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"Absolutely soulless"? How do you define soul? The middle of HK is the world's densest collection of enormous banks, paper-shufflers and finance types, with som
by contingencies 9y ago
"Absolutely soulless"? How do you define soul? The middle of HK is the world's densest collection of enormous banks, paper-shufflers and finance types, with some desertified malls and generic retail. Granted, for geographic reasons Shenzhen doesn't have HK's network of (historically established, precipitous, mountainous) national parks, but Shanghai has no nature at all. Last time I visited HK they had ripped out the art museum, the one decent cultural attraction.
- mstaoru 9y agoYes, I agree with you. Shanghai is very far from being my favorite place on Earth, but for other reasons I am here, and from pure architectural and cultural points of view, it is way above most Chinese cities. Hong Kong, on the other side, becoming more and more China-fied. That's partly a reason why I left. My friends who stayed there all agree it's getting worse with every year. Though there is still much to see and do there, and amount of open clubs for any kind of interests from MTB to cross-stitching is staggering.