"Welcome to Hong Kong, your new home for the next four months and a place beyond your wildest dreams." I mean that quite literally as I was apparently imagining a completely different city, a fact that became clear within my first few days in Hong Kong. Growing up in the US, when I think of cities I automatically picture New York City. Hearing that Hong Kong had over 8 million people in a very small area I figured that it would look much like Manhattan - dense with lots of high-rises. And looking at pictures of the two, I unconsciously decided that they must be very similar, at least in layout. New York Apparent Similarities: 1) Concrete masses 2) Skyscrapers 3) Lovely city night lights 4) Large populations and thus many things to do Hong Kong Differences upon arrival : 1) Hong Kong is tropical (which i knew) and thus is part jungle (which was completely unexpected). Note: New York = concrete mass + Central Park 2) Hong Kong is built on hills.
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