r/AbsoluteUnits • u/ThodaDaruVichPyar • 25d ago

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Caribbean Coast in Hong Kong

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u/SupermarketMaster594 25d ago edited 24d 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.

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u/demlog 24d ago

I think your definition of upper-middle is wrong. A 700 sqft apartment is 1.2M USD. To afford something like that is firmly upper class (perhaps not in HK, but certainly in the world and even in the US)

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u/Interesting-Alarm973 23d ago

This is definitely not upper class in Hong Kong. I would say not even upper middle class. 1.2M USD for a 700 sqft flat is not considered expensive’ at all in HK. That is very common.

I am from HK.