Reddit reviews Cities Without Ground: A Hong Kong Guidebook

HK

• Much more commercial than I expected. The ability to turn every building into a mall is quite admirable, though the high end malls ended up seeming extremely samey after a while
  
• The urbanism of Central + Tsim Sha Tsui was awesome. I loved being able to walk around above and below ground level without ever having to step foot outside. The city certainly lived up to its promises
  
• The frequency of jewelry shops (Chow Tai Fook, Chow Sang Sang, Lukfook etc) was quite alarming. Why are there so many??
  
• Can we just transplant the MTR to NYC please? Other than the color scheme of the car interiors - white/bloodred/chrome seemed slightly apocalyptic in a way. (I still think the Taipei MRT is better though)
  
• dimmm summm mmmm
  
• Cantonese hospitality lives up to its reputation
  
• I should probably learn Canto - would've been helpful
  
• did not expect people to wait for the light to change at crosswalks
  
  
  Would I go back? Likely not in the foreseeable future apart from a short layover. It was a good trip but I suspect it might be more enjoyable if I go back I'm older and richer.