Originally Posted by
moondog
I now realize that I confused myself (and therefore everybody else) with my double negative. I should have just said:
-stay in Puxi (west) unless you're planning on spending a lot of time in Pudong (east)
-being marginally closer to the airport does not tip the scales in favor of the latter IMO
In my opinion, it depends on what you have to do : if your meetings are in Pudong, you will have to cross the Huangpu at peak hours... or to take the subway...
Same thing about the airport : if you dont drive at peak hours, the gain is marginal, if you drive at peak hours, it is important.
To go to Puxi, I took every time a taxi to the nearest subway station (century park or something else, 11 RMB) then the subway which is fast and very convenient (15 minutes to station, 8 minutes to Nanjing road...).
Finally, it depends of what your are looking for : "Global" China (Pudong), "Chinese" China (Puxi).
Last point : Puxi is, at the present time, saturated by a lot of public works (on the Bund, for instance) until I believe the Expo.