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On the evening of April 17, 2023, Granny Chan carried all belongings to Ivy Street, Tai Kok Tsui, in Kowloon, getting ready for another night on the street. Lin Jianxiang/The Epoch Times
Homelessness is one of the things Hong Kong and New York have in common, two of the most expensive cities in the world.
In New York, you often see homeless people sitting on the corners near high-end shops around Time Square or Broadway, hoping for some charitable people to walk by.
