Chapter 1192: Iron Forest
In fact, so far, Dar es Salaam has shocked Brazilian exhibitors mainly from three points. One is the ultra-modern high-rise buildings in Dar es Salaam, one is the traffic on the streets, and the last is the city supporting facilities in Dar es Salaam.
The main reason is that these three things are the most intuitive. I am afraid that this is also the reason why the Far East Empire in the previous life liked to build numerous super-high-rise buildings, and even a kind of "building height and urban development level are equal" thinking appeared.
And because the Far East Empire was too keen on this architectural aesthetic, Ernst's aesthetics in the previous life were tired. After all, in the small counties of the Far East Empire, even some special towns, you can see a lot of high-rise buildings. In this environment, many cities can only be said to have no characteristics.
Of course, if it is a foreigner, especially a European country or those backward countries, it must be quite shocking when they first step into the Far East Empire in the previous life.
This is not bragging, but caused by different living environments. Most European cities lack high-rise buildings, and backward countries, except for the capital and a few important cities, cannot have such financial resources and capabilities.
Just like people in the early 20th century saw a forest of steel and concrete in New York, there is no doubt that this exaggerated architectural model will make immigrants from Europe and other regions involuntarily think that "the United States is so developed."
The Brazilians in the back car were more relaxed than Pereira in the front car. They were discussing the new and interesting things about the city of Dar es Salaam.
"Yodele, you are also a German. What do you think of the German country in East Africa?"
Brazil is also a big country of immigrants, so there are naturally many Germans. And Yodel became a Brazilian from his grandfather's generation.
After all, if it was a little later, Yodel might not be a Brazilian but an East African. The scale of East Africa's absorption of immigrants from the German region in the middle and late last century was unprecedentedly exaggerated.
In response to his colleague's question, Yodel did not answer directly, but thought for a moment and said: "Dream, that's the word I can think of."
"If you exclude the black factor, I don't even think that the population structure of East Africa is any different from that of Brazil. This does not match my impression of the German country at all, especially it is completely different from what my grandfather said about Germany."
As we all know, Brazil and East Africa are both immigrant countries, and there are many mixed-race populations. The difference is that Brazil has a large white population and a large number of black people, but there are fewer native Indians.
There is no black person in East Africa at all, at least the Brazilian exhibitors did not see any. Damn, isn't East Africa the homeland of black people? How come there is no black person? This is probably what most Brazilians think.
In addition, the scale of the mixed-race population in East Africa is obviously much larger than that in Brazil. After all, in the population composition of East Africa, white and yellow blood each account for half.
Although Brazil is not as extreme as the United States and Argentina, white people still despise other ethnic groups. This is also an important reason why the white population in Brazil still accounts for half even in the 21st century. At least it shows that early Brazilian whites disdained to marry with other groups.
East Africa is different. The forced marriage by the East African government has a significant effect. The mixed-race population in East Africa has a clear advantage. At least in the eyes of Brazilians, if you randomly pull an East African on the street, there is a probability of more than 90% that he is of mixed descent.
This makes the Brazilian exhibitors seem out of place. After all, although there are mixed-race people among the Brazilian exhibitors, more than 90% of them are pure white.
This is obviously closely related to the social ecology of Brazil. White people are at the top of society in Brazil. After all, people who can participate in this World Expo basically have a certain social status or wealth.
Yodel's colleague said in agreement: "Compared to Germany, I think this place is more like Russia. After all, many Russians have obvious Asian ancestry, although I have never been to Russia."
It must be said that Yodel's colleague's words are too classic. It is estimated that this is related to Russian history. As we all know, Russians have been loyal dogs of the "Golden Horde", not to mention that there are indeed many Asians in Russia, and the Western world also likes to use these "evidences" to exclude Russia from Europe, unless Russia is too powerful.
For example, when the whole of Europe fell under the iron hoof of Napoleon, Europeans generously gave Russia the title of "European Gendarmerie". It can be seen that unless Russia strengthens itself, it will never be able to integrate into the Western world by bowing down and being a licking dog.
In this regard, East Africa and the United States are relatively pragmatic. Anyway, under the geographical division, Europeans cannot let the two countries join the "European nationality". In comparison, Japan's "de-Asianization and Europeanization" is more crazy than Russia. Another more crazy country is Turkey, the posthumous child of the Ottoman Empire. It wants to join Europe and become the big brother of the Arab world. It wants both, and it wants to go to the East to recognize its ancestors.
In short, Yodel did not feel too many "German" characteristics in Dar es Salaam, although as a Brazilian, his life and thinking have long been Brazilianized.
However, this did not affect his good impression of East Africa, so he said without hesitation: "East Africa's urban construction is at least 20 years ahead of Brazil. Compared with Rio de Janeiro, it is obvious that Dar es Salaam is superior in terms of urban construction and environment."
"Look at those skyscrapers in the West, they are full of ultra-modern temperament. This is a completely different architectural style from New York, USA. Although it lacks classical artistry, it is very comfortable and not abrupt."
Although East Africa still restricts high-rise buildings, it has also made appropriate adjustments with the development of the times. Restrictions do not mean no construction, and Dar es Salaam's high-rise buildings can rank third in the entire East Africa.
The first is Dar es Salaam's old rival, Mombasa, which was once ranked as the twin stars of East African cities with Dar es Salaam. As for the second, it is the capital of East Africa, Rhine City.
Mombasa has many high-rise buildings, even not inferior to any city except New York. This is deliberately done by the East African government. There is no doubt that in the early 20th century, steel and concrete forests were in short supply, which could greatly deepen the impression of most people in the world on a country, so Mombasa, as a window for communication between East Africa and the world, was entrusted with an important task.
As for why it is Mombasa, not Dar es Salaam, this goes back to the location advantage. Mombasa is a city in the north of the Indian Ocean coast in East Africa.
It is also the bridgehead for civilization exchanges between East Africa and the Indian Ocean coast, the Far East, and Central and Eastern Europe, and is closer to the civilization center of Eurasia.
So if Mombasa is built a little more exaggeratedly, it will open the eyes of those "country bumpkins" in the above-mentioned regions.
This is not an exaggeration. Needless to say, there are no world powers except East Africa on the Indian Ocean coast. They are either very backward or simply colonies. Although there is a Japan in the Far East, Japan, as a great power, is indeed a real "poor imperialist" country. The situation in Central and Eastern Europe is slightly better.
But even if the two world powers of Germany and Austria-Hungary are counted, they are only at the same level as East Africa, and there is no rival for East Africa in the countries and regions to the east.
So if this exhibition is chosen in Mombasa, it may give people from all countries a more shocking visual feast.
However, the East African government did not do so. There are naturally reasons for this. The first is the carrying capacity issue. The Dar es Salaam urban circle has other cities that can share the pressure, while Mombasa has always been a dominant city. As for the former Mombasa urban circle, it has now been completely integrated with Mombasa and has become the city of Mombasa.