Subcultures in the city

When speaking of subcultures, reference is made to social groups with a set of distinctive characteristics, sharing beliefs, values, symbols and behaviors. As I have mentioned several times, Hong Kong belongs to the People's Republic of China, therefore, as in the rest of the country, the phenomenon of subcultures has taken a little longer to emerge than in the rest of the world. This may be because the country has had a very strict media management policy, but with the massive emergence of China's own social networks, many subcultures also emerged.

Hong Kong is a city full of subcultures, so as not to make this post too long, I will talk about two specifically, the Mong Kok and the Sneakerheads. The Mong Kok arise in a specific area of ​​Hong Kong, and it is precisely in the area of ​​Mong Kok, which is a commercial place, full of food stores, electronics and things of all kinds, it is a place known among locals to shopping and having fun for a while. The Mong Kok culture is a way of thinking and acting that has become popular among Hong Kong teenagers, calling themselves MK people, and they are characterized by dressing like gangsters, acting hostile, being very active on social networks and spending most of the time in Mong Kok. This subculture has a somewhat negative connotation in the Chinese culture, as it reflects an act detached from duty and hard work.

Sneakerheads are a subculture much easier to explain, basically they are a group of people who collect sports shoes, and they do it with a lot of passion. This subculture was born in the Jordan shoe collectors, over time they began to collect hip hop shoes, and then all kinds of shoes. Currently it is a subculture with great force in the city, with collectors who buy the shoes and keep them as trophies in their boxes, and others who delight in using their acquisitions. As I mentioned above, Mong Kok is the perfect place to shop in Hong Kong, so many Sneakerheads are looking for new models there.