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Originally Posted by Murphy de la Sucre
I realize Macau is one of the richest cities in the world but...it is shabby and whole city looks like slum except casinos areas.
Maybe the residents have huge fortune in their pockets or under thier beds.
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It is distorted due to the casino earnings, which don't trickle down much to the people. Casino jobs are low-paying, and there is no other major industry in the city besides tourism. So people are generally poorer than HK although the GDP figures say otherwise.