience, like "I just need...", and you would finally get convinced that you're really out of luck today.

Third, the whole city is really a huge parking lot during the rush hour. If you really got to travel during that time, you have two choices. One is that join the jam and get jammed; The other is that wait till the jam is over. No matter which you have chosen, your arrival time difference will be slight.

Although this city really has something that you can't find elsewhere, if you just want to have a modern life in China, there are still several choices out there, like Hong Kong or Canton.