When I call Hong Kong a Zeroth World city, this is what I mean. I just checked my luggage at the downtown train station, got my plane boarding pass, and it all took about 70 seconds. Now I'm on high speed rail to airport, no bags in tow
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Jingoism doesn't just hurts foreigners, it hurts Americans. If we were willing to let go of the idea that we're exceptionally blessed, we could adopt lots of great ideas from abroad in many areas of life
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Hong Kong was paralyzed by a massive downtown match yesterday, and today is completely functional. LaGuardia takes days to recover from a rainstorm
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Word. The Metro in Paris messed me up, it was so fast and convenient. Young member of the fam spent 2 months backpacking and the rail/bus connex there made it work like it would never do here.
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I dunno, I think this misses the fact that the US is a really massive country compared to Hong Kong. Change is easier in a small insular area. https://www.mylifeelsewhere.com/country-size-comparison/united-states/hong-kong …
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