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Originally Posted by j.f0ng
Currently in Hong Kong right now. Is it just me, or are the people here getting more and more rude? I know it's the season where mainlanders come here to shop, but I'm talking about locals here. I used to come back every summer when I was a kid..and my most recent trip here was last summer around this time of the year. The people here never seemed to bother me before, but this time around, even just walking on the street bothers the hell out of me. Everyone seems to be in such a hurry.. pushing and shoving becomes a regular thing almost everyday. And god forbid it begins to rain lightly. Umbrellas pop up left right and center. I've lost count of how many open umbrellas i've taken to the head over the last week and a half. I like this place, but man do I hate the people here. Maybe I'm yelling at a cloud here.
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Those are mostly not locals IMO. I have been living there for 7 years, and I haven't seen much change in the way the locals behave. What I have noticed a WAY WAY WAY more mainland people coming in. Well I guess in a way that changes the way locals behave - they are becoming much less tolerant of mainland chinese.
I don't like going to the areas where mainland tourists go, mostly because of all the smoke. Obviously I don't mind crowded places, otherwise I never would have moved there. But the amount of smoke has gotten to the point where walking around areas like CWB or TST is like being in a crowded smokey izakaya in Japan - and I avoid those as much as I can. It's truly disgusting