The allure of places like this should be tempered by the following facts.
- they are usually accidents of history and are usually not countries proper (this is true of both Hong Kong and Singapore)
- They have massive economies right next to themselves, and the rich of these countries usually uses these territories as a place to hide their money from taxes.
- ermm.. this... http://video.ft.com/v/621971804001/Hong-Kong-s-property-extremes-cage-the-poor