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"Ever wondered what it's actually like to live in a middle-class apartment complex in China? Today I'm taking you on a complete tour of my apartment community in Wuhan—from the security gates and package delivery system to playgrounds, community spaces, small businesses, and the little everyday details that make life here unique.

As an American who's lived in China for eight years, I'm always fascinated by the small things that locals barely notice but visitors find surprising. Come along and see what everyday neighborhood life in Wuhan is really like!"

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[–] zedcell@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

The management is the grounds care (I.e. the gardeners and landscapers), the security, the facilities managers who are called when things break, and the cleaners that clean all the communal spaces like hallways, paths, communal toilets.

The only ones who wouldn't be included would be any specifically domestic workers who work directly for individual families.

But, I would say the collectivisation of domestic work (cleaning companies, restaurants;cafés;take-out, baby-sitters etc.) is a good thing that capitalism has done that is bad in so far as it relies on the exploitation of the worker's labour and the poor conditions they might be subject to. The concept is good, the execution is what counts.

[–] ksynwa@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

The management is the [...]

How do you know this?

[–] zedcell@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Using the footage from the video I can infer most of that, and I've mixed that with my own knowledge of what management fees in apartment blocks usually pay for elsewhere in the world. I accept I might be missing some functions or have incorrectly included one or two in my assumptions.

[–] ksynwa@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Just asked cuz that isn't the case here.

[–] zedcell@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 5 hours ago

Fair enough 👍