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Originally Posted by Ag77845
The problem is, there are too many billionaires in Hong Kong. The income gap is ridiculously high, which implies that there are tons of poor residents who can't afford housing. An average Hong Kong resident doesn't earn a lot of money.
Yes I bet it would skew averages. Overall, though, I don't think of most HKers as being particularly poor, although there might be a significant underclass.
Yes I bet it would skew averages. Overall, though, I don't think of most HKers as being particularly poor, although there might be a significant underclass.
Living and working in HK is very stressful, which hurts the quality of life.
Shopping, dim sum, BBQ take-aways, organised chaos, an MTR that puts the NYC subway to shame, teeming masses of Asian, surprisingly good sushi, shopping, more shopping.
The problem is, there are too many billionaires in Hong Kong. The income gap is ridiculously high, which implies that there are tons of poor residents who can't afford housing. An average Hong Kong resident doesn't earn a lot of money.
There are a lot of cheap things there too...I was just visiting from Osaka, and I can buy food and beer and such for significantly cheaper than I can in Japan.
I think it's the housing that's an issue, not necessarily the costs of absolutely everything. Meaning, if a poor person has housing, they could probably live in HK.
Whereas in Tokyo, you'd be going way out towards Saitama somewhere far away from the city center.
It depends on where you are from.
For example, Pakistanis may not be very friendly to Americans but are friendly to Chinese, etc.
Chinese may not be friendly to Japanese, sometimes, but are more friendly to Russians.
Starbucks using the same tap water used for the toilet. Its a big news story in HK at the moment.
Sums up the whole city. Dripping air conditioner water too.
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