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Thursday, 13 Mar 2025
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I live in 113,456 B
The plumbing issues must be epic! 
Maybe I have my rose-tinted glasses on, but I really miss it back there. My parents are Canadian immigrants. My grandparents, aunts, and uncles stayed back in HK.
I had so many good childhood memories there when I would go visit them. Those small apartments were crammed, but all 5 of us would make do, often with visitors. There was so much life outside those apartments. The parks, restaurants, schools, and malls were bustling. Everyone just got along. I don’t recall any horror stories. Maybe my situation as a visitor is different than the people who actually live there?
I think this was taken in [Lohas Park](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/LOHAS_Park). The area is actually quite nice and right next to a bunch of trails and parks with waterfront views, and a big shopping mall and subway station right downstairs, and about an hour hike over the mountains to a [pretty nice beach](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clear_Water_Bay).
As a Hong Konger who lives in an apartment (albeit not in ones like these as housing is expensive as shit), it’s always funny seeing people who have never experienced living in one talk about how horrible it must be to live in them.
No it is not crowded at all, at most you might see a couple neighbors waiting for the lift on a Sunday at 12pm
No it is not a nightmare for deliveries, often we have something like Block _, Floor _, and Flat _. So it isn’t that hard.
You may not like the truth but this is far from hellish in hk
The comments on this are pretty wild and very wrong.
These are nice apartments. These are multiple blocks all with their own entrances.
These have many elevators that are either smart or only go to certain floors. You don’t have to wait.
These all have multiple concierges and security guards. For each tower. They open the doors for you, handle your packages etc.
The common areas are cleaned every day and trash is picked up multiple times a day.
They are built with concrete walls. I’ve lived in 3 apartments in Hong Kong and never heard my neighbours.
These most likely have club house floors with barbecues, dog areas, pools, game rooms etc etc.
They’re not cheaply built and have excellent plumbing, water supply and electricity and this is maintained regularly.
While size wise they aren’t what you’d find in Europe or America these are still decent size for Hong Kong and they’re expensive as fuck.
Imagine being a maintenance guy there
This is some judge dredd shit …
Every single apartment has someone living their own life
Idk why all the top comments act as if it’s the first time people have ever been alive. Plumbing? Probably wasn’t a rush hack job and correctly spec’d to support so many people.
Lice and flu out breaks? Common civil courtesy, wear a mask, shave your head, get lice killing shampoo.
Claustrophobic? Of what your neighbors? Knowing who you live around? This building more than likely has many multiple exits in case of emergency and just general convenience.
Lastly, they’re probably affordable without killing 3/4ths of your paycheck and make living there more encouraging of good public transit and a street life that is accessible by walking with a lot of cool stores to go to.
Gives me claustrophobia
At least they have housing..
Y’all act as if this was worse than having 90% of space dedicated to cars… It’s equally awful, just for different reasons, but yeah, as someone above said, at least they have housing
I see a lot of comfortable apartments with tons of natural light.Â
I wonder what the plumping is like
All the replies discussing real problems and here I am thinking what an awesome jigsaw puzzle this would make.
They all have great fire prevention in place right? Smoke detectors? No hot plates? Nobody smokes in their bed?
It would freak me out having to trust so many other people.
This is scary!! Honestly lots of trust that someone doesn’t leave an oven on or something of that nature… plus what is the science behind this that all this weight can be distributed? Genuinely curious.
. . .Everyone stomps to “We Will Rock You” by Queen.
FYI those apartments are around 400sq ft and cost around $900K USD.
What are they like on the inside though?
My name is Luka.
I live on the 116,432nd floor.
I hope there are elevators. Imagine living in a 97th floor walk-up.
I think the view from 113,456 C is absolutely stunning…I’ll take it.
It looks dystopian but everyone at least has a house…
This isn’t as much of a problem as most people make it out to be. If you live in HK you spend most of your time outside of home anyway. Going to work, going out to eat, hanging out with friends, going to the library or mall, etc. Things are designed to be community-based and walkable.
The US on the other hand.. is designed as a car-based society, suburbs, etc… so you just end up cooped up at home a lot more.
When I lived in HK for a while, I’d wake up in the morning, go downstairs to get breakfast, then be out the door and wouldn’t come back until later at night. The apartment’s just a place to sleep.
Most people seem to hate the idea of living in this but I think I would love it. Just living in a random apartment out of 10000 similar ones, out of sight, out of mind.
Elevator is broken? Someone else will fix it. One particular annoying neighbor? Someone else will deal with it.
Let me move into peach trees already!