living in happy valley

Any advice for living in happy valley?

Advice for: Happy Living in Happy Valley ?


I'd offer it happily, if I lived there.

But I am happy living elsewhere


(From Wiki):


Happy Valley is an upper-income residential area in Hong Kong, located in the northern part of Hong Kong Island. Administratively, it is part of Wan Chai District.

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History

In early 1840, the British Army had set a military camp in the area. However, the camp was later closed due to the increasing number of soldiers succumbing to malaria. The cause of malaria was unknown at the time and the soldiers apparently suffered a then-unknown fever. Early settlers had suggested the area to be used as a business centre, but the suggestion was put off due to the valley's marshy environment, which was causing fatal diseases. The death rate in the area and Victoria City was high in the early colonial days, and the valley became a burial ground for the dead. As a result, the valley was renamed as Happy Valley, a common euphemism for cemeteries. In 1846, the British felt that the valleyed terrain was ideal for horse-racing, and thus cleared the paddy fields and developed the Happy Valley Racecourse. For this, the Wong Nai Chung river was recoursed to Bowrinton Canal, known as Ngo Keng Kan (鵝頸澗) locally, beside reclamation of Wan Chai. The canal is presently covered under Canal Road.



In 1922, Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital located in Happy Valley started operation.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happy_Valley,_Hong_Kong


Be Happy !

Friends who live there say they love it.