DDay -27

Observation #5: Now granted these are only MY observations so please take the following observation with a grain of salt. In my experience, expats in Hong Kong are treated very differently than locals. In some ways we are treated better but in some ways we are treated much worse. We are either treated with prejudice, ignored or overly pampered by the locals. We are not normal here. The prejudice part is the reason why expats tend to stay in their own little communities and the pampered part is why some expats become more pompous and spoiled the longer they live here. I totally get why immigrants in the USA choose to stay in their own bubbles and not assimiliate with the locals. It is really hard to live in a place where you feel like you aren't accepted as a complete member of society but rather as the foreign trash (I read about expats being called that by the locals in the South China Morning Post so it's true). We are also called derogatory names like gweilo and Tai Tai and probably other things I haven't heard yet. Expats in any country, including America, should be treated as productive equals because in most cases they are very hard workers and just want a better life for themselves.