Shanghai is not a futuristic city of the 21st century. Old Shanghai exists in large areas of
of the city. They are quite a sight. There are thousands and thousands of folks living in close proximity in these narrow alleys.
A lot of the buildings were once houses and manors built for the British, French and other colonials in the 1920s. Today, there are old Chinese families living there. And there are many families to a single building.
In terms of demographics, young people prefer new towering blocks of glass-clad condominiums with numerous facilities. Thus, it is the old that live in these old haunted structures.
And there are also some that resist moving until a developer comes knocking. New developers and restorationists will pay a lot for these wonderful old manors. Prices have increased more than tenfold. Property prices here are beginning to resemble that of other world cities.
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Where will they live if they are being chased out? Will the govt pay for their new accomodation? Are they the lower class of the society? Or do that part of town consists of only the grey population? sorry... too many questions... I'm stupid you see and am still learning. :D
I do wonder now, what makes people prefer a certain kind of lodging. I find that I am quite fine with small rooms now that I have lived for quite a bit in Japan for example, but I hear many people craving for more space. (More storage space would be nice though)
Then again I guess I have never lived in one place long enough to really get attached to it.
Hey Chuang,you have what look like some great pics on your Blog,but when I click on the thumbnail pic I only get a pic up the same size,not a bigger version which is what I'd like to see,I didn't know if you were doing this for a reason or that you're having trouble uploading bigger pics ??
Andrew, I guess I simply reduced them to 250-400 pixel in width and uploaded them. I was quite worried that the blog would be bogged down by large-sized images. And I didn't experiment with blogger because I wasn't sure how it will re-size the image.
Do yo have any advice on this? I would mind putting up larger images. What should I re-size the images to?
Ole' Wolvie, I guess it really depends on a person. PErsonally, I like high ceilings, large open spaces and so forth. Pigeonholes are somewhat difficult for me as I get claustaphobic these days. I don't know why... perhaps age is catching up. Hahahah.
You shifted around a lot? You were in Japan? Was it for your studies? Work?
I guess I was away from home for a long time too. Four years in California, two and a half years in the army, and three years in Yorkshire. I was not living at home for almost ten years.
I can relate to you about moving about.
Pinkys, many of them stay because they are waiting to be bought out. They will get rich.
However, dishonest and ruthless government officials and land developers are not unknown. Hence, there are reports of the occasional riot where farmers accuse government officials of illegal seizures.
I don't think they necessarily belong to the lower segments of society. They are, after all, town dwellers, rather then farmers.
I'd say 800x600 should be fine,and if you're using Photoshop try saving them using the 'Save for web' this set for JPEG at around 70% should be enough.An average Photo I've taken ends up being around 157K on these settings,but some of the art on my Blog is over 300K.
Thanks Andrew. I will keep that in mind.
For photos, I will try to keep them at that setting.
I have been setting JPEG at 60% previous. I will increase it to 70%.
If there is any particular photo you want, let me know, I will mail you the original.
As for my doodles and drawings, the original sizes are actually very small. They are usually A6 or smaller in size. So, they are really very small!
I saw the art on your blog... Needless to say, I am still speechless. Some of the new 3D work that I have seen in books and other sources have left me staggered. And it has left me wondering if I should attempt my hand at a different medium altogether. The potential seems boundless.
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