There are many Uighurs, so listening to a foreign language on the bus is just like listening to a foreign language.
People are friendly and kind.
The sanitation in small cities is still quite good. For example, Yining, where I have been, is very clean. Women paraded in the city wearing jewelry, and no one robbed them. If you had gone to Guangzhou, it would have been over long ago!
Is the traffic convenient? The train may arrive soon. Basically, only cars go by land to the border cities of Yining.
I flew from Urumqi to Yining, where even the smallest city has an airport! Northwest Airlines often offers discounts.
Finally, the local government welcomes cadres from the mainland very much.