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Both cities (Hong Kong and Miami) have tropical climates, have massive skylines, located on bays, and are international business centers. Which of the two cities would you prefer to live in if money wasn't an issue?
That's a strange choice for comparison. Two cities that really have NOTHING in common. Hot and humid in summer, I'll give you that. As for skylines, Miami's skyline is pretty ho-hum compared with HK which is a dramatic vertical city. The demographic make-up and 'mind-sets' of the cities couldn't be more different (i.e. HK is chinese and Miami a mixture of white, hispanic & african american) and I think that has a bigger impact on similarities (or lack thereof) than any geographical feature.
I'd chose HK, mainly because of the lifestyle we can have here which we couldn't have in any US city. Also, there is almost no crime here. And I would never live anywhere that had hurricanes. Typhoons, OK. Hurricanes, uh uh.
I don't know what sort of experiences tropical87 had here with regards to racial prejudice, however I can confirm that HK is neither ancient nor a village! And it deserves to be glorified IMO.
That's a strange choice for comparison. Two cities that really have NOTHING in common. Hot and humid in summer, I'll give you that. As for skylines, Miami's skyline is pretty ho-hum compared with HK which is a dramatic vertical city. The demographic make-up and 'mind-sets' of the cities couldn't be more different (i.e. HK is chinese and Miami a mixture of white, hispanic & african american) and I think that has a bigger impact on similarities (or lack thereof) than any geographical feature.
I'd chose HK, mainly because of the lifestyle we can have here which we couldn't have in any US city. Also, there is almost no crime here. And I would never live anywhere that had hurricanes. Typhoons, OK. Hurricanes, uh uh.
I don't know what sort of experiences tropical87 had here with regards to racial prejudice, however I can confirm that HK is neither ancient nor a village! And it deserves to be glorified IMO.
Unless you speak Chinese and intergrate you'll never see the real side of HK. Racist labels given to everyone not HongKong Chinese (even mainlanders from China) White people = devils, black people = black devils, NO anti-discrimination laws against sexuality/race in HK, Hong-Born indians not given opportunities for not being Chinese, lack of variety, terrible pollution,the list goes on.
Hawaii would be somewhere in between the two. Take Hawaii anyday over HK or Miami.
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