Kids crying, screaming, and whining loud nag my wife and I almost every day and night.
Wait! We actually have no kids, not yet. They are from our neighbours, next to and opposite our apartment. Why so annoying? (except the cruel fact that we are not rich enough to move out and afford a low density house) Besides parental irresponsibility and faults (kids being kicked out of the apartment, and even sworn at), lack of household space underlies the problems.
What makes HK "famous", and on the other hand, "infamous", is its "fortune" or "misfortune" to strive to the top list of the most densely populated cities in the world.
HK is tiny and land are scarce and sacred. Four-member family sharing a 30-square-metre house is not uncommon. In my primary school textbook chapter on HK society (two decades ago), HK was, and still is, described to be one of the most densely populated cities in the world. Given the fact that the population density of a city signifies its economic and social growth (not necessarily a positive correlation though), unsurprisingly, the ultrautilitarian HK government, both colonial and post-colonial, are thrilled to be the top list of densely populated cities in the world. Hooray! Again, we are at the top of the world!
Let alone the innumerable urban problems (and benefits), it begs the question whether the claim is genuinely true.
to be continued...
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