The Double Life of the Bay Area Commuter Hong Kong's chronic housing shortage has led some residents to adopt an unconventional solution: splitting their lives between two cities.
For those who can afford it, the Greater Bay Area offers a refuge from Hong Kong's suffocating conditions.
Polly Chan, for example, commutes daily between Hong Kong and Guangzhou, where she rents a spacious flat at a fraction of what it would cost in Shenzhen.