Author Topic: Anyone been to Hong Kong? (Read 3468 times)

gib · « **on:** May 19, 2018, 01:00:28 AM »

Tiny apartments!

https://petapixel.com/2013/02/19/cramped-apartments-in-hong-kong-shot-from-directly-above/

gib · « **Reply #1 on:** May 19, 2018, 01:25:09 AM »

Night life there is great. 24/7 party city!!!

Bindare_Dundat · « **Reply #2 on:** May 19, 2018, 01:29:52 AM »

Vancouver isnt far behind with their micro units

gib · « **Reply #3 on:** May 19, 2018, 01:37:26 AM »

gib · « **Reply #4 on:** May 19, 2018, 01:58:21 AM »

Quote from: Bindare_Dundat on May 19, 2018, 01:29:52 AM

Vancouver isnt far behind with their micro units

Is that cause all the Chinese are buying up and migrating to Vancouver?

IroNat · « **Reply #5 on:** May 19, 2018, 03:05:58 AM »

A friend of mine went there and he said the smell hit him in the face when he went off the plane.

Bindare_Dundat · « **Reply #6 on:** May 19, 2018, 03:07:45 AM »

Quote from: gib on May 19, 2018, 01:58:21 AM

Is that cause all the Chinese are buying up and migrating to Vancouver?

that's one of the reasons, yes

gib · « **Reply #7 on:** May 19, 2018, 03:56:53 AM »

From an investment perspective HK is fantastic. Zero capital gains tax on property!

parkislandhongkong.blogspot.com

gib · « **Reply #8 on:** May 19, 2018, 03:59:41 AM »

Griffith · « **Reply #9 on:** May 19, 2018, 04:24:26 AM »

I've been a few times.

Fun to visit for a few days, but don't think I would want to live there.

Irongrip400 · « **Reply #10 on:** May 19, 2018, 05:30:24 AM »

Quote from: gib on May 19, 2018, 01:00:28 AM

Tiny apartments!

https://petapixel.com/2013/02/19/cramped-apartments-in-hong-kong-shot-from-directly-above/

Looks like a prison cell. Where are the bathrooms? Communal?

OlympiaGym · « **Reply #11 on:** May 19, 2018, 06:34:22 AM »

I have zero interest in going there. It looks filthy, overcrowded and full of sub-humans.

This is more my speed:

HTexan · « **Reply #12 on:** May 19, 2018, 06:40:01 AM »

Quote from: Irongrip400 on May 19, 2018, 05:30:24 AM

Looks like a prison cell. Where are the bathrooms? Communal?

That is my question as well.

gib · « **Reply #13 on:** May 19, 2018, 06:51:33 AM »

Quote from: Irongrip400 on May 19, 2018, 05:30:24 AM

Looks like a prison cell. Where are the bathrooms? Communal?

Each one of those apartments would be worth more than a million dollar house in the US. It’s all realitive. Some love the vibrancy of a ultra dense city, others don’t.

HK is on of the densest populations per square meter on earth and yet the population is continue to grow with huge demand to live there it seems.

BSN · « **Reply #14 on:** May 19, 2018, 07:08:23 AM »

John Lennon in Hong Kong. may, 1977

LurkerNoMore · « **Reply #15 on:** May 19, 2018, 07:55:34 AM »

Only a small percentage of apartments are that small. There is a larger percentage of people in Bangkok who live that way.

stuntmovie · « **Reply #16 on:** May 19, 2018, 08:31:59 AM »

It has been a while since my last visit, but that Lennon photo appears to have been taken at Tiger Balm Gardens.

While I was there I had a tailor made suit "built" to my exact body specs .... 'built' by 4 or 5 'suit specialists' while another couple of shoe gurus built a pair of allegator skin shoes for my two front feet.

An hour later I was out of there with a brand new suit and allegator shoes on my feet and a company card which offered complimentary, lifetime, alterations during that company's yearly visit to the good old USA.

All of the above for less than $50 (US).

The only problem was that upon returning stateside .... it only took a couple of monhs for the thread that held my custom-made suit together .... to slowly disintegrate.

But the allegator shoes held up well.

And that complimentary alteration card was never found.

True story ... and something similar occured when we purchased wooden household furniture in the Philippines. Two months in the good old USA and it all split down the middle.

El Diablo Blanco · « **Reply #17 on:** May 19, 2018, 10:16:13 AM »

I spent close to 2 years working there. Fun fucking place. What do you want to know

bigkahuna · « **Reply #18 on:** May 19, 2018, 11:19:04 AM »

Been living in HK 7 years.

People are not the friendliest or best looking.

Cheap roids and HGH though

HTexan · « **Reply #19 on:** May 19, 2018, 12:47:24 PM »

Quote from: gib on May 19, 2018, 06:51:33 AM

Each one of those apartments would be worth more than a million dollar house in the US. It’s all realitive. Some love the vibrancy of a ultra dense city, others don’t.

HK is on of the densest populations per square meter on earth and yet the population is continue to grow with huge demand to live there it seems.

NO ONE would choose to live in a small closet with 4 kids, if they had a choice.

denarii · « **Reply #20 on:** May 19, 2018, 04:40:47 PM »

Quote from: bigkahuna on May 19, 2018, 11:19:04 AM

Been living in HK 7 years.

People are not the friendliest or best looking.

Cheap roids and HGH though

What do you think of the mainland Chinese?

Go 4 It · « **Reply #21 on:** May 19, 2018, 05:02:06 PM »

My cabin on the ship is a mansion compared to that tiny apartment

stuntmovie · « **Reply #22 on:** May 19, 2018, 05:25:13 PM »

DIABLO / BIG KAHUNA, I have not been to Hong Kong since the mainland took it over and would be intetested to hear how it has changed.

Here are some question that you might be able to answer ....

When we pulled into the harbor .... hundred of kids swam around the snhip diving foe any coins we threw overboard. I was impressed because the water beneath the ship was pretty damn deep. Are the still doing that?

Is the British Officer's Club still situated over the bay somewhat ajacent to the Hong Kong Ferry Terminal?

Does that cable car still travel up the hill to "Victoria Heights'?

Is that stll the best area in which to live and the location f a few embassies?

What is the name of that location that once overlooked the boarder gate into mainland Chna?

Are rickshaws stillopular for the tourists?

Was it Kowloon where we road a sampan out to a boat that served great Chinese meals?

Do the best Hong Kong Hotels stll have penthouse restaurants that serve Kobe Beef dinners for less than $18.

Can you still get tailor made suits and shoes for less tan $50?

Is it still vastly overcrowded with laundry hanging outside of every high rise apartment window?

Has mainland China made it more enjoyable or otherwise?

How are the US owned casinos doing?

Thanks ... Stunt

Thanks.....

HTexan · « **Reply #23 on:** May 19, 2018, 05:32:34 PM »

Quote from: stuntmovie on May 19, 2018, 05:25:13 PM

DIABLO / BIG KAHUNA, I have not been to Hong Kong since the mainland took it over and would be intetested to hear how it has changed.

Here are some question that you might be able to answer ....

When we pulled into the harbor .... hundred of kids swam around the snhip diving foe any coins we threw overboard. I was impressed because the water beneath the ship was pretty damn deep. Are the still doing that?

Is the British Officer's Club still situated over the bay somewhat ajacent to the Hong Kong Ferry Terminal?

Does that cable car still travel up the hill to "Victoria Heights'?

Is that stll the best area in which to live and the location f a few embassies?

What is the name of that location that once overlooked the boarder gate into mainland Chna?

Are rickshaws stillopular for the tourists?

Was it Kowloon where we road a sampan out to a boat that served great Chinese meals?

Do the best Hong Kong Hotels stll have penthouse restaurants that serve Kobe Beef dinners for less than $18.

Can you still get tailor made suits and shoes for less tan $50?

Is it still vastly overcrowded with laundry hanging outside of every high rise apartment window?

Has mainland China made it more enjoyable or otherwise?

How are the US owned casinos doing?

Thanks ... Stunt

Thanks.....

I thought Hong Kong was still ran as a different place? Not true?

bigkahuna · « **Reply #24 on:** May 19, 2018, 05:51:12 PM »

Quote from: stuntmovie on May 19, 2018, 05:25:13 PM

DIABLO / BIG KAHUNA, I have not been to Hong Kong since the mainland took it over and would be intetested to hear how it has changed.

Here are some question that you might be able to answer ....

When we pulled into the harbor .... hundred of kids swam around the snhip diving foe any coins we threw overboard. I was impressed because the water beneath the ship was pretty damn deep. Are the still doing that?

Don't think so
Is the British Officer's Club still situated over the bay somewhat ajacent to the Hong Kong Ferry Terminal?

Not sure bro
Does that cable car still travel up the hill to "Victoria Heights'?

Is that stll the best area in which to live and the location f a few embassies?

Central/ Mid levels...very very expensive location

What is the name of that location that once overlooked the boarder gate into mainland Chna?

Are rickshaws stillopular for the tourists?
HAHAHA no
Was it Kowloon where we road a sampan out to a boat that served great Chinese meals?
No idea
Do the best Hong Kong Hotels stll have penthouse restaurants that serve Kobe Beef dinners for less than $18.
No...non Chinese food in HK is very expensive

Can you still get tailor made suits and shoes for less tan $50?
NO...

Is it still vastly overcrowded with laundry hanging outside of every high rise apartment window?
Yes...I'm guessing from your questions you haven't been to HK in 30plus years its much much more crowed than before

Has mainland China made it more enjoyable or otherwise?
Less enjoyable. Many mainland Chinese move to HK leading to overpopulation and a decline in the manners/behavior of the population as a whole

How are the US owned casinos doing?
Not as well as before since the Chinese governent made it harder for mainland Chinese to take money out of China to gamble in Macau

Thanks ... Stunt

Thanks.....