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Originally Posted by Botox
Just to add slightly off topic (not regarding racial descrimination);
Hong Kong certainly seems to be one of the most materialistic and capitalist places ever. Frequent questions that pop up in conversations with new aquaintences; "How much did you **** cost?" / "How much does your rent cost?" / "How much did you pay for ****?" They don't say this in a condescending way, people just say it... as if finances aren't a closed subject, etc.
Most people I know in Britain, a few yuppies aside, will keep off the subject of money, and are fairly modest and discrete about finances, whether they're very well off of not. Maybe it's just because they're too embarressed or they're hiding from the taxman, but still, a certain amount of discretion can be a good thing - I don't always want to know how much your watch cost, where you got your deal on your car or how many square feet you get for your dollar.
Further unrelated - an ex-work colleague of mine, a half German half Malaysian PR girl... has to be one of the sexiest women I've ever met. First day of work and I found out she had a boyfriend... so we were just friends. *sniff sniff* :'-(
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I think this is due to HK people inferiority complex, for instance, mobile phones every HK people have are the most trendy in the world, they have to buy new one every 5 or 6 months. Even, my friend in their mid 30s think they need to change every year. But in US (most scientific country in the world), people mobile phone are old or obsolete.