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 The city was a phenomenon with 33,000 families and businesses living in more than 300 interconnected high-rise buildings, all constructed without contributions from a single architect.  Dating back to the Song Dynasty it served as a watch post for the military to defend the area against pirates and to manage the production of Salt before eventually coming under British rule. However, during the Japanese occupation on Hong Kong in the Second World War parts of it were demolished to provide building materials for the nearby airport. Once Japan surrendered from the city, the population dramatically increased with numerous squatters moving in. Eventually it became a haven for criminals and drug users and was run by the Chinese Triads until 1974.  A thorough government survey in 1987 showed an estimated 33,000 people resided within the Walled City. Based on this survey, the Walled City had a population density of approximately 1,255,000 inhabitants per square kilometre (3,250,000 /sq mi).  After an arduous eviction process, demolition began in March 1993 and was completed in April 1994. Kowloon Walled City Park opened in December 1995 and occupies the area of the former Walled City.
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mirror shades... check. katana... check. datajack... check.
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cool city they should have kept it
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one of kowloon walled city's biggest industries was illegal dentistry. i have no idea why.
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my favorite part was the walls
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Slanderer posted:one of kowloon walled city's biggest industries was illegal dentistry. i have no idea why. think a real dentist was gonna practice in there?
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shenmue 2 best game
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Slanderer posted:one of kowloon walled city's biggest industries was illegal dentistry. i have no idea why. Because dentists are expensive.
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angerbot posted:my favorite part was the walls Mine was the cow.
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Kowroon Warred City
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holy poo poo there is a Kowloon Walled City amusement park/arcade in tokyo http://gizmodo.com/hong-kongs-infamous-walled-city-recreated-as-a-japanes-1325344791 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFotdInLOgU
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If I ever win the lottery I'm going to build an exact replica of Kowloon Walled City. And live in it. Alone. 
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Slanderer posted:one of kowloon walled city's biggest industries was illegal dentistry. i have no idea why. it was basically a libertarian dream come true since you had everything from noodle shops to doctors operating without any government oversight. a guy made a map of the place:  https://imgur.com/9lHD8YX
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If only it all had been on a big boat.
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Bruce Lee was raised in Kowloon
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drat that owns
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did the walls keep intruders out or keep them in??
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THS posted:drat that owns This is one of the better documentaries on the city: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lby9P3ms11w
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If you enjoy that you should watch this documentary It's a tour of Dharavi, one of the worlds largest slums http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dharavi Dharavi's total population estimates vary between 300,000 to about 1 million. It currently covers an area of 217 hectares (535 acres). (2 km^2, <1 mile^2) It's pretty interesting, and one of the entrances is literally a sewer pipe that kids play in/around. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Im0tHRs9Bng https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-yjpvzGKZQ
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etalian posted:it was basically a libertarian dream come true since you had everything from noodle shops to doctors operating without any government oversight.
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its like a mini warhammer 40k hive city 
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It's like something out of a loving post-apocalyptic wasteland and I love it.
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Sire Oblivion posted:It's like something out of a loving post-apocalyptic wasteland and I love it. Kinda looks like Detroit except its in better shape
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it was pretty cool
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i bet it smelled bad
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It was 1978 and I found myself in the Kownloon Poon Market with a hankering for some boom boom and/or yum yum
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Kowloon is where the annual Kumite was held and long time champ Chong Li was defeated by an unknown American Frank Dux.     
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Pawn 17 posted:Kowloon is where the annual Kumite was held and long time champ Chong Li was defeated by an unknown American Frank Dux. 
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This was a cool setting for Dredd
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This place was cool in shenmue
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more like kowlowned lolled city
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ron paul would be proud
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sitting in my relatively comfortable home i can say wow thats really cool and awesome and i do think that but i bet living there sucked
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I'd like to learn more about its eviction. I bet people were pissed!
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I want a huge picture of that map to print out and frame.
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Sheng-ji Yang posted:ron paul would be proud because libertarianism, anarchism, and communism are merely signposts om the bunny slope of futile idealism
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This place was cool in Ghost in the Shell.
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