Chris Arnade 🐢🐱🚌
@Chris_arnade
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Walking the world, one city at a time. I like turtles, cats, & buses. Subscribe to my Substack: https://t.co/UYb4TBoTDL
Walking Hong Kong
Joined January 2012
I described Alice Springs as having four different groups—one quarter of the town is drunk Aboriginals, another quarter idle ones, another quarter bureaucrats tasked with trying to make Alice Springs work, and the final quarter well-intended recent arrivals who moved from the
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California: You can now build a few Five over ones! Hong Kong:
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I don't usually make a stink about companies, but this is so annoying. I bought a flight on booking (my mistake), and paid a little more to make it "Flexible." Here is how @bookingcom advertised that (see below), so when I went to change it just now, moving it forward three
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The Hong Kong diner (cha chaan teng) has to have a working-class backstory. It feels less like Japanese love for American diners, which is a borrowed fascination, and more organic. It has its own cuisine that’s a mix of British, American, and Cantonese, and I think I’ll make them
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Got in metro — sunny, not a cloud — got off 5 stops later — sunny, maybe a few clouds — minutes later a downpour of epic proportions. Now, when I find shelter, soaked, it’s sunny and no clouds. Fun walk!
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Why is America so retarded about China? 1. It is extremely difficult for senior us government employees to go (they will lose their security clearance) 2. Some americas greatest industries are finance, law, and marketing. China either is culturally bad at these things or they
@Molson_Hart The solution is simple.... By American made products and no tarrifs apply, at all
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For as much as I love cities, I’ve never liked crowds. I like small clam quite-ish nooks in cities. I’ve yet to find one here. I will I’m sure. But so far walked 4 miles, no nooks.
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Me: I’ll just walk a few miles away, all of Hong Kong can’t possibly be as busy, jammed, and crowded as where I am now. 😕 Me: ok, maybe a few metro stops ☹️ Me: ok. What about this side side side street 😕
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I’ve avoided this city too long, for silly reasons. But hopefully can do it justice if my back holds up
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Hello from Hong Kong, where I’ll be for next eight days. I’ll probably be in a McDonalds, or out walking. Either way, Come say hello.
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Change of plans -- due to a war, personal health, and fatigue I will (hopefully, assuming flights work) be in Hong Kong from this evening, spending eight days in its wonderful weather. If you there, reach out to me
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Whoosh. We in the west can all relax now.
I'm not really worried about the rise of China. There is a dimension missing from Chinese art, literature, culture and life. You notice it when you speak to them or walk around their city. Something essential is missing to all of this And without that dimension, things
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“In USA it is free everyday, and you get shot everyday” — what they say about America. lol.
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