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The world’s most overwhelming cities? (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by sweatysexconnoisseur@alien.top to c/digitalnomad@expats.zone

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By this I mean the overstimulation of the senses that happens while you are there.

My answer is probably Old Delhi. From the sheer population density, the near-constant honking, the utter chaos on the streets, the panoply of religions and ethnicities, the myriad scents and colours that pass you by as you travel down the narrow lanes, and not least the choking air pollution, it is certain to keep you on edge, not necessarily in a bad way.

Are there other cities that come close to, or even surpass, this?

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[–] Puzzleheaded_Rent_22@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Cairo

[–] crackanape@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Came here to post this. Surely tops the list on overwhelmingness. Even the crazy cities in India are gentler.

[–] Puzzleheaded_Rent_22@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

The traffic is insane, like streams in a river mixed with crashing waves. The tourist traps are unrelenting and the food was not great. I was also there a couple of weeks before Morsi was overthrown so there was tear gas etc down the way

[–] Dramatic-Strength362@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

I was just there and my stress level floor was far higher than usual. Just constant sensory overload.

[–] Seiyo777@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Second Cairo

[–] ethnographyofcringe@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yep, came here to nominate my beloved Cairo <3 It is a lot ... and has everything from the beginning of time until yesterday, fascinating, maddening, overwhelming ....

[–] petrichorax@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

I hear egypt gets pretty spectacular once you get out into the wilderness.