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Badhobz · Today, 05:22 AM

i wanted to go to yuen long to see chickens and gangsters, but the wife wouldnt let me go

EvoFire · Today, 08:29 AM

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Originally Posted by bcrdukes

Oh, nice. Near Mong Kok MTR, Badhobz's favourite part of HK.

I usually stay in TKO when in HK and I'm surprised the Popcorn Mall doesn't have an arcade.

Isn't Hollywood at Diamond Hill or something?

I hung out at popcorn a lot too cause that's where I stay. The sprawling mall complex is so big and you can walk all the way to the community center at Tiu Keng Leng. No more though, my aunt moved (I stay with my aunt) to Po Lam. I personally don't think Po Lam is as nice.

BIC_BAWS · Today, 08:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Badhobz

i wanted to go to yuen long to see chickens and gangsters, but the wife wouldnt let me go

I didn't see any gangsters but I found all the modded cars. My relatives seem to think there's a lot of... (bad) spirits in Yuen Long. But I had quite the time exploring my dad's childhood places there.

bcrdukes · Today, 09:23 AM

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Originally Posted by EvoFire

Isn't Hollywood at Diamond Hill or something?

I hung out at popcorn a lot too cause that's where I stay. The sprawling mall complex is so big and you can walk all the way to the community center at Tiu Keng Leng. No more though, my aunt moved (I stay with my aunt) to Po Lam. I personally don't think Po Lam is as nice.

I may be thinking of the Hollywood Shopping Centre / Plaza and not the one at Diamond Hill.

Popcorn is crazy because it stretches through to many other malls. You don't even need to step outside.

The MTR access is nice too.

Gumby · Today, 09:52 AM

Was in HK 2025 and 2026 and barely explored the Kowloon side. Spent most of our time on the HK Island side.

Badhobz · Today, 10:32 AM

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Was in HK 2025 and 2026 and barely explored the Kowloon side. Spent most of our time on the HK Island side.

you rich guangdong motherfucker!!!!

bcrdukes · Today, 10:38 AM

Big ballin'!

6793026 · Today, 10:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Badhobz

i wanted to go to yuen long to see chickens and gangsters, but the wife wouldnt let me go

these days are long gone.

I can tell you yuen long is far out and there are no more chickens. Reason being... online. There are so many websites they don't need to start out on the streets.

It still happens at Portland Street (砵蘭街) but you're talking about 50-60 yr old ladies looking after 60-70 yr old men who doesn't know how to surf free p)rn.

spoon.ek9 · Today, 02:45 PM

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i wanted to go to yuen long to see chickens and gangsters, but the wife wouldnt let me go

I went to Temple st market with my dad and his gf. There were plenty of chickens and tough guys at basically every doorway to buildings

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Originally Posted by BIC_BAWS

I didn't see any gangsters but I found all the modded cars. My relatives seem to think there's a lot of... (bad) spirits in Yuen Long. But I had quite the time exploring my dad's childhood places there.

My mom's side is from Yuen Long too. However, I should note that they're (mostly) bat shit crazy. I do miss my grandparents though and the og farm house.

BIC_BAWS · Today, 02:49 PM

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Originally Posted by spoon.ek9

I went to Temple st market with my dad and his gf. There were plenty of chickens and tough guys at basically every doorway to buildings

I went with my mom and my mom's cousin (?) and their family. I did not see chickens or tough guys LOL. But the whole area is trying to be revitalized to be more of a Richmond Night Market vibe.

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My mom's side is from Yuen Long too. However, I should note that they're (mostly) bat shit crazy. I do miss my grandparents though and the og farm house.

This probably explains my dad's side of the family. Paranoid fucks LOL

SkinnyPupp · Today, 04:54 PM

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Originally Posted by EvoFire

Isn't Hollywood at Diamond Hill or something?

I hung out at popcorn a lot too cause that's where I stay. The sprawling mall complex is so big and you can walk all the way to the community center at Tiu Keng Leng. No more though, my aunt moved (I stay with my aunt) to Po Lam. I personally don't think Po Lam is as nice.

We used to do that walk all the time, from TKL to TKO or HH. My favourite restaurant was there, and we'd go for walks after, but this was before any of those connecting malls were there, or the hotels, or the vendome/sports park. Or even the art school! Although that was built pretty early. A lot has changed in 20 years (but not in that picture I posted!)

Po Lam hasn't changed a lot; still the same big mall there. The stores have changed of course. It's nice to walk around there too though. Maybe TMI, but you can walk from Po Lam to my village if you follow some trails through the jungle and over one mountain. I've done that hike a couple times, but it's not the most pleasant walk. But it was crazy the first time we did it, walking to a mall from where we live.

The most interesting thing about all these changes in Hong Kong is that in the 2010's they seemed to really build everything around attracting Mainland Chinese into the country, for tourism and especially shopping. This entire area was one of the hot spots, as all the local type stores and restaurants were squeezed out, and they even built a hotel there. And it worked for a while, as numbers skyrocketed. But somewhere along the way it's like the Chinese realized that hey, we can do all this shopping here! Why would we need to go to HK? And then covid sealed the deal. Although the sinking USD, which HKD is tied to, has brought them back more lately.

Mikoyan · Today, 05:41 PM

Yuen Long Is pretty boring, but we were out there to see family. Family's OG farmhouse is also gone.

Temple St chickens are there around the edges of the Street market, hanging around the doorways behind the market stalls. They're not obvious, but they're there. When we had late night dinner at the clay pot rice place near there, chickens were having dinner too.

Edit: How many people here have fam in YL??

spoon.ek9 · Today, 05:52 PM

The chickens were SUPER obvious to me. I didn't even say anything to my dad and he asked me if those are chickens

Badhobz · Today, 06:22 PM

i love temple st. eat at the dai pai dong, watch chickens work. get your fortune told afterwards.

Gumby · Today, 06:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Badhobz

you rich guangdong motherfucker!!!!

Back in the day, my mom’s side of the family did business with the HK elite, so we were also treated well to a certain degree. But that influence certainly waned as that generation aged out/passed on their fortunes to their kids.

One negative side effect - my kids have been spoiled with HK Island life; no way that’s gonna continue with my basic 9-5 job!

Mikoyan · Today, 06:48 PM

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The chickens were SUPER obvious to me. I didn't even say anything to my dad and he asked me if those are chickens

My wife said something similar. "I guess Temple Street's cleaned up, you don't see chickens around." I then pointed out the 5 in the doorways within view.

Wife after clay pot rice, "Did you see the chicken there?"
Me, "Which of the three tables are you talking about?"