Weibo Watch: Where Do Shanghai Locals Go Out at Night?

Date: Apr 25th 2012 4:05p.m.
Contributed by: amberwoo

In Weibo Watch, City Weekend takes a look at the most talked about topic circulating China's biggest microblogging site. This week Sina posted the question: What's your nightlife like in Shanghai? How did Chinese netizens respond?

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Sina Shanghai posed a question to Shanghai Weibo users recently about what their nightlife was like. With over 10,000 replies, we thought we were going to get a good glimpse of what locals do when they go out. However, the result was predictably disappointing as most Weibo users said that they have no nightlife and usually stay at home. We can't help but wonder about bars like 88 and Phebe, which are packed with Chinese kids on a Monday night. Could it be that those people are too busy partying to bother taking the time to fill out Weibo surveys?

Check some of the comments below:

RichBaby is great; it was my first experience with Shanghai's nightlife.
@TimGPYSII：richbaby 果然不错 初次体验上海夜生活

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I'm sick of Shanghai's party scene. It's better for women to stay away; otherwise they start to age quicker.
@崔玉婷野蛮乖乖女：已经厌倦了夜生活，女人最好不要夜生活太频繁，容易变老。

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Those who have fun partying have a young heart. Those who don't like going out are getting old. And those who criticize people for going out clubbing should jump in their coffin.

@清枫公子：可以在酒吧high出自己的，都有一颗非常年轻的心！不敢去的，排斥的，这些人都已经老去了！当然，还有批判我们去夜店的人，简直可以进棺材了！

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I don't like Shanghai's nightlife; it's too loud and messy. I like going to bed at 10.30pm and sleeping until the next morning.

@幸福的撒哈: 我不喜欢过夜生活，太嘈杂了，我喜欢22:30就能睡觉觉，然后一觉到天亮

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I tried it many times; I think it can be easy to become addicted to it and became a crazy party girl. So I tried to stay away from it because after the craziness I felt lost ...

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