Kinda curious now, are there other examples of cities like this? Rome? Jakarta?
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feart.2020.0000...
They keep growing the city larger and larger. Leave for 20 years and come back, and you don't recognize the scenery anymore.
Actually that's true in the old city as well - there is a huge commercial sector and it's very dynamic and alive.