Comment by marco_salvatori

Little in this article meshes with my experience living in large Chinese cities: Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen. Specifically, I have not observed the social problems mentioned "crime, ... social segregation, and destroyed community and neighborhood life". I believe a good description of the average large, Chinese city experience is: lots of cars and people but mixed development with plenty of shops, schools, markets, eating locations, parks, and public transport in easy walking distance. To me, the article comes across as an opinion piece - it was all bigger than the author would have preferred.