to NYC x 5

Shanghai metropolitan area has the size of NYC x more than 5 times. 

Shanghai and China is a place where traffic lights and regulations are only rough guidlines, cities i had never heard of are more populated than austria, people are constantly busy but not always productive, traffic is being constantly being taken pictures of with flash no matter if you speed or not, electric scooters cost $200, cab drivers sometimes refuse to give foreigners a ride, where a destination is "only" 1.5 hrs away, November 11th was labeled as Single's Day by a online shopping company because according to them singles do more shopping than people in relationships.