Where the hippest city-goers hang out

Chris Carter explores three rising districts in Sydney, Paris and Hong Kong.

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"Nowhere is currently cooler than Chippo," says Jonathan Bastable in Cond Nast Traveller. Chippendale, to give the neighbourhood its full name, isbecoming the most talked-about district of Sydney. The White Rabbit Gallery, with its works by Chinese artists, is the first place you should visit after ticking off the Opera House and the Harbour Bridge. It's here that at "around midday, creatives emerge blinking from their design agencies, and college kids drift south from the university campus to grab lunch at Spice Alley [serving] chatterbox chicken, okonomiyaki pork, and a BigBuddha combo' of plump Cantonese dumplings."

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Chris Carter
Wealth Editor, MoneyWeek

Chris Carter spent three glorious years reading English literature on the beautiful Welsh coast at Aberystwyth University. Graduating in 2005, he left for the University of York to specialise in Renaissance literature for his MA, before returning to his native Twickenham, in southwest London. He joined a Richmond-based recruitment company, where he worked with several clients, including the Queen’s bank, Coutts, as well as the super luxury, Dorchester-owned Coworth Park country house hotel, near Ascot in Berkshire.

Then, in 2011, Chris joined MoneyWeek. Initially working as part of the website production team, Chris soon rose to the lofty heights of wealth editor, overseeing MoneyWeek’s Spending It lifestyle section. Chris travels the globe in pursuit of his work, soaking up the local culture and sampling the very finest in cuisine, hotels and resorts for the magazine’s discerning readership. He also enjoys writing his fortnightly page on collectables, delving into the fascinating world of auctions and art, classic cars, coins, watches, wine and whisky investing.

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