[mylons]

HK was just an example. it's true for most/all chinese cities.

[spullara]

Most/all Chinese cities are denser with cheaper labor than any US city so the point stands.

[dannyr]

Metro Manila is not as dense but delivery here is so cheap. Grab and Lala are huge in Manila.

[threezero]

Labor costs in Manila are much lower than Europe or the US.

[dannyr]

I mean, that's already implied if you look at the comment I'm responding to.

[monomyth]

Are you sure about the first point?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_cities_b...

Neither Shanghai or Beijing would make top 20 on this list

[xmprt]

Did you even click on one of the "cities" on that page? The size of Guttenberg is 0.196 sq. miles. It's a tiny part of a city in a small state. You're comparing apples to oranges. A more reasonable comparison would be all of New York City or all of Los Angeles to Shanghai which would be more interesting.

[chimeracoder]

> HK was just an example. it's true for most/all chinese cities.

Chinese cities have access to incredibly cheap labor, far more so than most cities in the US or Europe.