Much better surely to be in a smaller building in a quieter neighbourhood with decent supermarkets nearby and fewer tourists/suits charging about.

H Map This often-overlooked store is worth a visit for sales on Chinese and foreign brand names; the basement has a decent supermarket with some imported items.

"We haven't had a decent supermarket in the area for many years," Ms. Harrison said.

For the coalition's leaders, that disparity prompts a flurry of passionate anecdotes about inconveniences and indignities, higher prices, filthy aisles, wilting vegetables and long drives to the suburbs in search of a decent supermarket.

We've never had decent supermarkets come up here.

"People remember when it was hard to find greens in Moscow, but today you can find them in every single decent supermarket," said Yevgeny G. Sidorov, the general director.

WHEN Diane Alexander moved to the financial district in 1997, the neighborhood had no decent supermarkets, no 24-hour drugstores and few restaurants besides those catering to a lunch crowd.

A decent supermarket?

A Map Inside the Zhongxing Shenyang Commercial Building, near the south train station, there's a decent supermarket on the 2nd floor.

M Map There are decent supermarkets all over the city.