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RE: And you are bragging about $9/gal ???

Air quality is not great but in my area, it's not that bad - sits in the yellow zone most of the time but sometimes orange. We sit beside China so their stuff blows over here. In spite of that HongKongers have a longer life expectancy than Americans or Canadians.

I have a friend who is an architect - he bought a new Lamborghini. Lives in a very pricey part of HK.

I'm a high school teacher and one of the main reasons I have stayed here for 10 years is the pay and tax rate and not needing a car (which saves a boatload of money). I won't go into it too much again but what a top paid teacher can save in a year in Canada is what I can save in a month or two here.

Plus, I don't have to put up with the system or kids with weapons.

There are more billionaires per capita in HK than anywhere else. Lower-end jobs pay much worse than in Canada/US though. Bus Drivers or servers in restaurants (because the min wage sucks and there is no tipping here).
The jobs that pay here are academically focused so you aren't getting rich with trades. Someone came and fixed my toilet - replaced the innards and put a new lid on - $80.

There is still a high poverty rate here. There is subsidized housing - the waitlist is long.

Hospitals are $20. You pay when you go up to the counter and get triaged by a nurse.

I am uninsured - had an infection in my finger - 10 days in the hospital - two operations - 3 meals a day, all the drugs - 2 months of rehab putting my hand in a wax machine, all bandages - 11 doctors, 2 anesthesiologists. My total bill was $350US. No insurance.

What will that cost the average American? Would that cover a tongue depressor?

Plus, I was off work for over 30 days. Got paid because we have 148 days of sick leave.

It's weird - it is such an ultra-capitalist city (freest economy in the world) and yet they seem to care about the people - 14 weeks paid Maternity Leave, AND while not great there are also 5 days of paternity leave.

There are a TON of Americans and Canadians, Brits, and Aussies here in Banking and Finance.

As my teacher friend points out - as lucky as shit as we are that we got hired as teachers for the idiotically high pay we get - we're still nothing compared to those guys - MAN OH MAN - those guys in the business world are truly raking it in.

They're not taking out a 5-year loan on those Lamborghinis either - it's all "write a cheque)

That's why $9 a litre - I really don't think they care. Albeit, I see a helluva lot of Teslas here. :) So maybe they complain internally.



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