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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For whatever reason, folks in Singapore, London, Hong Kong don’t seem to have these hang-ups about “the neighbors,” “living on top of one another” or “sharing walls”[/quote]

For whatever reason? Do you own a map?

One word-land. We have more of it than we know to do with.

Most countries do not have anywhere close to the amount of livable land we have. They don’t have many options outside of living in top of each other. We do.

Living in an urban environment is great until you get older and realize you don’t make enough to live in the city the way you could elsewhere. Only the super wealthy can afford having creature comforts in cities.
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Lol! If the only factor was land there would be a lot more countries with population dispersed as it is in the US. The U.S. experience is driven by some uniquely aggressive government policies.[/quote]

And Hong Kong's isn't? For decades, it was a capitalist island surrounded by a communist country. There was nowhere to spread out to, unless you wanted to no longer be a part of Hong Kong and wanted to live in communist China.

Singapore is also a small island sovereign nation. Leave the island and you are no longer a resident of Singapore, you're Malaysian, which means now you need a work visa, etc. I believe Singapore also generally has much better tax rates for high earners.[/quote]

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