欢乐向：上海与堪萨斯城相比如何？ [美国媒体]

原始问题
So, how *does* Shanghai compare to Kansas City anyway?

那么，上海和堪萨斯相比如何？

回答一：
Tom McGregor, I lived in Beijing since Oct. 2010，Answered Jul 2
Not sure who came up with the idea of comparing Shanghai to Kansas City, but I’m guessing it’s a K.C. native seeking to demonstrate civic pride. Unfortunately, by posting this question it can lead to mockery, since Kansas City would not get listed as a superpower metropolis in any global rankings.Yet I admire those with civic pride even if you come from a place such as Boise, Idaho, I would hope you love your hometown. Nonetheless, a person must take a realistic view on the perceived greatness of one’s native city. So what does Kansas City offer that Shanghai does not.

不知道是谁想出了把上海和堪萨斯城拿到一起比较的念头，但是我猜想应该是一个想要展示公民自豪感的堪萨斯城本地人吧。但是很不幸的是，发布这个问题只能让堪萨斯沦为笑柄，因为堪萨斯城在任何全球城市排行榜中都不会别列为超级大都会。不过我依然会去钦佩那些具有公民自豪感的人，即使你来自爱达荷州博伊西这样的地方，我还是希望你可以去热爱自己的家乡。但是一个人对自己家乡的自豪感还是应该采取现实一点的态度。那么，堪萨斯城有哪些上海所不具备的东西呢？

I had grown up in Dallas, TX, so it’s my understanding that K.C. is a cool sports town. They have the Kansas City Chiefs of the NFL (National Football League) and Kansas City Royals of the MLB (Major League Baseball). They have loyal fans, who show fervent support for local teams in good years and bad.Kansas City is also well-known for its BBQ restaurants. I myself had never visited K.C., so I can’t speak from experience but I’ve been told the city has some of the best BBQ and steakhouses in the United States.

我是在德克萨斯州的达拉斯长大的，因此在我的认识中堪萨斯城是一座很酷的体育小镇。他们拥有美国橄榄球联盟中的堪萨斯城酋长队以及美国职棒联盟中的堪萨斯皇家棒球队。他们有着无论球队成绩好还是差都会提供强烈支持的忠实粉丝。堪萨斯城也因他们的烧烤餐馆闻名。我从来没有去过堪萨斯城，因此我不能通过自己的亲身体验讲诉自己的观点，不过我听人们说这个城市有着一些美国最好的烧烤及牛排餐馆。

But other than tasting delicious BBQ and going to a thrilling football game, K.C. holds no comparison to Shanghai on other important matters, such as serving as location hub for financial activities in Asia. Shanghai has emerged as the financial capital city of China and is expected to continue on experiencing rapid economic growth and attract some of the world’s best senior executives’ talent for regional corporate offices based there.

但是除了可以品尝一些美味的烧烤，以及可以去看一场令人激动的橄榄球比赛之外，堪萨斯城在其他重要的方面与上海没有任何的可比性，比如说作为亚洲金融活动的中心枢纽。上海已经成为了中国的金融之都，被预计将持续经历快速的经济增长，并且金融巨头们在那里建立的当地企业办事处也吸引了一些世界上优秀的金融管理人才。

According to surveys, Shanghai stands tall as one of the top ten financial centers in our world. The Shanghai Daily had posted a story on it with a link here:“SHANGHAI ranked No. 6 in the 22th Global Financial Centres Index, up from 13th last time, and a report ranked the the city's insurance industry as No. 1 in the world for the first time.Would Kansas City even earn a ranking in the ‘Top 100’ global financial hubs? That’s doubtful. Hence, Shanghai deserves special recognition for rising to the cream of the crop among financial circles.The success story of Shanghai as an economic powerhouse city seemed impossible over four decades ago when much of China was mired in poverty, but that was until the late leader Deng Xiaoping had announced a new policy of reform and opening up for the country, which was formally introduced in December 1978 with its ‘Opening Door’ policy.

据调查显示，上海是世界十大金融中心之一。下面是上海日报中的有关报道：上海在第22期“全球金融中心指数”排名第六，高于上次的第13位，并且一份报告将上海的保险行业首次排到了世界第一的位置。然而我们甚至可能在“全球100强金融中心”排行榜中都看不见堪萨斯城的身影。因此，上海在金融圈中崛起为精英城市，理应得到特别的赞誉。在40多年以前，中国还深陷在贫困的泥塘中的时候，上海成为一个强大经济中心的成功故事看起来如此的不切实际。但是为这一切带来改变的是中国已故领导人邓小平，他宣布了一条新的国家改革开放政策，并于1978年12月正式推出了“打开大门”政策。

From that day on, the Chinese government has implemented new free market reforms in a staged and ongoing process, which inspired many Chinese to pursue jobs in the private sector, and so many people moved to Shanghai, where many had become wealthy.Shanghai has become a special city for the international business community and one has to wonder if anyone from Kansas City is living and working in China’s finance hub at this very moment

自那天起，中国开始实行了一项持续的，分阶段的自由市场改革，这也激励了许多中国人投身进入私营企业工作，自那以后如此多的人来到了上海，其中很多人也在那里累计到了自己的财富。上海已经成为了国际商界的特权都市，这也让人不禁好奇，在这一时刻，是否有来自堪萨斯城的人们在这个中国的金融中心生活和工作着。

回答2：
Flora Ding, journalist at CNTV (2016-present)
Answered Jul 3
Actually, if you visit Shanghai, you gonna be quite impressed. If you first visit China, Shanghai definitely would make you feel like “Is this China?” In many ways, it’s not China.. it’s so westernized, and you don’t find such traits in many other Chinese cities. But Shanghai is really a fun place to live. It’s quite diverse, and can fullfill all kinds of your needs.

事实上，如果你来拜访上海的话，她绝对会让你印象深刻。如果你第一次来到中国，上海肯定会让你有这样的感觉：“这里是中国？”实际上，在很多方面，她并不是中国..因为它太西化了，你在中国其他许多的城市身上都找不到这样的特征。不过上海真的是一个让你的生活充满乐趣的地方。她是如此的多样化，可以满足你所有的需求。

Shanghai is also a good place to work at. With top companies, good market..As China’s image, Shanghai is built to be one of the best cities in China. High tech products, cool buildings, new experiments… it’s a place to show off China’s economic development.In Shanghai, you gonna feel that buzz, that boom. your life can be very busy and interesting. But it comes with the high price. The property is quite expensive there, even the rent. You gonna need to get used to crowded subways, traffic jams and small apartments.I generally find American cities are slower paced, unless you are in New York, Washington and other megacities. So I don’t know why you compare these two cities… Shanghai and Kansas city. I would say Shanghai is somehow in the middle of Kansas City and New York. It’s busier than Kansas City, dirtier than it and bigger.

上海也是一个适合工作的好地方。这里有顶尖的企业，以及兴荣的市场..作为中国的门面，上海被建设成了中国最好的城市之一。这里有数不尽的高科技产品，酷酷的建筑，尖端的实验...这是一个展示着中国经济发展的窗口。在上海，你时刻都会感受到那种催促着你的嗡嗡声，那种繁荣。你的生活将会变得如此的忙碌和有趣。但是随之而来的是高昂的代价。这里的房子很贵，甚至租金也很贵。因此你必须适应拥挤的地铁，堵塞的交通以及狭小的公寓。我通常发现美国城市的节奏比较的缓慢，除非你生活在纽约，华盛顿或者其他一些大城市里。因此我不太理解你为何会比较这么两个城市..上海和堪萨斯城。我想说的是，上海在某种程度上基于堪萨斯城和纽约的中间。它比堪萨斯成更加的繁忙，更脏，也更大。

回答3：
Karl Swade, lives in China，Answered Jun 26
Shanghai is the largest city in the world by some measurements. It is an international city with a highly developed public transport system, almost half a million foreign workers, a population of 25 million and the most developed city in China. It has a rich architecture of traditional Chinese to art-deco to ultra-modern.As for Kansas City, well it doesn’t compare to that but I guess that’s what makes it special for some people. Quieter. Less developed. Little public transport. Cleaner air.

按照某些标准衡量的话，上海是世界上最大的城市。它是一个拥有者高度发达的公共交通系统的国际都市，有着大约50外国员工，2500万的人口，并且是中国最发达的城市。它有着非常多的建筑风格，从装饰风艺术，超现代风格到传统的中国建筑风格。至于堪萨斯城，我觉得它和上海没有任何的可比性，但是这也是为何它对某些人来说是一个特别的存在吧。它更加的安静，不发达，缺乏公共交通系统以及有着更清洁的空气。

回答4：
Olaf Lillian, studied at London School of Economics and Political Science，Answered Jul 3
There is no comparison to be honest.Kansas City is way larger, in terms of population and GDP, than Shanghai City.Despite being named a city, Shanghai really is just a small village in the middle of no where.In any aspect of life, such as entertainment, education, healthcare, convenience etc., Kansas City beats Shanghai in a different level.

说实话，没有任何的可比性。在人口和GDP方面，堪萨斯城比上海要大太多了。尽管上海被称呼为一座城市，但其实它只是一个小村庄，坐落在一个鸟不生蛋的地方。堪萨斯城在生活的各方个面都击败了上海，比如娱乐，教育，医疗和便利程度等。

回答5：
Farzan Safavi, former CEO and Founder at FoodLove (2015-2017)，Answered Jul 6
Is this a joke? Or you lack global understanding? Kansas is set in a desert middle of America filled with Bible Belt mentality while Shanghai is a coastal city seeking to become a new cosmopolitan city.Shanghai is double times NewYork with better public transport, cleaner streets, nicer buildings and food to die for.

这是问题是个笑话吗？还是说你真的如此缺乏对全球的了解？堪萨斯城位于美国的沙漠之中，那里的人们充满了对圣经的崇拜，而上海则是一座致力于成为新的国际大都会的沿海城市。上海是纽约的两倍，她有着更好的公共交通系统，更干净的街道，更好的建筑已经那些让人醉死梦生的美食。

回答6：
Avery Penn, lived in The United States of America，Answered Jul 4
Shanghai is 2018 and embracing the future while Kansas City remains in 1976 and is trying everything to go back to the 1950s.

今天的上海处于2018年，并且拥抱着未来，而堪萨斯城则仍然处于1976年，并且正尝试着把自己带回二十世纪50年代。

回答7：
Paul Denlinger, Have lived in China, Taiwan and Hong Kong; fluent in Mandarin (written, spoken)
Answered Jun 26
You gotta be fuckin’ kidding…

你他妈是在和我开玩笑吧...