The Densest City on Earth
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Date: 2024-01-04
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-xuulhape8349
Great video! I got a chance to go into the Wall city right before it was demolished. Two pastors from Canada visited Hong Kong, and a friend of mine asked me to show them around for a couple days. They wanted to see the Wall City because of Jackie Pullinger. But by that time, the Wall City was already empty, and fenced all around with large pieces of plywood. We walked around outside until we found a piece of the plywood somehow not installed or removed by others. So we went in and walked around. I was shocked by what I saw, truly like a maze, can't see the sky because all spaces were fully utilized for various kinds of structures and cages, electrical wires hanging everywhere,
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Great video! I got a chance to go into the Wall city right before it was demolished. Two pastors from Canada visited Hong Kong, and a friend of mine asked me to show them around for a couple days. They wanted to see the Wall City because of Jackie Pullinger. But by that time, the Wall City was already empty, and fenced all around with large pieces of plywood. We walked around outside until we found a piece of the plywood somehow not installed or removed by others. So we went in and walked around. I was shocked by what I saw, truly like a maze, can't see the sky because all spaces were fully utilized for various kinds of structures and cages, electrical wires hanging everywhere,
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-cegalleta
3mins in and already it's the british and their colonial war crimes. They owe the rest of the world a big ass favor at the very least lol
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The reflexion at the end is just a gringo fantasy. -Businesses thriving- = greedy criminals using human trafficking victims and refugees to make profit out of their vulnerability. The entire thing is a demonstration of neglect and failing to guarantee people their basic human rights. Can't believe you can say reality -lies in between good and bad- when it's probably the biggest shithole ever created by mankind lol
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3mins in and already it's the british and their colonial war crimes. They owe the rest of the world a big ass favor at the very least lol
Edit after watching the entire thing:
The reflexion at the end is just a gringo fantasy. -Businesses thriving- = greedy criminals using human trafficking victims and refugees to make profit out of their vulnerability. The entire thing is a demonstration of neglect and failing to guarantee people their basic human rights. Can't believe you can say reality -lies in between good and bad- when it's probably the biggest shithole ever created by mankind lol
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-TenshiLove5
Visiting kowloon in shenmue 2 introduced me to the concept. It was portrayed well as a place of darkness and of light. Many of the people in the tightly packed internal streets of the game were happily living their lives in peace while the main character sought out the dark underbelly of the city. Its always been in the back of my mind knowing that its based on a real place that used to exist. When i played the game as a kid i thought it was a totally seperate plsce, but knowing it was within hong kong (where the bulk of the game takes place) makes alot of sense
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Visiting kowloon in shenmue 2 introduced me to the concept. It was portrayed well as a place of darkness and of light. Many of the people in the tightly packed internal streets of the game were happily living their lives in peace while the main character sought out the dark underbelly of the city. Its always been in the back of my mind knowing that its based on a real place that used to exist. When i played the game as a kid i thought it was a totally seperate plsce, but knowing it was within hong kong (where the bulk of the game takes place) makes alot of sense
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-duprie37
But what on earth happened to its 50K residents when the city was demolished? Surely they weren't all thrown out into the streets of Kowloon proper to fend for themselves? And housing isn't cheap in HK, so where did they end up I wonder. Surprised this was left out of the story.
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But what on earth happened to its 50K residents when the city was demolished? Surely they weren't all thrown out into the streets of Kowloon proper to fend for themselves? And housing isn't cheap in HK, so where did they end up I wonder. Surprised this was left out of the story.
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-LycanFerret
This is honestly horrifying to me, considering my life goal and ideal place to live has always been a homestead on a 250 acre wooded farm, living just me and my immediate family. And that city was 40x smaller with 3300x as many people. My god.
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This is honestly horrifying to me, considering my life goal and ideal place to live has always been a homestead on a 250 acre wooded farm, living just me and my immediate family. And that city was 40x smaller with 3300x as many people. My god.
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fun-facts
It's crazy that no major building collapses ever occurred. I guess the fact that they had hard limits on how tall the buildings could get meant that they couldn't build upward to the point of eventual collapse from weight even if they wanted to.
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It's crazy that no major building collapses ever occurred. I guess the fact that they had hard limits on how tall the buildings could get meant that they couldn't build upward to the point of eventual collapse from weight even if they wanted to.
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-RingoLoadagain
Fascinating. I've watched a few different videos on Kowloon and this one is probably the best. The only issue is that I'd love to know what happened to the residents after the city was demolished. Were they given alternative housing?
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Fascinating. I've watched a few different videos on Kowloon and this one is probably the best. The only issue is that I'd love to know what happened to the residents after the city was demolished. Were they given alternative housing?
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-landomcflurry5
Its really amazing that no catastrophic disaster happened here, like image what could have happened if a fire got started or the pilots approaching Kia Tak flew to low, Literal miracle that none of that had happened.
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Its really amazing that no catastrophic disaster happened here, like image what could have happened if a fire got started or the pilots approaching Kia Tak flew to low, Literal miracle that none of that had happened.
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fun-facts
this is a great video, but the shaky picture effect 7: 13 is really obnoxious. Imagine someone someone trying to show you a picture on their phone and they keep shaking the phone around every second.
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this is a great video, but the shaky picture effect 7: 13 is really obnoxious. Imagine someone someone trying to show you a picture on their phone and they keep shaking the phone around every second.
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-babebelle
I lived nearby when I was a kid and still remember the aroma and two movies filmed there, 1, Shanghai Surprise (1980) with Madonna and Sean Penn and 2, Bloodsport (1988) Jean-Claude Van Damme
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I lived nearby when I was a kid and still remember the aroma and two movies filmed there, 1, Shanghai Surprise (1980) with Madonna and Sean Penn and 2, Bloodsport (1988) Jean-Claude Van Damme
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-MattDoesNothing
Hold on a minute before I start the video. When they say -Football field-, they always meant American Football field! Dang it, I have been using the measurements wrong this whole time!
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Hold on a minute before I start the video. When they say -Football field-, they always meant American Football field! Dang it, I have been using the measurements wrong this whole time!
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fun-facts
Kowloon represented the margin. And quite a few people lived on that margin. It gets smaller every day though and the closest thing we have in the US is living in a vehicle.
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Kowloon represented the margin. And quite a few people lived on that margin. It gets smaller every day though and the closest thing we have in the US is living in a vehicle.
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fun-facts
It-s funny that China learned their mistake from importing opium, saw how it destroyed economies and social fabric and started exporting fentanyl centuries later
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It-s funny that China learned their mistake from importing opium, saw how it destroyed economies and social fabric and started exporting fentanyl centuries later
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-Killtoi
bro the music way too loud and unnecessary. if u wanna showcase cool hiphop beats do it on a different video please. adds nothing to the viewer trying to learn
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bro the music way too loud and unnecessary. if u wanna showcase cool hiphop beats do it on a different video please. adds nothing to the viewer trying to learn
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-ImAlwaysHere1
Could you imagine a fire breaking out? Lawd! The city would have been fascinating to see, for me, but I didn't make it to Hong Kong until 2016.
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Could you imagine a fire breaking out? Lawd! The city would have been fascinating to see, for me, but I didn't make it to Hong Kong until 2016.
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-Seven_Leaf
Actually the Chinese people were never given the chance to buy thing's from English traders. Their government forbad it, they only wanted silver.
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Actually the Chinese people were never given the chance to buy thing's from English traders. Their government forbad it, they only wanted silver.
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-AutumnLuvsJesus
Wow i wonder what happened to the people in the city when they had to move-I bet that was a shocking transition back into society
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Wow i wonder what happened to the people in the city when they had to move-I bet that was a shocking transition back into society
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-lucianalefay
Great video! The only think I found lacking was the destiny of all those people. Where were they all relocated? Does anyone know?
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Great video! The only think I found lacking was the destiny of all those people. Where were they all relocated? Does anyone know?
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-forevertj
You gotta lose your mind in Kowloon rock city. Get up everybody's gonna move their feet, get down everybody's gonna leave their seat!
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You gotta lose your mind in Kowloon rock city. Get up everybody's gonna move their feet, get down everybody's gonna leave their seat!
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-sirsawtooth4044
If there was a model for Cyperpunk 2077 in the real world, CDPR probably used Honk Kong and Kowloon as models frequently
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If there was a model for Cyperpunk 2077 in the real world, CDPR probably used Honk Kong and Kowloon as models frequently
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-tedcleveland8488
Imagine if they didn-t demolish it and turn it into a museum it would be the biggest tourist attraction on earth.
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Imagine if they didn-t demolish it and turn it into a museum it would be the biggest tourist attraction on earth.
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-thatmoa
It's so fascinating how all of this seems peaceful, though. A jam-packed city with people only just trying to get by.
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It's so fascinating how all of this seems peaceful, though. A jam-packed city with people only just trying to get by.
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