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"All that prelude is to say, coming in to the Hong Kong protests from a less developed country like the United States is disorienting." This sentence got me ho
by nbevans 7y ago
"All that prelude is to say, coming in to the Hong Kong protests from a less developed country like the United States is disorienting."
This sentence got me hooked. It must be so alien to the average American that there are more developed countries/cities out there.
- macspoofing 7y agoI wouldn't put Honk Kong in that list though as much as I like the people and the city. I've been a few times and the infrastructure looks like it's falling apart. Electricity wires are hanging haphazardly, alleyways are dirty, and most facades of buildings are straight out of the third-world. The contrast between high-end boutiques interspaced with tiny mom-and-pop shops selling second hand stuff is a little surreal.
- mensetmanusman 7y agoMore developed mostly means ‘newer.’ These places will also have to figure out what it means to keep infrastructure refreshed in 50 years. It is always a struggle..
- athrowayyyy 7y agoMany places in Europe run way older infrastructure yet feel more developed than top tier cities in the US, so I don't think that's the reason.