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Heh. It reminded me of Kowloon Walled City [0] [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kowloon_Walled_City https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kowloon_Walled_City

• degenerate 9y ago
  There is a fantastic inside-view of Kowloon Walled City from this 20 minute BBC documentary (1980): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooQjAYJQ-xM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooQjAYJQ-xM
  • radicaldreamer 9y ago
    If you're ever in Hong Kong, I highly recommend taking a few hours to explore Chungking Mansions, the spiritual successor to the Kowloon Walled City... not your typical tourist attraction, but one you'll remember far longer than most.
    • lpgauth 9y ago
      Hehe, I stayed in Chungking Mansions a couple of years ago and it's definitely an experience!
    • contingencies 9y ago
      I was right outside this afternoon. Someone offered me a tailor, then cocaine.
      • mlrtime 9y ago
        I can vouch for a really great tailor right off nathan road if anyone needs a recommendation, friends of the family for over 10 years.
        • ghostbrainalpha 9y ago
          But what about the cocaine?
          • ghrifter 9y ago
            Whelp, HN is officially Reddit 2.0 now with chains like this.
        • kaishiro 9y ago
          Having gotten hosed in the past by a Shangainese tailor (largely my fault - wasn't nearly specific on my ask), I'd actually really appreciate the reference. Contact details in my profile if you really don't mind.
    • dageshi 9y ago
      Stayed there many times, I always thought it'd get closed down or re-developed at some point, but it keeps on trucking.
  • hughes 9y ago
    There is also a really nice interactive explorable article from the Wall Street Journal here: http://projects.wsj.com/kwc/ http://projects.wsj.com/kwc/
• yellowapple 9y ago
  The video in the article mentions Kowloon Walled City as one of the inspirations for the design/layout.
• int_handler 9y ago
  In his video he made for Magnasanti [0] (which I really recommend watching by the way), Oscala did mention that an earlier version of the city was in fact inspired by the Kowloon Walled City. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTJQTc-TqpU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTJQTc-TqpU
  • anoplus 9y ago
    The Cheating definition includes A.I software. Made me think A.I is our hope in real life city planning.
    • 49bc 9y ago
      Can AI help us defeat nimbyism?
      • derblitzmann 9y ago
        No, ai will help expend it
        • majewsky 9y ago
          I think you mean "expand". "expend" is more or less the opposite of that.
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