ltlee1 wrote:
> RichAsianKid wrote:
> > RAK Goes Cool....
> >
> > Forget about the glitzy part of town when travelling to Hong Kong. I
> > recommend these Hong Kong high density apartments as your next tourist
> > attraction when you visit Hong Kong! It's too bad that they're not for
> > rent, well, they are apparently to local low income people, but not to
> > foreigners who like to spend a one or two nighter where you can live
> > and taste the life of locals (no .ual innuendo there, oh yeah, for
> > sure!). It's like double-intensity NYC!
> >
> > The question remains, how can people *live* in tiny apartments like
> > these?
>
> Where does the "how" come from?
>
> Have you ever seen homeless people? People can survive homeless.
> Of course they can live in a small home. A small home is better than
> no home.
Have you guys ever walked across a freeway overpass? If you have, you
would see a lot of people living under the freeway, a lot of women
living in this condition under freeway overpasses. And this is in
America, in California!!! the richest nation on earth.
>
> > --------
> > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/picture_gallery/06/asia_pac_high_density_living_in_hong_kong/html/1.stm
> >
> > "The 30 sq m one-bedroom apartment the government offered was a welcome
> > improvement for the family of six"
> > "He moved here in 1978 from an estate where six were confined to a
> > space of 100 sq ft."
> > --------
> >
> > This is like human rights abuse!
> >
> > And it's almost sad to see some of these people living there. Many are
> > probably decent people. 10-year-old kids just dash home in uniform
> > after school to dutifully do their homework! And there is no doubt that
> > these low-income places are much much much safer than any inner city in
> > the US!! You won't be shot. But you should arm yourself verbally, just
> > in case, and the recommended gear is:
> >
> > http://www.insultmonger.com/swearing/cantonese.htm
> >
> > Any disappointments? Yes. Some are drab, and many are too generic and
> > lack that signature touch. They all look the same so if you visit one
> > you've probably seen them all.
> >
> > Also the locals probably will not let you into their apartments. Having
> > been to one of these complexes and gone up the stairs into the
> > corridors with friends (straying way off the itinerary, of course,
> > after going up the Bank of China building
> > http://www.molon.de/galleries/China/HongKong/Night/images01/08%20Skyline%20with%20Bank%20of%20China%20building.jpg
> > ) a couple years back, these places are still recommended.
> >
> > Two other things: tourists, like dogs, always 'leave their mark' -
> > that's why sometimes busloads of tourists in North America or elsewhere
> > just hop from washroom to washroom when travelling by coach. So visit
> > and use the washrooms. And one should try out the food also - local
> > flavor, be prepared for it to be fatty, oily, and dirty, but if the
> > locals don't get sick from it, I don't think you will.
> >
> > By the way, what are these small apartments called locally? "Estates"!
> > Credit to Hong Kong people: they do have a sense of humor.
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