11/15/2011

Kaohsiung Fine Arts Museum is in an affluent area; many residential tall buildings are the result from few giant real estate companies bought out farm land and moved or closed the oil refinery industry for city development. With the museum and its landscaping and huge sculpture garden, the property value in this area skyrocketing to a point that only the richest can afford it. The old part of the city including the train station area started losing their dense population.  The same story happens everywhere in the world: The big developer bought out the land that used to be places where birds won’t lay eggs and turn into artificial golden eggs. However, with the global economy, I heard the occupancy of the skyscraper apartments is only 30%. A local lamented the fact they need more people for this big city.  Kaohsiung’s beautification includes the Museum, the parks, the public art, and the most of all, a clean “Love” river.  I cannot believe that I actually enjoy riding my bike along the Love River to Pier 2 to work on our shipping container.  Along the way, I zigzag my way through the motorcycles, hop into the bike route, enjoy a warm harbor breeze with my shorts and love every minute of it.

Kaohsiung City