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The world’s most overwhelming cities? (alien.top)
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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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[–] lemystereduchipot@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (5 children)

I'm from NYC, and I found Bangkok pretty overwhelming at first.

[–] ConsiderationHour710@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Same Bangkok was a lot for me

[–] plingplongpla@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Had a panic attack walking along the street after just arriving, never had one before but fuck it was random haha.

Love Bangkok and Thailand in general though!

[–] lemystereduchipot@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I love Thailand too, but I got into Bangkok late, I was hungry and just looking for food to fill my belly I was overwhelmed by all the options, smells, sounds, etc.

[–] rascalofff@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Bangkok is terrible when you‘re hungry & a little on edge.

[–] mpbh@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Bangkok is tame compared to HCMC

[–] Phnake@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Hanoi is also pretty wild.

[–] captaincryptoshow@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

HCMC

What is that?

[–] marrohr@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Ho Chi Minh City.

[–] tortoise888@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Bangkok is downright pleasant if you stay next to a BTS stop.

[–] captaincryptoshow@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Yeah it reminded me of Blade Runner, and not in a good way

[–] Bitter-Green2100@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

I adore Bangkok, and I don’t think it was that bad at all.

Sure some streets were busy, but I feel like that’s the same everywhere where you have 5m+ people.

And all the little roads apart from the main roads to me felt pretty chill. Not even the skytrain was that busy.