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| posted by wibb 876 days ago |
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I just moved to Hong Kong and recently saw an apartment on the peak that I really like. My concerns are that I hear it's really damp up there and about half the time you'll be shrouded in fog (the place is about 10 min walk from the peak tram station). Also, the place seems only about half-occupied even though the building and facilities are very nice. Are people generally less willing to live on the peak? If so, what are the reasons?
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| posted by Juno Watt 876 days ago |
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The horrific expense mainly, I'd guess.
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| posted by Lady G 876 days ago |
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Even if I could afford it, I wouldn't — it's the thought of all that traffic down that one narrow road, with all the tour buses clogging it up all the time. Even if you're planning on using the Peak tram to commute... no way. There are hundreds of other flats just as nice in areas far more accessible.
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| posted by xpat-Aussie 876 days ago |
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Agreed... I've witnessed the peak tram just sailing by the stops several times when they're busy (all 4 times I've been on it). It's humid everywhere in HK all summer long, but prolly a little worse up there... besides, it's as dear as poison 
Plenty more accesible areas for my dough.
"...and once you have tasted flight,
you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward,
for there you have been and there you long to return...."
-Leonardo DaVinci
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| posted by Hambone Slim 875 days ago (edited 875 days ago) |
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If you can afford to live up there the cost of a dehumidifier or two is but a drop in the ocean, surely. I actually quite like the Peak when it's cold and foggy but I may be in a minority
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| posted by tinybear 875 days ago |
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Living on the Peak is NOT fun. 
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| posted by wibb 875 days ago |
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thanks for the feedback everyone.
tinybear, why is NOT fun aside from the traffic and humidity?
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| posted by tinybear 875 days ago |
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Try driving up to the Peak at night and in the fog. It's 
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| posted by The Cerne Abbas Giant 874 days ago |
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Also consider that with the poor air quality these days the view is not what it used to be.
Watchu talkin' about Willis?
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| posted by wibb 870 days ago |
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Ah yes, the fog and the polluted air. Thanks again everyone!
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| posted by tinybear 870 days ago |
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Yeah, apart from the fog, there's not much there, really.
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