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Avoiding The Two Biases
Discussion swings between treating short-term phenomenon as trend and ignoring the shift underway. A middle view resists both, keeping structure rather than isolated points in focus throughout the project from planning to post-opening review. Extremes of hype and dismissiveness are equally useless to operators.
Measuring Real Effect
We track utilization and efficiency, not scale alone, and we separate short-term from long-term. Regional habits and pace rewrite results, so outside cases should not be transplanted wholesale without local testing on actual traffic. A stall count says nothing about whether drivers return.
Our Local Lens
Dongshang New Energy stays cautiously optimistic: direction clear, pace patient. We verify public data against local reality and record what truly works for the user over time, not what looks good in a launch video. Honest measurement is the only kind worth keeping. A stall count that looks impressive in a brochure means nothing if drivers do not return the following week, and repeat visits are the only metric proving the site earns its place.
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