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Originally Posted by EvoFire
Isn't Hollywood at Diamond Hill or something?
I hung out at popcorn a lot too cause that's where I stay. The sprawling mall complex is so big and you can walk all the way to the community center at Tiu Keng Leng. No more though, my aunt moved (I stay with my aunt) to Po Lam. I personally don't think Po Lam is as nice.
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We used to do that walk all the time, from TKL to TKO or HH. My favourite restaurant was there, and we'd go for walks after, but this was before any of those connecting malls were there, or the hotels, or the vendome/sports park. Or even the art school! Although that was built pretty early. A lot has changed in 20 years (but not in that picture I posted!)
Po Lam hasn't changed a lot; still the same big mall there. The stores have changed of course. It's nice to walk around there too though. Maybe TMI, but you can walk from Po Lam to my village if you follow some trails through the jungle and over one mountain. I've done that hike a couple times, but it's not the most pleasant walk. But it was crazy the first time we did it, walking to a mall from where we live.
The most interesting thing about all these changes in Hong Kong is that in the 2010's they seemed to really build everything around attracting Mainland Chinese into the country, for tourism and especially shopping. This entire area was one of the hot spots, as all the local type stores and restaurants were squeezed out, and they even built a hotel there. And it worked for a while, as numbers skyrocketed. But somewhere along the way it's like the Chinese realized that hey, we can do all this shopping here! Why would we need to go to HK? And then covid sealed the deal. Although the sinking USD, which HKD is tied to, has brought them back more lately.