You are welcome to crash at my place during your stay if my business partner isn't here (he rarely is).

Back on topic, these Nanning people have lots of money, but nowhere to spend it. My complex reminds me of Shuangjing (Beijing) when I first moved there before Line 10 opened. Viva was a really low end shopping mall, all of the restaurants were hole in the walls, and other retail space was hogged up by an unreasonable number of real estate offices.

But, look at it now! Viva is a beacon of luxury, people show up to Bang Bang in their Lambos (which they honestly don't know how to drive), Iki is regarded as a "can't miss" restaurant, and apartments are fetching 50,000 per square meter.

Meanwhile, my neighbors in Nanning have the Lambos and the Bentleys, but are forced to walk across the big street to Mixc in order to eat decent food. I was thinking about opening a restaurant here just so I could eat well (this is why Cantina Agave in Shanghai exists), but one magically popped up 5 days ago. It is sort of like the "Grand Yard" (our Shanghai hang out)... very nice 装修 that demonstrates big money is behind it. They don't have any food yet because nobody here seems to be able to make hamburgers; if I can't find someone to train them, I will take up this task myself.