Social Scene at UIUC?

boneh3ad
Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:37:53 +0000

Um… well there are a couple thousand people that came from all over Asia that go there that seem to enjoy it, so culturally, I would say it must not be that much of a shock. It certainly isn’t as densely packed as Hong Kong (not many places are) but it isn’t like you will be moving to Siberia or anything like that.

There is a mall with a decent selection of stores (it is slowly growing too) and two major cinemas to choose from, 4 or so bowling alleys, a fairly robust bar scene and a lot of restaurants for a city its size. I never had a problem finding things to do, though I came from St. Louis, which probably has very little in common with Hong Kong aside from the fact that it has tall buildings.