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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?
A lot of the less upmarket (older) buildings don't omit the number four which could factor in. Older buildings, although bigger, tend to have high maintenance fees and are less desirable.
But this doesn't really explain the difference in prices even for floor 44...
In the states it's quite common to number the floors of a building by avoiding the number 13. I think this is pure madness. 10, 11, 12, 14, 15... All of that because of a fantasy book where people had supper and they happen to be 13 at the table. Edit: Here's an example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13_(number)#/media/File:Many_b...
The same on planes. There is never (I've never seen it anyway) row #13. It goes straight from row #12 to #14.
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174 sounds more like "dying together". How about 54 "not dying"?
1 can pronounce as 一(yi1), but sometimes can be also pronounce as 幺(yao1). The latter sounds similar to another character 要(yao4, meaning command to do something), and together represents as 要去死(something like you are going to die). As to 54, maybe you are referring to 勿死(wu4 si3)? Its meaning is closer to, please don't die, than not dying, and though I am not sure, but 勿 uses to negating another word seems kinda anc…
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174 sounds more like "dying together". How about 54 "not dying"?
1 can pronounce as 一(yi1), but sometimes can be also pronounce as 幺(yao1). The latter sounds similar to another character 要(yao4, meaning command to do something), and together represents as 要去死(something like you are going to die). As to 54, maybe you are referring to 勿死(wu4 si3)? Its meaning is closer to, please don't die, than not dying, and though I am not sure, but 勿 uses to negating another word seems kinda anc…
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Very interesting work! Just a quick note, for this kind of evenly spaced, discrete X data, stairs plots are usually better. For instance this highlights better the 13th floor issue, which in the line plot was obscured: https://i.imgur.com/cSjT5xx.png
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The same on planes. There is never (I've never seen it anyway) row #13. It goes straight from row #12 to #14.
Qantas to the rescue of all that is rational. https://www.seatguru.com/airlines/Qantas_Airways/Qantas_Airw...
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The same on planes. There is never (I've never seen it anyway) row #13. It goes straight from row #12 to #14.
I was sitting on row 13 last week in 2 planes. Really depends on the company.
Another funny old news about superstition is that a public research institute located in Hong Kong Science Park used HK$180,000 (~USD $23,000) on fung shui consultation[1]. [1]: https://www.scmp.com/article/595459/value-money
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HSBC_Building_(Hong_Kong)#Feng...
