Hummer in Shanghai
Originally uploaded by quami77
When you’re in a country of so many people, you have to learn to deal with lack of personal space. There isn’t always abundance, so you have to make do with what you have. I have seen remarkable reuse of containers, objects that one buys at the store. In fact, there has traditionally been very little use of product packaging. Most of the stuff that is bought is self contained. You can bring your own cloth bag to the markets, for instance, and put food directly into your bag after purchasing it.
Despite the large number of people that inhabit one area, there is minimal waste.
That is, until, the disposable, wasteful, bigger-is-better, American culture was imported here. As evidenced by this abomination you see to the right, which was parked outside our hotel.
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