Moving from Chicago to HK; help with area??

We have plenty of grass to play on in DB!! And not just in people's private gardens. There's plenty of public grass for kids and dogs to share.

It's not quite the same as grass in the UK, because grass just doesn't grow well here....the jockey club race tracks, for example, have fantastic grass but it is imported! Yes, imported grass!
 
Thank you all for your posts...many of them have put a smile to my face! All of this information is so great!

On the topic of grass...:)
How is Kowloon Park? If we decide to go into the Gateway at first, I'm just wondering how that park would be? Also, we will only be there for 1 year...not very long in my eyes. Could the Gateway be a year long (and very easy-in, easy-out) solution? I don't think I would mind the busy city/density issue if it were only for a year...especially if there is a great park within walking distance. It might be the most convenient option. Plus, we would really experience HK to it's fullest, right?
 
I think that could be a good idea if you want to experience a bit more of an authentic HK. On the Southside I often feel we are living a somewhat lacking and predictable expat life. I recently got an office in Causeway Bay and it was the best thing I could have done. I love the energy of the place and I like feeling like I'm a bit more immersed in HK.

I can't actually comment on Kowloon Park itself but if you are coming for only a year why not lap HK up. One thing I do feel though is that Kowloon is A LOT more polluted than all the other parts of HK that have been discussed in this thread.
 
kowloon park has grass, if memory serves me correctly...but as in many places in hk, the grass is for looking at and admiring rather than sitting/playing on and enjoying.

my hubby grew up here and once when we were in canada, we were sitting in my uncle's garden on the grass, just because i wanted that sensation. i got up to get something from the house and when i came out, there was dear old hubby studiously trying to "unbend" all of the grass that we had sat on. i asked him what he was doing and he explained that he didn't want to kill the grass that we'd just sat on. i laughed and told him that it would take a lot more than sitting on it for 10 minutes to kill it..."REALLY????? then why can't we sit on the grass at home?" was his question.....
 
Carang, that is the funniest story and explains a lot!

I have friends who recently moved to Australia. Their 3 year old had never really been on grass the whole time he was here so he didn't know what it was when he saw vast expanses of it with people running around on it. It took him awhile to get the hang of walking on it barefoot! How funny, but a little sad too.
 
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