I’ve noted that Hong Kong Island, the strip of it where everyone lives and works … is severely “challenged” when it comes to flora. (Never mind fauna.)

And it’s just now dawning on me that the street I am now on, Thomson Road, may represent an extreme example of “nothing but humans and cockroaches” part of HK.

I will take a closer look, when I venture out today to go to the office … but I’m thinking there isn’t a single tree or shrub or blade of grass on this entire street. And it’s about 100 yards long.

Are there stretches of New York City like that? Just asphalt, concrete and buildings? Not even weeds growing through a crack?

Thomson Road is so narrow that you wouldn’t want to try to stick a tree into the sidewalk, because there is barely enough room right now for people to pass each other … and maybe there’s just too much foot traffic for some hardy weed to survive even a day or two above ground.

Anyway,  I’m going to make a point of looking, today. As I head over to the subway. While picking a path between all the double-parked cars and delivery trucks … is there a blade of grass on this street?

It’s odd, but I’m not connected enough to nature to notice that sort of thing, straight off.

But eventually, I do … and when the realization dawns … then it seems more than a little creepy. Depressing. Even scary.