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Originally Posted by Suzles
My best friend lived for 15 years in Hong Kong. They had a very privileged lifestyle and seemed to have very poor attitudes towards the Chinese. All Colonial British and stuffy. I never heard them thank a 'local' - or their staff. I visited once - just hated it. Too many people in too small an area and the live animal markets were deeply distressing.
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Expat culture can become quite sick from what I've seen. Personally I try to avoid the general expat community as I find it hard to relate to a lot of people in it and I really dislike the detachment from local culture.