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hyg,
sorry that 'your town' is getting such a hammering over the pollution. Sitting here on Lantau Island and I can't see sh!t right now. As far as feeling sorry for yourself and HK, think about those other desirable city residences around the world:
- The Big Apple - 9/11, rubber gloves at airport security, Fox News and Mc Donalds
- Paris - rioting, strikes, girls can't wear a headscarf in school, randy prime-minister (no change there) and the dog-sh!t.
- London - 7/7, Ken Livingston, river thames flooding, fog, cold and rain
- Moscow - the local Mafia, some friedly people from Chechnya, cold and snow
Every city has it's downside, it's just that some of those things can be avoided and some are not present every day. BUT, the pollution in HK is here all the time, and when it does drop to low for about 3 days a year, that's still high on the EU's scale!
On the subject of longer lifespans in HKG, that data is based not on living people, but those who have passed away in recent years. If this data was produced say in the last 5 years, then those people who died at that time have not endured much of the massive increase in pollution that we have seen from 2000 to 2007.
If you were to look at this data in 10 years time I think you will see a distinct drop in the average lifespan. Let alone the effects of eating bok choi from a certain well known supermarket with 240 times the permitted level of certain pesticides, or that fish which was only meant to be used for industrial oil production, or the daily breakfast at Mc Donalds.
Again, so sorry for giving HK a hard time, but hey, open your eyes, read the newspaper, watch the news, get informed, get out of your small world, GET REAL!
Wishing you longevity,
N1 Vibes