What would you miss about HK if you had to leave someday?

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Following up Aussiegal's 'what do you miss about home'(great thread BTW), I'd like to know what people would miss about HK if you had to leave here someday. This is more to convince myself to begin falling in love with HK as I'm still relatively new and can only think about the following:

1. low tax;
2. my helper.

Can people please share what you love about HK? Really appreciated.
 
1) low tax
2) affordable help
3) efficient public transportation / well-connected 'systems'
4) easy access to dimsums, great food (both local and international cuisine)
5) you can get 'almost' anything here
6) being in the midst of a multicultural/international community

Some might disagree, but overall I find HK to be rather efficient in terms of getting things done. :)
 
since moving to sai kung, my list of what i miss has diminished somewhat...

found myself in melbourne recently lamenting the fact that my friend had a garden AND a playroom...then i stopped mid-sentence and said..."wait a minute... i have those things, too!"

what i'd miss about hk:
1) GOOD chinese food
2) our helper
3) our salaries (there is no way we'd make what we are making now, if we were in canada!)
4) easy short trips abroad
5) our helper
6) fresh seafood
7) our helper
8) good dumplings
9) our helper
10) owning my own business
11) did i mention our helper????
12) choosing your seat at the cinema WHILE YOU BUY YOUR TICKET!!! makes much more sense than the stupid n.american "run for it" mentality!
13) oh, yes.... our helper!
14) i'd be stupid not to include low taxes
 
efficiency in every department of HK.( immgration, banks etc)
Transport system best in the world
 
- Transportation system
- Security feeling
- Child friendly behaviour
- all varieties of food, from very cheap to the top cookers
- shops opened 24/24
- great weather during automn and winter
- easy to travel to beautiful countries like Malaysia, Philippines etc...
- new friends
- this feeling to be home but discovering things like a tourist
 
- efficiency of people...government, businesses...everything!
- clean and reliable transportation system
- good variety of food...cheap/expensive, western/asian/fusion...
- safe environment...even the worst areas in HK are relatively crime free (no major killings / muggings)
- affordable help
 
1) affordable help.
2) good friends whose houses I can pop into by simply going up or down a few floors!
3) low taxes.
4) cheap taxis.
 
afew additions to those already listed:

- warmer weather/climate
- outdoor swimming pools
- lots of beaches
- much more quality time with my kids
- the man who puts the petrol in my car for me
 
- Free delivery service from super market ! you can ordre online in the morning and get the stuff in the evening
- Transportation that take you everywhere within an hour , even I don't have a car
- Shopping for cheap baby cloth
 
I will miss being able to go on walks in the hills without having to get in a car and driving there first. And all those cheeful senior citizens who bellow "josun" at you as they pass!
 
Portia said:
I will miss being able to go on walks in the hills without having to get in a car and driving there first. And all those cheeful senior citizens who bellow "josun" at you as they pass!
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Portia, this is indeed very touching!

To all the ladies who mentioned MTR and don't own a car here, do you miss driving your own car back home? I do, terribly. I'd like to go anywhere driving my car with the music on and my two kids sitting on the back seat. But I had to sell it during the last week before we moved here. We cannot buy a car here yet because we are not sure how long we'll be here. I don't want to end up going through all the trouble again having to dispose of another fixed asset with very short notice...
 
keep in mind that second hand cars can be very cheap.
we got our 7 passenger van for $28K and our smaller car for only $8k...it shouldn't be too difficult to unload your car when it's time to move on.
 
Thanks Carang. Do you have to spend a lot of money on repair/maintenance though? Do they break down very often?
 
depends on how old the vehicle is.

we have had our van for almost 2 years. we've probably put about $12000 work into it, but that is because the aircon gave out and we just couldn't live without it. we have also replaced the tires and the battery (more than once, another story!) it costs about $4000 per year or less to insure and it costs about $6000 per year to license. our van is 1997, so 12 years old... not too bad.

our car we've had for about 9 months. we've put about $2000 work into it. it costs $5000 to insure and $6000 per year to license. our car is 1992.... so it's doing very well, i think!

we don't pay for parking at our home, but i pay $1200/month where i work.

petrol is $12.99/l for the cheapest petrol. diesel is cheaper, but not allowed for private cars.
 
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