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What can you say about a city with 24 million people? Nothing really, it’s too big and there are too many stories to tell. But photos can help explain the weird, wild and wonderful metropolis on occasion, especially ones that obliterate the already thin margins of personal space that locals here offer up. Engrish shirts, entire families on a single scooter, the weary, the excited, the startling circumstances that defy explanation. There’s no commentary or opinion involved, just Shanghai and its people… observed.

Alex Greenberg is the man behind the account, an American who moved to the massive metropolis of Shanghai some years ago and fell in love with it. Overwhelmed by the sheer number of stories that can be told in such a vast city, he decided to start a website where he could document the quirks and oddities of everyday life there, which he called Shanghai Observed. The page now has nearly 70k followers, and people can't get enough of his shrewd street fashion sightings. Scroll down to check some of our faves out for yourself, and learn more about Alex's project!

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Kaisu Rei
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7 years ago

This shirt speaks to me

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    Guild N. Stern
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    7 years ago

    I need this one.

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    Charlotte Brine
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    7 years ago

    #HashtagDeep

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    7 years ago (edited)

    Ah yes, I hear you. It's "funambulism", isn't it?

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    DforDorothy
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    7 years ago

    This kid has seen some sh*t! 😂

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    Charlotte Brine
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    7 years ago

    Low key she definitely knows exactly what her shirt is staying and she won't hesitate to start naming names!

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    7 years ago

    That's my Tuesday shirt.

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    chi-wei shen
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    7 years ago

    ...because pizza is easier to spot.

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    Hans
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    7 years ago

    She has a point.

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    7 years ago

    Drunks go to parties.

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    Lauren Lee
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    7 years ago

    And yet, she'll never gain an ounce! Champ

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    DforDorothy
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    7 years ago

    Didn't really work, did it?

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    Hans
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    7 years ago

    Well, this looks caring to me actually. Obviously, the small one was cold and a creative solution was needed.

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    Charlotte Brine
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    7 years ago

    My god! the overwhelming need for me to see what those look like from the front is almost killing me!

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    7 years ago

    That's my Monday shirt.

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    Never miss a story that brings joy to the world. Add us on Google

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    chi-wei shen
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    7 years ago

    Solid advice.

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    Reilly Beryll
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    7 years ago

    You’re not wrong!

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    7 years ago

    Yo dawg I herd you like shoes so we put shoes in yo shoes so you can walk while u walk

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    7 years ago

    Don't happy/Ooh, ooh ooh ooh oo-ooh ooh oo-ooh/Be worry

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    7 years ago

    If you want to hang out, you've gotta take her out...

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    Hans
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    7 years ago

    How would a court weight that in?

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    7 years ago

    When you twist the torso of your Barbie around to the front. I mean GI Joe. I don't have Barbies.

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    CelestialPhilosopher
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    7 years ago

    oh dear

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    Elena Bianca
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    7 years ago

    He is Yoo Byung Jae, a korean entertainer. These are his merchandise, he previously had phone cases with his face on https://www.redbubble.com/shop/yoo+byung+jae+iphone-cases?ref=work_taglist

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    Kaisu Rei
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    7 years ago

    A good statement but definitely not on a kid's shirt

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    7 years ago

    Cat owners, especially crazy cat ladies can relate

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    Charlotte Brine
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    7 years ago

    Fashion police maybe???

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    Paul Marney
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    7 years ago

    My personality and looks protect my virginity😭😭😭

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    meow point1
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    7 years ago

    What is it with all these kids wearing inappropriate shirts?

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    Charlotte Brine
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    7 years ago

    My "full of regret, why do I do this to myself every Sunday" shirt

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