Originally Posted by
moondog
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That having been said, there really isn't a whole lot to do here. This evening, when I was eating my 串 at my local crappy restaurant, I noted that almost all of the patrons there were demonstrably rich (e.g. fancy watches, purses, glasses, etc), but they were still resigned to spending their Sunday night hanging out in third world environment.
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It is a comfort food and familiar crowd issue.
You can take a boy out of rural China but you cna't take the rural China roots out of a boy.