I've now spend 2 months in Hong Kong and China, minus 10 days. And the thing I truly miss most is open space. I simply don't get it, why does everyone want to live in the same 60 floor apartment building right next to everyone else? Octopus (the Metro Transit Company in Hong Kong) is now building a new complex set to house 60,000 people and have it's own MTR station, now it's great that they're going to cut down on smog, by having it's own public transport system; but I certainly don't want to live in a complex of 60,000 other people.
I can comprehend China, because of it's communistic ways(similar to the USSR) they farmed people to work in their factories...but in a country with a land mass equal or greater to the USA, why does everyone want to live right next to each other? Hong Kong on the other hand should take the British system of Country life and City life. I've been to country in HK, there are a few house, but most people live couped up in the major complexes. The driving commute is hell, but the MTR, KCR, & KMB system provide quick service everywhere - so people don't need to live in tiny aparments everywhere.
This Sunday, I'm heading off to Sai Kung - National Park of sorts, I'm hoping for a nice walk, some greenery, and certainly less people.
