Concrete Jungle

Hello My Dear Great Ones,

A building is considered a skyscraper if it has 14 floors.  Don't ask my why, I am just a messenger, and I have no patience to google the answer.  When you compare all the cities in the world that have skyscrapers, Hong Kong is number 1 in terms of how many they have in its city limits.  There are @ 8000 skyscrapers in Hong Kong, which is @ 4000 more than its closest competitor: New York City.  The main reason for this is the lack of flat land and the resulting astronomical cost of real estate.  So Hong Kongers are forced to build up and up and up.  

From afar the Hong Kong skyline is dramatic, even beautiful, and world famous.  Google it to see what I mean.  Close up however it is a little different.  It is overwhelming, like a jungle where plants are fighting for light and space.  While Hong Kong has thousands of skyscrapers that are stylish glass and steel artistic declarations of grandeur, most Hong Kong skyscrapers are ugly, old, cement blocks, wedged into a space next to several other boxes fighting for space and light, like in a jungle.  Except in this case a concrete jungle.  Thankfully many of these old and boring skyscrapers have been painted pink (yuck) or orange to prevent human moods from going drab due to seeing too much drab.  And at night some buildings, especially the new ones, become an incredible light show, which makes Hong Kong even more unnecessarily exciting and stimulating.

Thankfully Hong Kong is 70% nature (real jungle) to offset its man made craziness.  Below are a few samples of Hong Kong's concrete jungle up close.

    

Have a great week.

Love adios and ping on!

Dirk