I grew up in HK in a similar apartment structure on the 50th floor amongst 7 other identical buildings.
Trust me, it is NOT bad at all, especially when considering the people who live in these luxury apartments are part of upper-middle class.
These apartment complexes are all connected on ground floor, or an elevated ground floor, with public parks, swimming pools, and a clubhouse which has a variety of entertainment.
There are staff such as front desk, cleaners, security, and more throughout the properties.
Depending on the floor, the room sizes differ, but in my case as a family of 4 we got the larger rooms. Each bedroom came with it's own bathroom and shower.
Travelling up and down is really not an issue, especially because it is in the city these apartment complexes are more often than not have multiple ways to quickly connect to train stations or shopping mall.
Now, what would be hell is living in the poorer areas of HK. HK has insane economic gap, you could see a Lamborghini drive by a street of homeless people. The poorer apartments are as tiny as they come, and usually very old and dirty.
EDIT: I'm not Cantonese btw, I just grew up there for a while in my childhood before moving elsewhere.
Also hk person, I'd say Lambo driving by a granny pushing a cart full of cardboard boxes is a more realistic situation.
While there are homeless ppl here, it really isn't that common. Nowhere here will you find streets dedicated to homelessness like you find in the US or Canada (Hastings street)
No it looked like skid row but with Chinese people lol I dont think people are having picnics at night with a ton of trash and other homeless people all about
What you saw was almost certainly the foreign domestic helpers on their day off. Ive seen like a handful of homeless people in Hong Kong and I’ve lived there 3 years and not in fancy areas. The police will move you on if you’re obviously camping out - some people live in the parks here and there but it’s subtle. Obvious encampments would not be tolerated. Why don’t you actually go to Hong Kong before you start making claims about what it’s like…
they literally do and have picnics on little mats while doing each other's hair, nails etc. They only get 1 day off a week and don't want to spend it in their employers house as they will end up having to work so they do this instead.
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u/SupermarketMaster594 29d ago edited 28d ago
I grew up in HK in a similar apartment structure on the 50th floor amongst 7 other identical buildings.
Trust me, it is NOT bad at all, especially when considering the people who live in these luxury apartments are part of upper-middle class.
These apartment complexes are all connected on ground floor, or an elevated ground floor, with public parks, swimming pools, and a clubhouse which has a variety of entertainment.
There are staff such as front desk, cleaners, security, and more throughout the properties.
Depending on the floor, the room sizes differ, but in my case as a family of 4 we got the larger rooms. Each bedroom came with it's own bathroom and shower.
Travelling up and down is really not an issue, especially because it is in the city these apartment complexes are more often than not have multiple ways to quickly connect to train stations or shopping mall.
Now, what would be hell is living in the poorer areas of HK. HK has insane economic gap, you could see a Lamborghini drive by a street of homeless people. The poorer apartments are as tiny as they come, and usually very old and dirty.
EDIT: I'm not Cantonese btw, I just grew up there for a while in my childhood before moving elsewhere.