Singapore 🇸🇬 is crushing it. The Token2049 + F1 week is an absolute blockbuster, almost unmatched for a combination of conference & entertainment.
But the truly remarkable thing most visitors took away, is just how far ahead Singapore is as a city compared to others. Nearly 250,000 people at the concerts, reports of over 400,000 at the F1. Crazy parties all over the city, most only closing at 6am.
Still at the worst of times, you could get a Grab or Taxi within 10 mins. Traffic was routed so there weren’t terrible jams. The trains ran like clockwork and cost $1, connecting you to almost anywhere fast. I met people who lost phones and wallets (partied a bit too hard), and retrieved them just fine.
You never see a fight, almost no littering, women are always safe no matter the time of night or if they were by themselves. You could wear a six-figure watch and no one will rob you.
And the Monday after F1, the track is open and all streets are functioning perfectly.
Imagine going back to almost any other city in the world after this experience (Ie. San Francisco 😂)
Read a great Reddit thread putting historical dates in perspective.
Here are 8 gems.
1/ The moon landing was only 66 years after the Wright Brothers first flight (1903-1969). Within a lifetime, humans went from having limited flight tech to travelling ~239k miles from Earth.