PhD thesis final - Royal Holloway, University of London

Chapter 6 –Grounding belonging in leisure spacePlate 6.4. Shopping landscape in ShanghaiLeo, a deputy manager in his 50s living in Tai gan living in Wujiang without his familyfor the previous four years, explained why he only visits these places:Every time when I go into town, I go to Huai hai zhong lu, Xin tian di ,Pu dong, or Yuanqu, Guan qian jie 44 , etc. (Yuhui: Why these places?) I think it is because they are betterplanned. Taking Yuan qu 45[in Suzhou] for example, it is well planned to be a modern,clean and comfortable place. Also, as shops with a higher level of consumption [are]cluster[ed] there, people visiting them seem to be better-off, so I don‘t worry too muchabout my safety. On the other hand, there are also all kinds of shops and entertainmentssuch as cinema, restaurants, book shops, etc. there; I can always find everything I need44 These are all places where shops of high level consumption are available, be that in Shanghai orSuzhou.45 Science park223