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Originally Posted by JL
Well, if it is demolished...good for them...that place was an abomination!
Yeah it probably had to go, but actually by that stage crime had dropped dramatically there and a lot of people called the place home. It was a pretty unique place, I wish I'd had a chance to visit it while it was still around.
Yeah it probably had to go, but actually by that stage crime had dropped dramatically there and a lot of people called the place home. It was a pretty unique place, I wish I'd had a chance to visit it while it was still around.
Yeah it probably had to go, but actually by that stage crime had dropped dramatically there and a lot of people called the place home. It was a pretty unique place, I wish I'd had a chance to visit it while it was still around.
Wall St. Journal did a story on KWC recently....short documentary here...interesting. I'm glad i did visit there before it was gone.
If you can read Chinese, you can do more in HK, such as going to places most foreigners don't go to because of inability to read Chinese. If you can speak Cantonese, you can do even more.
The city is only interesting to the curious visitors. It can be boring to a resident except the variety of food offered. Other than the places, worth checking out some unique cultures such as rudeness being common and acceptable, protestors burning the flags of their nationality and city, damaging shops and waiving flags of the US and UK, strangers sharing tables in restaurants, washing the bowls, spoons and chopsticks on the tables by the HK diners.
If you can read Chinese, you can do more in HK, such as going to places most foreigners don't go to because of inability to read Chinese. If you can speak Cantonese, you can do even more.
The city is only interesting to the curious visitors. It can be boring to a resident except the variety of food offered. Other than the places, worth checking out some unique cultures such as rudeness being common and acceptable, protestors burning the flags of their nationality and city, damaging shops and waiving flags of the US and UK, strangers sharing tables in restaurants, washing the bowls, spoons and chopsticks on the tables by the HK diners.
These days in Hong Kong, the standard of English is declining. I find that in places outside the main tourist spots, I cannot simply get around with only English. I have to speak Cantonese, read Chinese, to figure out what is going on.
You can stop peddling your myth that the protestors are somehow more violent than mobs in the U.S. or in Western Europe. I don't deny that there have been some violent protesters but by and large the violence is from the police. HK protestors are no worse than protestors in the West. In the U.S. there are flag burners and rioters who vanadalize coffee shops. Just look at Antifa.
As for Hong Kong people being more rude--I find that Hong Kongers are direct and can be rude, sure. Americans may seem nicer on the surface--but it's a facade. They can be just as, if not more, aggressive, irresponsible, and cold as Hong Kongers once you get to actually know the Americans better. Human nature is the same everywhere, but Americans are just better at masking it than Hong Kongers.
It is indeed quite boring. Idk why it's so popular amongst Westerners.
I love Hong Kong and am never bored there. I love the harbour, going to the Peak, Lantau Island, the contrasts.
I do not find the people rude. Just efficient.
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