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Kowloon Walled City was neither a dystopia nor a utopia. It works and was able to maintain itself, but it could have been done better if it was actually support
by kiba 2y ago
Kowloon Walled City was neither a dystopia nor a utopia. It works and was able to maintain itself, but it could have been done better if it was actually supported by the government.
- gsf_emergency 2y agoThat's "just" a bug-feature of common law systems >The Kowloon Walled City was exempt and remained under the control of Qing China. https://www.thecollector.com/kowloon-walled-city-lawlessness-and-claustrophobia/ https://www.thecollector.com/kowloon-walled-city-lawlessness... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/999-year_lease https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/999-year_lease https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/999-year_leases_in_Hong_Kong#Valuation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/999-year_leases_in_Hong_Kong#V...