Shanghaiist: Excusez moi?! Excusez tu!

guest

Sat, 21 Jul 2007 12:51:36 +0800

Come on, Guest 4, lots of us bedded down some pretty good looking people on Maoming Road for free back in the day. And, Guest 2, you say that "People always think that when they arrived at a place/city it was 'unique' and 'genuine', and then they moan that it 'changed'. Which is obviously immature and incorrect." Huh? A bit murky here, eh? Can yo clarify as to why Guest 1's statements are "obviously immature and incorrect." Perhaps your assertion is better suited to your own comments.

guest

Sat, 21 Jul 2007 11:25:43 +0800

Guest #1 - did you look at the pictures? Obviously the "less than beautiful people" are still welcome. Anyway ugly people and lots of hookers: 1) Isn't most people's idea of "genuinely adventurous and captivating." 2) Is still fucking everywhere in Shanghai. 3) A $300 flight to Thailand takes you to the ugly men+hookers Mecca.

guest

Sat, 21 Jul 2007 02:31:18 +0800

Nice, another place full of male and female prostitutes!

guest

Fri, 20 Jul 2007 16:08:07 +0800

Nothing has changed. People are always just as pretentious, they just go to different places. People always think that when they arrived at a place/city it was 'unique' and 'genuine', and then they moan that it 'changed'. Which is obviously immature and incorrect. It's pathetic when people say 'once upon a time maoming was so cool' - no it wasn't! You were just brand new to Sh. 'The old Tang Hui was so cool!' - no it wasn't, it was small and sad and repetitive. Places sell alcohol and play music.

guest

Fri, 20 Jul 2007 13:23:58 +0800

Ah, for the good ole' days of wonderfully seedy slumming on Maoming Road. At least the less than 'beautiful people' were welcome then. This city's ever expanding glam scene seems to have become painfully shallow, completely stand-offish and 'fabulously' over-the-top. Such is the pitfalls of rapid economic development. I think it's fair to say that Shanghai--once a genuinely adventurous and captivating city--has jumped the shark. *Jumping the shark is a metaphor used to describe the moment when a television show or similar episodic medium is in retrospect judged to have passed its "peak" and shows a noticeable decline in quality. "Jumping the shark" also describes other areas of pop culture, such as music and celebrities, for whom a drastic change was the beginning of the end.