What countries are more modern than you’d think?

My mom still thinks China is huts and dirt roads, and her mind was blown when I showed her pictures of the skylines and electric cars. My dad also thinks Africa is just poor warring militias in the desert, and his mind was blown when I showed him what downtown Nairobi looks like. What other places seem like they would be third world, or super underdeveloped, but are actually very modern, or maybe even more modernized than the USA?