The weird paradox

Hong kong is this odd paradox between austerity and ostentation. It is really bizarre. The streets in the road are filled with s class benz's to the point that you start believing they are the only car ever made. In the middle of the same street is a clubfooted man(those are quite rare in america) asking for change. I am not trying to say that this is some sort of marxist class struggle nor that the maoists just 5 miles north need to have a revolution here. I am just saying that is how it is. More peculiar is how this gets transformed in the lifestyle of my relatives. My granarents are blessed with a beautiful apartment in pretty much the only quiet gold coast upper east area without the bustle of shops at the top of the hill. But they live a quiet life. No fancy name brand suits or watches like my dad. No fine furniture or nice drapes and fancy laundry machines like my mother.  My aunt Dora lives in a antithesis sort of... she lives in a busy commercial neighborhood in an apartment with 7 people. The place is the size of village d suite. But the people in it flash brands, even dora does with her nice kate spade bag and wallet. Corrinne's doc martens and the marc echo. I don't even know what alex wears... anyhow there is an odd dichotomy here.