
Hong Kong On the trail of the fuchsia.

The climate of intensely urban Hong Kong, located just south of the Tropic of Cancer, is classified as humid subtropical. Weather differences aside, similarly intensely urban New York City has to move over when it comes to sheer vertical mass. There are supposed to be over 7,650 skyscrapers in Hong Kong, making it the world’s record holder by far. More people live and work above the fourteenth floor in this city than anywhere else on earth. Surprisingly, unlike the seemingly endless conurbation that defines New York City, there’s also an awesome amount of green and open space close 'round the city. Most of its development is crammed into a narrow ribbon between hills and harbor or wedged into Kowloon. Despite the attention to the environment here, however, it’s still the last place one might think of bumping into fuchsias. But, hey, where there’s a will, there’s a way.