In Hong Kong, flats really are cheaper when they contain the number 4

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Post by slygent » Tue, Jul 10, 2018, 9:03 AM UTC

In Hong Kong, flats really are cheaper when they contain the number 4
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Post by akhatri_aus » Tue, Jul 10, 2018, 9:13 AM UTC

Its a bit surprising to see this. I thought they go for using '3B' instead of an outright '4'

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Post by lordnacho » Tue, Jul 10, 2018, 9:18 AM UTC

So the number 4 in Cantonese sounds like the word for death. Though a different tone is used.

Thing is the number 9 sounds just like the word for dog, why doesn't that cause a problem?

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Post by fladrif » Tue, Jul 10, 2018, 9:19 AM UTC

lordnacho wrote: post #3

So the number 4 in Cantonese sounds like the word for death. Though a different tone is used. Thing is the number 9 sounds just like the word for dog, why doesn't that cause a problem?

People have an aversion to death more than dogs.

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Post by slygent » Tue, Jul 10, 2018, 9:22 AM UTC

I'm the author of this post and the founder of dataguru.hk, AMA

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Post by FartyMcFarter » Tue, Jul 10, 2018, 9:22 AM UTC

Stupidity tax.

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Post by slygent » Tue, Jul 10, 2018, 9:23 AM UTC

akhatri_aus wrote: post #2

Its a bit surprising to see this. I thought they go for using '3B' instead of an outright '4'

I only include integer floors in this analysis, but there very few flats with regex \d\w. Or you're surprised there are 4s at all?

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Post by lokopodium » Tue, Jul 10, 2018, 9:24 AM UTC

4-containing houses and apartments sell for a discount even in Australia. Been to quite a few auctions, 0 Asian punters for 4s vs at least 5 for non-4s. Some apartment buildings are already built without level 4 altogether.

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Jul 10, 2018, 9:26 AM UTC

lordnacho wrote: post #3

So the number 4 in Cantonese sounds like the word for death. Though a different tone is used. Thing is the number 9 sounds just like the word for dog, why doesn't that cause a problem?

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Post by tanilama » Tue, Jul 10, 2018, 9:27 AM UTC

lordnacho wrote: post #3

So the number 4 in Cantonese sounds like the word for death. Though a different tone is used. Thing is the number 9 sounds just like the word for dog, why doesn't that cause a problem?

4 is being actively avoided. And combines with other numbers, like 14(to die), 174(going to die) make it a very ominous number indeed.