Even Chongqing’s buses operate far above ground level, taking passengers on a vertiginous rollercoaster ride along narrow “flyovers” that stand on narrow stilts above the city streets.
City as big as Austria where some 'never see sun' – but you'll have never heard of it Megacities where the inhabitants move from home to workplace without ever reaching ground level might seem the stuff of science-fiction.
With multi-level highways, a monorail system that cuts right through through residential tower blocks, and a skyline studded with brightly lit skyscrapers, Chongqing looks like something straight out of Blade Runner.
He describes how he lives on the 18th storey of an apartment building, and travels to work by walking down to the 12th floor, where there’s “a subway station that feels like the entrance to a fallout shelter.”.
When Jackson arrives at his station, he steps out onto the main city square – which is on the 22nd floor of another giant multi-storey development.
