I never understood why people move to TC. What is better there compared to DB? The train? 5 minutes shorter to CX city? Unless you live in TC crescent it takes actually the same time to the city but children have to commute every day to DB for the school. I find the ferry ride relaxing and way more comfortable than the train. My children walk to school every day, they walk to the tennis courts, the pools..If they want to see a class mate they just walk over and knock at the door... I hike from my doorstep, my wife runs, we have a great circle of truly international friends from all parts of the world and all sorts of professional background I can communicate with, I have common ground, we even visited our ex-neighbours now in Sydney. I know almost all my current neighbours by name, almost none of them pilots, we chat. Yes, DB is artificial,no argue here, but rather that than claustrophobic and anonymous TC or Kowloon for me. Sha Tin??? Why on earth would a Western expat like to live there??? SK is lovely, but the commute terrible. I am on the bus, so it would be a nightmare, and costly too. And let's be realistic. We will never have any real contacts to locals, simply because we are too old/lazy/stupid to learn the lingo, no matter where you live in HK. I want to live around expats, and apart from HK island most are in DB. Expats are the only group of people I can make real and lasting friends with, not just a polite smile or small talk.I find that more important and "real" and the artificial scenery to me is just the background. What is the point of living in the "real" HK but living in a parallel world? That to me is fake, not DB architecture. If I could choose I would select Repulse Bay or Midlevels, sure, but it would cost me 7-10 k USD a month, so I rather pay my mortgage and leave with $$$ one day. I have never met anyone regretting to have bought in HK on the day they retire, but many that rented..
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