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Another interesting data point was the Kowloon Walled City in Hong Kong. It no longer exists, however, at one point it was considered the most densely populate
by kqr2 11y ago
Another interesting data point was the Kowloon Walled City in Hong Kong. It no longer exists, however, at one point it was considered the most densely populated place on earth with an estimated population density of 3,250,000/sq mi. [1]
The Wall Street Journal also made an interactive portrait of it recently: http://projects.wsj.com/kwc/#chapter=intro http://projects.wsj.com/kwc/#chapter=intro
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kowloon_Walled_City https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kowloon_Walled_City
- facepalm 11y agoIt's a fine example for "yeah, but I REALLY don't want to live like that".
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- TazeTSchnitzel 11y agoKWC was an utterly dreadful place to live, but I suspect that has more to do with its lawlessness than its density.
- hugh4 11y agoBut if you're going to live somewhere lawless you'd prefer low density.
- dragonwriter 11y ago> KWC was an utterly dreadful place to live, but I suspect that has more to do with its lawlessness than its density. But I don't think those two things were unrelated.
- TazeTSchnitzel 11y agoIt being lawless made it a popular place to go. That made it dense. It being lawless also meant there was no requirement to make it a nice place. So I suppose lawlessness is the thread linking everything. (Of course, yes, density does make it awful in some ways. A lack of natural light, for example. Though I do wonder if proper planning could have improved that.)