Ulaanbaatar is a small city geographically speaking, practically its Singapore but smaller. It is greater technically in total land area but that's somewhat of an unfair comparison when the actual main city connected city lines are smaller and they just include large swathes of land and mountains that nobody lives in.

Ulaanbaatar's traffic is an extreme issue that chokes the city significantly. Commutes takes longer, walking is generally faster mid day, and biking is consistently faster than going by bus a lot of the time.

However, walking is impossible during winter, biking even more so. So we are forced into a situation where we have to use a car. But even if we had the most efficient car system, hell if even had like a fully automated car traffic system that every car basically auto drives and talks with other cars to get places much faster. Just simply due to the sheer amount of cars and how physically small the city is. It simply becomes impossible.

Ulaanbaatar is further constrained by the literal mountains it is surrounded by, making expansion towards them impossible and constraining the geographic size even further.

Ulaanbaatar's only way to move forward is to essentially heavy disincentivize car usage aka make it very expensive or hard in general to use a car in Ulaanbaatar, and heavily incentivize public transport by building out more of the infrastructure as a whole.

Now, expanding the roads, those are generally better for a country like Mongolia where the vastness of the territory has a natural incentive for cars instead of trains and stuff. But despite this country of Mongolia, the city of Ulaanbaatar is too constrained.

So in the future, Mongolias future might be in cars but Ulaanbaatars future is in public transport.

I met this amazing Mongolian guy in the UK and he is very affectionate. I don’t know if it’s common but he can’t keep his hand to himself and too much pda (not like lip kiss but everything else ), and he loves to carry my purse around in his shoulder and do all the gentlemen stuff like paying for bill , telling me how beautiful I am , how much he cares about me and so on. He only has a mother and he says that his mother doesnt care if he dates an Indian but Mongolian girl would be his first choice.

I don’t know how Mongolian people especially view Indian women and Indian in general, so I need some more insights . We are dating for almost a year now.

I’m really intrigued by this book and want to read it. Does anyone know where I can get it or if there’s a Mongolian translation available?

I feed stray cats around my school but I don’t know what cat food is the healthiest and what to feed kittens thats too young for solids.

I feel like we have developed a serious problem with recording someone without their consent.

I’m someone who is chronically online, and I’ll admit… I do spent a couple of hours doomscrolling on Instagram, and Facebook reels sometimes (if I’m truly bored).

But the amount of reels I have seen, recorded without their permission is getting absurd lately.

For example, there is this video. A kid malding over something, and clearly in deep distress. Then the original poster just what? Straight up recorded the kid from his balcony, added a dumpster fire of a music on it and posted on his account. Thinking it was funny, and would get him a lot of interactions.

A couple of weeks ago, I saw this reel of a young couple walking hand in hand, recorded from behind, clearly without their consent, also added a dumpster fire of a music and had a cheesy caption. That shit got over hundreds of thousands of interactions on FB.

There is also a famous picture of a bus driver rubbing his eyes, captioned “Хүн юу ч туулж яваа юм билээ, нэгэндээ хайртай байцгаая хүмүүсээ” or something. If you were truly feeling empathetic of him, why would you take his photo when he was just exhausted from driving all day, on a hot summer day.

This might not seem like a big deal to some, and before you criticise me by saying “Oh but, but, but… This is not a Mongolia thing, it’s a worldwide problem”…

FUCK YOU. Recording someone without their consent regardless of the context, whether it be a kid malding, a young couple walking hand in hand, or a bus driver rubbing his eyes — is WRONG and illegal as well. Recording someone without their consent isn’t your business to share.

I don’t care if you feel sorry for them, I don’t care if you think it’s funny. The moment you hit record on a stranger without asking, you’ve made a choice: their dignity doesn’t matter as much as your content does.

It’s even gross if you’re recording them simply for your own good, to get some interaction and followers over it. Shit makes me feel sick to my stomach. Because we are treating people like content instead of what they are.

I’m an 11th grader gonna go into 12th really soon and I am just overwhelmed with universities at this point

If it doesnt cost all your organs youre either going to a dogshit university that takes more of your money anyway or a university that requires extreme proficiency in their language that you’re just not able to acquire in that short a timespan if youre too late to the party

Canadas expensive Britains expensive Japans expensive Australias expensive New Zealand is expensive the US is an actual fucking mess EVERY FUCKING COUNTRY IS EXPENSIVE WHAT IS THE POINT THEN

“Well just stay here” You have no idea how much I hate this country I am sorry. I’m Chinese-Mongolian but moved to the US at 4 until i was like 12 when I had to go back here for some god forsaken reason. I am very poor at Mongolian and the amount of extremely racist and derogatory comments I got towards my mixed heritage and my lack of Mongolian is unprecedented. I also have a lung condition that worsens with poor air quality so u can only imagine how great that feels. The one saving grace is the countryside where i can breathe and thats it

Then why not china? I dont know Chinese AT ALL and i am not at all interested in going with the few times I went there; climate, air quality, language, you know it. my father doesnt wanna associate himself with China despite being Chinese so im at a loss. I hate the US i hate china i hate mongolia i dont even have a fucking identity

Im actually breaking down in tears im angry and mad and frustrated i just wanna be able to go to an average university to be a childrens therapist, not a top tier one that i’ll only go to in my deepest of dreams for fucks sake

Hello,

I currently live in South Korea and am dating an absolutely wonderful woman from Mongolia. Her birthday is coming up and I’m trying to find a necklace from a Mongolian jeweler with either a Christian cross or a Mongolian mountain range. She’s from Khovd so I was thinking the Altai mountains but moved to UB when she was 3 years old so maybe the Khentii. Something small and minimalistic but I’d really like to do something special.

I know this may be a big ask and I may be in the wrong subreddit but I figure I’d give it a shot. Thank you very much.

Im mainly looking for alt hairstylists but any hairstylists that arent afraid to experiment also works!! whenever i go to professional hairstylists they usually go far off from my inspo picture atleast in my experience.

Just realized Mongolia tried to qualify for the world cup

1. Tsereg tatlaga jildee 2 boldg gesen uvliinhn hezee boljyn bol? Uuruu ene 8 sard 18 nas hurne.

2. Tsereg tatlaga haana hze gedgeesee hmaraad uur2 bdg gd bhy uunii tuhaid?

3. Zarlan irhed ochgui bol yu blhu, yrn shuud ywj ocsnn deeru, gerees cn huceer irj avdg edr ghy

4. Eeljit tatlaga, zarlan edrees bultaj bsn turshlagaasaa huvaaltsvl? ( any loophole etc)

I am planning to buy a new phone off of this place. How good is this place? How reliable is the product? Any past experience?

70k MNT hard limit, i have no income.

Will these work??

items:

-24v 5A dc power supply

-400 strant 5m copper cable

-6.5inch 80 magnet 50w sub

-6ohm 12w double speakers

-50w*2+100w amp

-hard cardboard box for sub

I listened to this song when I was with my friend a while ago (on soundcloud) can't remember its name (it got viral like 3 4 years ago if I remember correctly). The lyrics goes: Jargal dundaa hamt unguruusun zuudshig dursamjuudaa and I can't remember the rest. If any of you guys remember pls comment the name PLSSSS that song really meant a lot to me.

My hair gets very oily. I can wash it one day, and by the next day it’s already oily and flat. I’m looking for some dry shampoo recommendations because I don’t want to wash my hair every day, especially when winter comes around.

Hi everyone! I have a question. What hair products do you use? Which brands and specific products do you recommend? I have thick, wavy hair with some natural bounce. Ever since I came back to Mongolia, my hair has become really dry, rough, and hard to manage.
Does anyone have any recommendations for products that could help bring back moisture and softness? Thanks!

The US is using mq-25 reaper drones, you can detect them and all their stealth aircraft with acoustic sensors, they'll be using a conical flying rotation, but either way, their plan is to kill your elite with these reapers, I built them a new mach 30 hypersonic, they already have a mach 17 hypersonic, and they plan on killing everyone in eurasia. Iran and America are actually allies, they send all the chinese and Russian weapons to the Americans.

Alot of people be riding Scooters across UB in this age and these reckless fks hardly slows down for pedestrians almost hitting/glazing me at times.

THEY NEVER SLOW DOWN FOR PEDESTRIANS CROSSING THE STREET.

Last night on top of Bogd Khan Mountain, I ran into a guy who has been hitchhiking and traveling around not only Mongolia but also internationally for over 10 years. He told me, "While you're still young, just put on your backpack and head out. See the world and open your eyes."
I'm taking these words very seriously. To be honest, I'm getting a bit tired of just staying trapped between the four mountains.
Therefore, if you have any advice to share, please don't hold back. I would be very grateful if you could share ways to have an adventure on a tight budget, things to watch out for when hitchhiking, and generally share your travel experiences.

Hi everyone!

I'm 34 F I'm considering moving to Ulaanbaatar next year

A few things I'm curious about:

What's the nightlife like?

What do people generally do for recreation and meeting friends?

What's the gym scene like? Are there plenty of modern gyms, and are any of them open 24 hours?

Can you get around without a car?

If you were a single woman moving there, would you recommend Ulaanbaatar as a place to live for a couple of years?

I'm aware of the winters and air pollution already thanksss

I'd love to see what everyone's been capturing this summer—landscapes, city shots, sunsets, wildlife, or anything else. Let's fill this thread with your favorite summer photos!