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Sounds really appealing. Going from a warm tropical climate with affordable food, good transport, relatively good social services to somewhere cold, wet, lowe

Sounds really appealing. Going from a warm tropical climate with affordable food, good transport, relatively good social services to somewhere cold, wet, lower standard of living, and in economic turmoil.

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db48x 6y ago
Yea, that warm tropical climate really cancels out the tyranny.
- kepler1 6y ago
  Tyranny in whose opinion? Seems something like 7M don't think so, or not enough to take anyone up on the offer.
cltsang 6y ago
Hong Kong is the antonym of affordable.
- kepler1 6y ago
  Housing-wise yes, agreed. But London is hardly affordable either.
  - tshanmu 6y ago
    UK is much bigger/different/more affordable than London. Tfa article talks about a family moving to York.
RavlaAlvar 6y ago
Food is actually cheaper in UK It’s subjective but I personally find UK’s cold wet weather much more tolerable than HK’s moist and hot summers and winters actually feel colder in HK. HK’s public medical system is no better than the NHS. As for standard of living , you are joking, right?
- kepler1 6y ago
  I will say standard of living is a bit subjective. But my personal opinion is that having lived in the UK, I never saw a people living so poorly, yet thinking they're rich.
  - RavlaAlvar 6y ago
    > I never saw a people living so poorly, yet thinking they're rich. This quote is definitely better for describing people in HK who live in their 30m^2 apartment that cost USD$700000 than those in UK.
- mytailorisrich 6y ago
  In terms of affordability, I've found this comparison: https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/compare_countries_result.jsp?country1=United+Kingdom&country2=Hong+Kong https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/compare_countries_resu... It would probably be fairer to compare Hongkong with London because the UK is obviously a large country (compared to HK, essentially a single city). The UK has some nice places but also many ghastly ones (it has both the wealthiest and most deprived areas in Western Europe). London is different from the rest of the country in about all aspects.

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db48x 6y ago

Yea, that warm tropical climate really cancels out the tyranny.

kepler1 6y ago
Tyranny in whose opinion? Seems something like 7M don't think so, or not enough to take anyone up on the offer.

cltsang 6y ago

Hong Kong is the antonym of affordable.

kepler1 6y ago
Housing-wise yes, agreed. But London is hardly affordable either.
- tshanmu 6y ago
  UK is much bigger/different/more affordable than London. Tfa article talks about a family moving to York.

RavlaAlvar 6y ago

Food is actually cheaper in UK It’s subjective but I personally find UK’s cold wet weather much more tolerable than HK’s moist and hot summers and winters actually feel colder in HK. HK’s public medical system is no better than the NHS. As for standard of living , you are joking, right?

kepler1 6y ago
I will say standard of living is a bit subjective. But my personal opinion is that having lived in the UK, I never saw a people living so poorly, yet thinking they're rich.
- RavlaAlvar 6y ago
  > I never saw a people living so poorly, yet thinking they're rich. This quote is definitely better for describing people in HK who live in their 30m^2 apartment that cost USD$700000 than those in UK.
mytailorisrich 6y ago
In terms of affordability, I've found this comparison: https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/compare_countries_result.jsp?country1=United+Kingdom&country2=Hong+Kong https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/compare_countries_resu... It would probably be fairer to compare Hongkong with London because the UK is obviously a large country (compared to HK, essentially a single city). The UK has some nice places but also many ghastly ones (it has both the wealthiest and most deprived areas in Western Europe). London is different from the rest of the country in about all aspects.