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A walk and talk around a traditional 'urban village' in Shenzhen, China.

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[Eric_Garrison]

The little ‘ ‘ around the word slum should be an indication that I might not believe that these are slums. Also the content should also give big hints. Cmon people, learn to read and learn a little bit of media literacy as well. Maddening.

[debbywang]

I really like it when you zip the backpack for that boy, he said " Thank you" in English and you replied with " 不用谢“ in Chinese, very cute :-)

[sight-emmajean]

It’s so clean! That’s not a slum. Just low income living. Perfectly respectable.

[suncarus]

In China, we call this kind of area "urban villages". They are actually old towns that are gradually surrounded by cities during the rapid expansion of large cities. They cannot be demolished and rebuilt for new buildings due to ownership or financial reasons. These areas are close to the metropolis and look crowded and shabby, but the prices and services inside are very cheap. I live next to an urban village. I usually go to the urban village for haircuts and market. Cheaper than large supermarkets.

[yoongzy]

The amazing thing is the tiny alleys are quite clean!

[audnu-vanced]

Your video will become one of those "streets of XXX from 2024" videos in 100 years. People will watch it and appreciate the retro vibes in it.

[fredfrond]

No homeless, no crime, clean streets not a bad place to live.

[Helghast]

I’d not call the area a slum at all, it’s compact, crowded and the homes have extended themselves onto the street but, it’s clean very clean. You’ve quite a lot of areas in london that would be embarrassed at how clean it is there 😂
It looks a lot like parts of HK and totally get why those areas are great for street photography.

Where would I like to live, a bit of both I suppose, I do love a lot of the modern architecture but you can’t beat convenient living either right.
Growing up and living in London it has similarities especially with how areas that are being redeveloped say like the Elephant and Castle, it had large predominantly council flats that were pulled down and the old occupants were moved on and new swish apartments blocks were built in it’s place, I suppose that’s more gentrification too though.
Maybe the happy medium is to design and build something that has much of what you was walking through but make it a tad larger and more open 🤷🏻‍♂️ maybe it loses totally then what it’s trying to emulate.
Affordable housing is needing all over the globe though and it should never be overlooked.

Superb video, I’ll have to give the other one a watch too, great content man.

[peterlai]

The alley is very tidy and clean!!! Even Hong Kong's alley can't be compared!

[jimkuan]

Even the stairs in these dark alley building are super clean. Zero trash.

[VV-juxh]

They maybe poor but they are not homeless and the area look clean and safe

[lolcatjunior]

This not a slum. I live by Compton long beach at the edge of downtown LA near burned trailers and shitstained cracked sidewalk. That's a slum.

[SinglespeedB]

I believe the urban villages were once farm land areas turned into "farmer-houses" many decades ago during the early period of economic reform and the setting up of Shenzhen special economic zone. They provided many low cost accommodations and living needs for a large number of first comer migrant "farmer-workers" from all around the country who contributed to the building of the city of Shenzhen.

[joey]

It's by no means a 'slum', just a bit narrower than normal area, because the residents own those lands and thus want to make most of it by leaving minimum area for gaps and roads.

[tonycanton]

In the past, these were the residences of rural people without good planning. As the city expanded, it became an "urban village". Obviously, the environment is not as good as a modern community, but it provides cheap accommodation for many young people who have just come to this city to develop. They have to pay rent until they have better financial ability to move away from here. This is a place where the city is tolerant of immigrants. The space is small, but the government manages sanitation, security, water and electricity supply, Internet services, and privately operated low-cost living services.

[zeissiez]

Quick fact: a lot of people had their homes in “slums” removed by the government got super rich after being compensated by the government at market rate. No such luck with slums in Mumbai !

[danielwong]

These are the old towns with old buildings, doesnt falls into the category of a slum like in India. There is no slum in China, only old buildings.

[hl]

The handshake buildings were built by different family without a well design. They just built the houses next to next. It’s not a slum, actually the house owners are quite rich especially if they get relocation by government or other commercial cooperation. Now, these houses are rented by people who are working in Shenzhen but come from somewhere else or not own a property.

[davidzan]

China exists poor communities which provide running water, sanitation, streets lights, cable TV, internet access, 24/7 electric, security cameras, sewers systems, no gangster, no youths roaming around. No baggers, no homeless around.

No slum in China definitely.

[FM-clob]

Even the alleyways are so clean, no garbage, no plastic bags, nada. Impossible to see such clean walking surfaces in US big cities.