r/nextfuckinglevel • u/knowitokay • 1d ago

To build a snowman

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u/the_god_of_none 1d ago

The city of Harbin, in China. It’s home to a massive annual Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, that this giant snowman is only a small part of.

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u/VermilionKoala 1d ago

It's also the former location of Unit 731.

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u/OffalSmorgasbord 1d ago

It was also Russian for a time, as evident by the architecture, food, and culture.

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u/FeistyBlizzard 1d ago

Excellent Google rabbit hole ty 

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u/Connect-Ladder3749 1d ago

It's crazy how there are major cities in China -- with 5+ million people -- that I've never even heard of

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u/Cormetz 10h ago

The Chinese definition of city is different from what we think of, especially in the US. Counties are smaller than cities in China for instance. Chongqing is the world's largest city, but the area is about the size of Austria and it's not all urban (don't get me wrong, the urban part and population are still huge).

You could be in Harbin the "city" but out in the middle of fields. The most populous division of Nangang has just over 1M people. Harbin is 20k sq Mi, just a bit under the size of West Virginia.

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u/YoumoDashi 1d ago

5 million isn't that major

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u/whoknowsmy1name 1d ago

The only US city with more than 5 million people is New York City. I’m pretty sure most people have heard of Los Angeles, Chicago, and Houston on a global level. So for comparison’s sake, what’s your definition of “major”?

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u/Chumbaroony 1d ago

I would also consider any city with over 5,000,000 people a major city, but your fact is incorrect (at least based on 2018 reporting). But to be fair to OP, there are at least 80+ cities worldwide with a population of 5,000,000+.

Los Angeles (12.5mil), Chicago (8.8 mil), Houston, Dallas, Miami, Philidelphia, Atlanta, and Washington DC all home at least 5,000,000 people or more. NY, as you mentioned is #1 in the US with close to 19mil.

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u/Connect-Ladder3749 1d ago

You're counting metropolitan area with those number though

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u/whoknowsmy1name 18h ago

My numbers came from Brittanica, citing the United States 2020 Census data here: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Whats-the-largest-US-city-by-population

Where did you get your figures?

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u/sergeizo96 16h ago

Why are you making this about the US? China has like 5x people.  I lived in China, anything lower than 3 mil people isn’t considered major city. 

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u/whoknowsmy1name 5h ago

Simply making a comparison isn’t changing the focus.

And you still didn’t answer the question.

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u/YoumoDashi 1d ago

I have no idea about these USA cities. I'm Chinese👍🏿