Zhengzhou
10,136,000 residents
What locals say
Zhengzhou comes across as a practical inland provincial capital rather than a destination city: a place people pass through, work in, and use as a base for exploring Henan. Living here likely means wide roads, a lot of construction and transit-oriented movement, and a city that feels more functional than charming at street level. The upside is access: it sits at the center of major rail lines and makes trips to Kaifeng, Luoyang, and Shaolin Temple relatively easy. With no Reddit discussion provided, the picture is necessarily thin, but the travel-guide framing suggests a city defined by convenience, not spectacle.
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