A great place to visit, but wouldn't want to live there. Buildings here are incredibly French and overly ornate. There's a nice mix of Art Deco and Art Nouveau/Neo-Classical row houses and Southern Chinese bombast and colorful exaggeration. Bajillions of electric scooters loudly criss-cross the streets these dilapidated and somewhat romantic buildings sit on. There's crazy overgrowth and power lines everywhere and thousands of women in traditional conical hats selling lychee or other fresh fruit all over this tropical city of a couple million.
Hanoi sometimes feels like Miami (Hialeah specifically) and often like Latin America (Cuba is the most prevalent just because of the kind of architecture and current state of the buildings), but is all Asian. The food is really spectacular. It's hands down my favorite new food in the world. I guess it makes sense that the best Vietnamese food I've ever had would be here.
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