No worries fire wall. I was on the B Scale in HK and it took a while but when I realised that the expat lifestyle, clubs, boats/yachts, golf etc wasn't affordable for a family I quickly felt cheated. Many of our A Scale colleagues could enjoy all of that but it was quickly changing for them as well. Most of the B Scale sailing/boating enthusiasts I know in HK either share a boat, crew on someone elses or don't bother at all, too expensive. And none of the guys I know with families could afford any of the perks one normally associates with an expat life.
If you want to go live in a foreign country to 'just get by' or 'make ends meet' then go to CX. If you want a career and a life, stay at home. The times that KIFIS speaks of are long gone, and will probably never return regardless of how this current dispute turns out.