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Originally Posted by whatnext
You shouldn't be so touchy about the term "Hong Kong special", its shorthand for any house built from the mid 80's to 90's that was a lot-hogging beige or pink stucco box.
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In this case, I know what you are referring to. In said period, there were a lot of (in my opinion) rather ugly, very large houses that came as close to the perimeter of the building lot as possible, and often ruined the look of leafy, established avenues. One man, who beleived that big trees were "bad feng shui" even chopped down two giant sequoia trees on the front perimeter of his lot, much to the outrage of the neighbours, who called in the news cameras, much to his surprise (and embarassment). Hopefully we have got beyond that stage now.
I will re-iterate the proverb "when in Rome, do as the Romans do," and that applies here in Vancouver as much as in Rome.
Criticism of such often resulted in charges of
"racism! racism!," but it was NOT racism, as we have always had large East and South Asian communities in Vancouver who contributed hard work and culture to the city and helped make it the cosmopolitan place that it is.
However, when a city has been established, the ARE certain architectural and cultural norms that should be respected, here and anywhere else.
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