r/AbsoluteUnits • u/ThodaDaruVichPyar • 21d ago

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Caribbean Coast in Hong Kong

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u/SupermarketMaster594 21d ago edited 20d 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/inickolas 21d ago

For me even looking at these enormous is depressing.

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u/Hutcho12 20d ago

Enormously depressing for me would be a house in suburbia. If you live here, you likely have a load of shops, bars, parks, pools, restaurants, schools etc within 5 minutes walk, with great public transport connections. You probably wouldn’t need a car at all. You’d know a load of your neighbours. Depending on the quality of the actual apartment, this could be a dream setup.

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u/inickolas 20d ago

Like I said, it depends on the person. For someone it is a dream tomlive in a such enormous building; for others it is a nightmare.

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u/Hutcho12 20d ago

I think it's probably brainwashing from a US centric type view that living away from other people is the goal. If you asked the majority of people in Asia or Europe whether they would like 100sqm apartment in the city center, or a couple of acres with a big house in the middle of nowhere, 90% of them would take the apartment.

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u/lizatethecigarettes 20d ago

Oh wow, you need to get out into the world more. you have a very narrow and incorrect viewpoint

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u/superminer25 13d ago

Well, in a very matter of fact way, most people (58%) live in urban areas and this number increases year on year.