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What an epic thread of an epic city. Love the snippets you wrote too!

As much as we romanticize hyper-urbanity in this forum though, I do wonder if HK actually would be a pretty tough/miserable city to live in. The reason why I say this is because there are few cities I can think of which offer such limited living spaces. Conditions look ultra, ultra cramped, and the housing stock pretty rough. I've seen documentaries showing how HK citizens are living in rooms the size of a closet, and have to share a communal bathroom/toilet - essentially akin to SROs. I feel like in the west we get served glitzy, luxurious images of HK, but it seems like the day-to-day for ordinary people there is extremely tough. Cost of living proportionate to salaries also seem insane - how does a supermarket cashier even afford to live there? Would love to hear your POV!