I would rather have a bed in Puxi than a suite in Pudong.

In the early 1990s, there was a saying in Shanghai that "a bed in Puxi is not as good as a suite in Pudong".

At that time, Puxi developed much faster than Pudong. At that time, Shanghainese were divided into Puxi people and Pudong people. The development speed of Pudong is not as fast as that of Puxi, and it is still a relatively backward "rural area", which is what Shanghainese often call a "countryman". Those who grow crops in the fields are "country people and farmers". For a long time, in the eyes of Shanghainese, Puxi is the city and Pudong is the hometown. Therefore, "women should not marry Pudong Lang", preferring to live in Puxi rather than cross Jiangdong. At that time, Shanghainese were not only xenophobic but also introverted.

The picture below shows Pudong and Puxi separated by a Huangpu River.

Since it was decided to develop Pudong in the last century, Pudong has become the epitome of Shanghai's modernization, the window of China's reform and opening up, and the symbol of China's reform and opening up.