>>2027833They really don't. Most provincial cities do not have a metro system and a fairly average bus system by European standards.
If you're walking anywhere then be prepared to walk alongside huge multi-lane avenues that stretch in a straight line for miles.
If you're cycling then you will be restricted to a "dedicated" lane that you have to share with non-road-legal EVs, electric rickshaws and straying pedestrians.
Access to amenities is okay but depending on where you live you are basically restricted to whatever's 5 minutes away from you since walking will not be a pleasant experience.
It is walkable on the sub-district level, but it's hard to say for a district or a city as a whole. The urban core of a major city like Shanghai is fine but westerners seem to think everyone in China lives in places like that when they're more likely to live in a suburban district of a city like Shijiazhuang.
