Unbelievable Places that People Really Live

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[@megaflux7144]

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[@AifDaimon]

too lazy to put timestamps now, Simon!?

[@THE-X-Force]

Please add chapters .. ☮

[@lozeldatkm]

Is Simon really the best spokesperson for hair growth?

[@user-em2pe3rf4h]

I really don't watch any of Simon's hundreds of channels for the content. Mainly I watch them to admire the shape of his skull. So,so smooth...

[@animalbird9436]

I watch coz his mouth looks like a hairy mott😂

[@MissAlissaxX]

I can't tell if you're funny or a psychopath. Not gonna lie this is the kinda content I'm here for hahahaha

[@oracleofdelphi4533]

Don't be fooled. His brain's quite wrinkled.

[@evalevy2909]

This was a line in one of the Sherlock holmes novels. "I do covet your skull."

[@jamess3241]

The amazing part to me is how he keeps it from looking so shiny

[@IamZeus1100]

As some who suffers from chronic migraines , those underground houses sound amazing . No noise or light pollution so it’s cool , dark and quiet

[@highendservicesbarrieont8347]

Except...when the neighbors blast Led Zeppelin 😂😂😂

[@GlennRestvedt]

THIS SHALL BE AN EXCEPTION ofcourse😊

[@claywest9528]

Anyone else get the feeling that with some of these communities we are getting a glimpse of the future of humanities normal living conditions?

[@justincase3230]

Try not to think about it and enjoy what you have while you have it. The pandemic proved the whole damn world can be turned on it's head overnight. That things are going this smoothly so far is honestly kind of a miracle lol.

[@JukaDominator]

Nope, not really.

[@danielcronin7512]

Well not the Russian part 😆

[@pauljohnstone4723]

Back around 1980 I worked with a man who was born in that Siberian town. His stories about living in the coldest town in the world and the methods used to survive were only slightly less amazing than his escape from both the Russian and German armies who wanted to execute him for fighting on the wrong sides during WWII . He had no choice about which side to fight with. He eventually made his way to Australia still carrying many bullet fragments through his body, the result of being 1 of several hundred Russians who were lined up and machine gunned.

[@ignitionfrn2223]

0:45 - Chapter 1 - Floating villages of tonle sap, cambodia 2:05 - Mid roll ads 3:35 - Chapter 2 - Oymyakon, russia 5:20 - Chapter 3 - Coober pedy, australia 7:15 - Chapter 4 - Joyxee island 9:00 - Chapter 5 - The principality of sealand 11:50 - Chapter 6 - Hong kong shoebox apartments

[@mangogo44]

I was born in Russia (Novosibirsk, 3rd largest city by population, "the capital of Sibera"). I did even go outside in -42° C (most of the winter is -30-35, though). We had normal toilet and electricity and everything (it's a big city), you just have central heating (pipes with hot water coming through the walls) everywhere, so no outside toilet 😅 Pipes do burst from time to time but back then it was rare. Regarding cars it took 20-30 minutes to get the car started, we didn't have our own so I'm not sure about antifreeze and other chemicals probably used to help the process. What DOES actually happen (and that's why people in the North wear fur) is that your jacket or shoes (if vegan) will burst from the cold and crumble (literally, in pieces, only lining will be left). That's why it was fur and now becoming synthetic fur and also there're some newer fabrics as far as I understand. Regarding the people they are NOT Russian and Oymyakon is NOT a Russian word. They are Sakha (Yakut) people (they are turks, actually!) with their own language and culture. They are Russian citizens (because of imperialism) but are very different and some even can't speak Russian at all. I love their national clothing though! Religious beliefs are also pretty interesting. You should check it out Edit: mentioned measure units (Celsius) as requested

[@miketech8583]

I actually learned something new today, nice comment

[@dereinzigwahreRichi]

Thanks for your insights and experiences! On YT there's so many americans using crazy units though, you should really make clear you're talking about ⁰C temperatures here, not ⁰F.

[@mangogo44]

​@@dereinzigwahreRichijust did, thank you

[@willythemailboy2]

@@dereinzigwahreRichi At -40 they're the same, but presumably a Russian is using C. I've been out - briefly!- in -30 C weather while being south of Chicago, Illinois, USA. That is cold enough for me, and in fact I texted my sister that I had minus 22 reasons to be going to work that night (-22 F is -30 C). She was living in Kuwait at the time and had daytime highs in the 30s C. And yes, I have noticed that at -20 C my coat started sounding funny as it moved, but I never considered it shattering.

[@hannahp1108]

Thank you for sharing, that's fascinating! I've always wanted to experience Siberia, but from the comfort of the Trans-Siberian Railway.

[@AudraK]

In the cold Russian one it’s illegal to walk by a car that is not running and not check that someone is inside. Since it’s so cold that being in a car without it running will mean certain death. Most of the town lives in a complex similar to two hotels connected together with tunnels underground so you can move around the town without being in the harsh elements.

[@mikesmicroworlds4566]

I’m from Canada, and my boss is originally from Russia. He said the same thing to me.

[@tripsaplenty1227]

lol, russians don't care about others. those people leave their wounded on the battlefield.

[@deniseroe5891]

Saw a documentary once on these. I was fascinating.

[@BURDYMAN777]

​@@deniseroe5891how was the documentary?

[@ybing]

Unfortunately Hong Kong has much bigger issue now than small living space 😢

[@clovermark39]

Yes it’s a shame. Lived in Hong Kong for over 3 years when it was a British Colony.

[@ybing]

@@clovermark39 i was born there and was lucky moved 20 years ago...

[@mattarnold7633]

I love your videos Simon, but I have to point out that you have a lot wrong in this one. I live on the coast near Sealand, and all of these structures are still there, they were not destroyed, and you can see them from the beach on a clear day. In addition, the Villages at Tong Le Sap are only submerged during the rainy season. The rest of the time, they are actually a long way from the water, we walked through them interacting with the locals last time I was there.

[@THE-X-Force]

That floating island sounds amazing. I'm surprised more than one person hasn't done the same. I'd love to go meet that guy and learn from him.

[@johnboyabz7621]

It was badly damaged by a storm in 2019 and the local authorities forced him to dismantle what remained.

[@THE-X-Force]

@@johnboyabz7621 awhhh mannnn!

[@nedisahonkey]

People have been building floating islands throughout history. The ancient azetec capital was full of floating islands and some still exist today for instance.

[@THE-X-Force]

@@nedisahonkey Wait .. what? Some ancient man-made Aztec "capital" islands are still floating around?

[@nedisahonkey]

@@THE-X-Force Yes. Google Chinampa.

[@taylorbug9]

People living in these crazy conditions always leave me in awe. What strength, what ingenuity!

[@52BLUE]

Please do a deep dive on Kowloon Walled City, Simon and co. It’s a fascinating story about a city that no longer exists.

[@mangogo44]

He did on one of his channels. Geographics, I think

[@miahconnell23]

Fortunately, there are a couple good videos about it: and that would imply that there exist longer video studies out there somewhere. And it’s within “living memory,” so for people who can speak English and Cantonese and Mandarin, it’s possible to add-on to existing knowledge by interviewing old-timers. (I love ethnography, ethnology, sociology, etc.)

[@castleanthrax1833]

Here before the "cold pole" jokes. 😊 Edit: Coober Pedy is pronounced Coober Peedy. ✌️🇦🇺 I watched a show where a guy was describing how he "built" his home, and he was following a very nice opal vein and only stopped because he actually broke through into his neighbours home.

[@animalbird9436]

I took a poll on a campsite once and i found out 100 percent of people where pssed off their tent fell down😂😂

[@ozza1313]

Good form...was checking to see if anyone was going to help with the pronunciation 🙂🇦🇺

[@stewbacca117]

One of my enduring favourite pictures is one I snapped of a bunch of school girls "canuting")(canoe commuting) to school in Tonle Sap while I was drifting through on a tour. Certainly made me appreciate the shelter of a bus on my school runs as a kid. 😂 Also the most amusingly placed ATM atop a stilt building with staircases up the sides.

[@Jaioftf]

The government has really called things more difficult for its citizens, and we can't sit back and bear all the consequences of the bad governance. It's obvious we are headed for inflation,it is always the poor who take the hit.

[@CalderonStemper]

Amazing video, and thank you for your great content!! All we need is the right advice on how to invest in crypto and we will be set for life, I've made huge figures from trading regardless of the market conditions

[@NateFrodahl]

Same here, with my current crypto portfolio made from my investments with my personal financial advisor

[@CalderonStemper]

Yeah!!! I started with Maria Bravo in 2021 and now my life is good, something to write home about!!!! I thank God the most He alone made it possible for the opportunity to come my way 🤲🏻🤲🏻🤲🏻🤲🏻

[@Briley253]

​@@CalderonStemperThis sounds so good and I would like to be a party to this, is there any way I can speak with her?

[@CalderonStemper]

I will leave her info below this comment

[@callumreid9206]

Are there just 24 hours in this guy's day?

[@LeonardGreenpaw]

8:00 I have had that idea for the longest time! I was always worried that it wouldnt actually work

[@7-ten]

Simon says don't go bald😂😂😂

[@FlyWithFitz81]

Atlantic City, NJ. Really, It's just unbelievable people live there.

[@MikeYeary]

Oh, it must be related to Gary, Indiana. 😅

[@m.e.5482]

​@@MikeYearyGary, Indiana is on da rise! My children live there, I live in Hammond. There is so much money being put down 2 rebuild Gary I'm looking 2 move there myself, rather than move them out.

[@MikeYeary]

@@m.e.5482 Nice! I haven't been up through there in a long time. I'm in Lafayette, myself.

[@m.e.5482]

@@MikeYeary I was in lafayette Tuesday. Str8 dope fiends in a college town. Visit home soon! Its growing

[@IamZeus1100]

I think you mean all of Nj

[@thefisherking78]

It's incredible how adaptable humans can be

[@Anti_Woke]

8:58 Almost every week I sailed from the Suffolk coast out and around, or even through, Sealand. Just last year I had a few of my friends enobled as lords and ladies of the country.

[@marklondon9004]

Opal mining sounds like a peaceful life right now.

[@AeroGuy07]

I wonder what would happen if you presented a Sealand passport at an international port of entry?

[@C_Sutherland]

$200 a month for the apartment, earning $800, ¼ of your wage. I spend, like many in the UK a ⅓ of my wage on a mortgage.

[@VosperCDN]

Yeah, I was thinking that 1/4 of the wage for housing didn't seem a bad ratio. A one bdrm apt in the building next door to me went for 2500cad/mon, and I'm pretty sure the occupant isn't making more than 10k/mo.

[@QBCPerdition]

That's assuming you make a livable wage. If your income is below poverty level, then comparing percentages doesn't really matter.

[@brotherfranciz]

You're comparing rents with mortgages... Not to mention I'm sure your home is much bigger than these shoebox apartments.

[@blarghmcblarghson1903]

@@VosperCDN Now try living and saving up with only $600 per month. A quarter of your wage when you're earning thousands per month is _very_ different from when you're only earning hundreds.

[@ericdeaton2247]

If you spend that much on a mortgage, then you are not living within your means. You need to downsize and live a more sustainable, balanced financial life. You should be spending about 15% on a place to live.

[@multiyapples]

This places are interesting and I never knew about most of them.

[@bigp1005]

I’m starting to think Simon’s trying to tell us something with his hand movements ( Gesticulate) when explaining😂😂 never seen anyone use them soooo much every vid😂😂 still love you and the vids lool

[@Atomy111]

Simons hands: please save me i can't narrate for 84 channels anymore

[@user-rd6ii6mp1t]

4:43 Anyone else thing vodkasicles actually sound pretty good?

[@ladylove8565]

Ok i might have to move to sealand or that sweet island from plastic

[@_nobodyxi]

Im definitely spending a month in each of these places

[@GlobalWalkabout]

Watching this while currently sitting in Coober Pedy..😂

[@highendservicesbarrieont8347]

Keeps have a shine dome foormula Simon?

[@rogerbussiii]

I've been to hk,, was there for 11 days like 6 years ago.. I visited what was a chanti town that was near the dock nearest to the pink dolphins.. where tourists jump onto boats and taken to see them. I have video.. it's basically people living in sheds on stilts over the water. The poor there juxtaposed to the wealthy living in oppulant towers such a short ride away was.... it's just crazy.. but no crazier than people who stay in the sewers here in vegas, while the rich inhabit the luxurious homes that span the city.. I have a vid of an old man walking a wooden bridge near the chanti town of which I also have video.. the man is dressed in nice clean clothes, while the area surrounding is decrepit.. the dichotomy there was absolutely astonishing.

[@Aeonshield]

I know well about these but let's go, Mr. Whistles

[@yawpitchroll]

Spent some time on Joyxee speaking with Richart… he’s a nice and interesting (though somewhat kookie) guy with a lot of ingenuity. Was really something to try his solar cooked brownies. M

[@chrislewis1981]

Jen you would love Spy Hard with Leslie Neilsen. Like a Naked Gun style James Bond film.

[@jenniferbreaux7385]

Brilliant.

[@annajosullivan]

Oh I do get so very motion sick! I can’t even swing on a swing, there are a lot of video games I can’t play, and the sickest I ever got was when I was on one of my cousin’s houseboats. I felt like I was going to die. Also I hate fish so…

[@zarasbazaar]

I call BS on the coldest town. I live in a town in the US that gets -50F or colder. Gasoline does not freeze. Vodka freezes at -10F, so that's not really a big deal. Water and waste pipes do not routinely freeze, because houses can be built in a way to protect them.

[@MikeYeary]

Oymyakon? I'd rather live in Oyma-yakoff. Eh? Eh? I'll see myself out 😅

[@johnboyabz7621]

Joyxee Island was badly damaged by a storm in 2019 and the local authorities forced him to dismantle what remained. Perhaps not a solution to housing problems or plastic waste?

[@NewHandle_]

I'm Irish and we are literally no different to Hong Kong, property wise. Overcrowded houses too expensive to own. Well people with money do but any couple under 50k a year is fucked

[@john4845]

8:12 literal IRL Raft

[@_Buggariffic-]

When you think of it, there is rubbish decomposing out there that our great grandparents threw out

[@alunchurcher7060]

please do one on Eric the Eel the slowest ever Olympic swimmer. He even changed got the rules so it will never occur again.

[@calebnolan4726]

The delved to greedily and too deep. 😁

[@7-ten]

😂 Simon selling hair retention products

[@dxzeus]

Living in Hongkong is the real life version of Warhammer 40Ks hive world nightmare.

[@rowanshole]

Free Sweatshop Simon!

[@klaatunecktie7906]

Does that floating city ever have to deal with crocs?

[@rhetoricalgiblets]

The Slumdonistani Financial Sector eyes those shoebox flats with envy.

[@madenabyss6981]

I knew Coober Pedy would be on this list.

[@stax6092]

Those HongKong Coffin apartments are insane. How can you justify charging someone to live in a place that's smaller than a prison cell? It's a wonder anyone lives there at all.

[@jeast417]

Communist hate humanity so why would they care

[@jeast417]

Communist hate humanity so why would they care

[@shaunsheep8188]

I live in HK. Space is very limited. For some people earning enough for a decent place to live is very hard.

[@TheWedabest]

But they have democracy. Democracy! Lol

[@user-yr3om5lx2y]

Wouldn't it decompess and still set plastics in the ocean

[@stevesmith3556]

I love that you are promoting a hair loss product😂...A better one to promote over Keeps might be...."Oops! Too late"😂😅😂

[@fredricclack7137]

Sealand Flag?! 🧐

[@danculea7865]

4:42 Vodka ice cream!

[@giannidcenzo]

Rock and roll tuna pants

[@jcdisci]

Plastic waste. Ecologists have recently discovered a new species of microbe that eats plastic. Moreover, these were discovered thriving on several smaller plastic islands (smaller being relative) floating around the worlds oceans. The question? How do we clean-up the plastic without destroying the habitat of these new organisms? Seriously...

[@LudwigVaanArthans]

Nature finds a way, it's what nature does when new resources are found (in this case, the resources are man made)

[@ericwarmath1091]

Simeon probably isn't bald. His hair probably makes him look like a Chia Pet or Troll Doll!😅

[@Alexanderthenotsobad]

So next time someone complains about paying $1500 a month for a 200 sq ft. studio, tell them about Hong Kong...

[@reggiep75]

I wonder about the little beard people who live in Factboi's facial rug.

[@brianm.4243]

Didn't Sealand declare war and immediately surrender afterward on some country for the sole purpose of receiving financial aid?

[@Jayjay-qe6um]

Joyxee Island looks like it came from Waterworld.

[@krisstopher8259]

Frozen vodka. Now that's cold! lol

[@ku8721]

"The bacteria that eek out an existence on nuclear control rods" Watched this whole video hoping he would explain that!

[@JONKOSNIPES]

NEVER TAKE HAIR ADVICE FROM A BALD GUY

[@pioneercynthia1]

Frozen vodka is wonderful!

[@fone9665]

This was far too brief You need to devote an episode to each subject

[@clamsoup]

I'm going to need some elbow room

[@mattwalter9470]

Lol Simon I live in Toronto and make 114k a year and live in only slightly better conditions than the Hong Kong shoe-boxers

[@jamesmarsh7367]

Just think about it, think about it.

[@Aeonshield]

Dem damn deer chew in their sleep.

[@tinaroberts5858]

No, living on dirty water is not good for anyone.

[@WideLoad405]

Glad we e ended on a high note.

[@donwan2637]

Yay, cambodia is the first one

[@berlymahn]

2 requests: 1) chill out on the frantic pace of presentation. It is too hurried and makes me feel like I should have chugged a Red Bull before watching. 2) Use EQ or edit out your harried breath intake. You have great writing, video, presentation, but torpedo all of this with the rush-style presentation.

[@LudwigVaanArthans]

1) nope; and 2) nope. Thank you for your feedback

[@KrB12345]

Nothing against Simon but Hong Kong doesn’t have a landlord problem they have a land problem. They have almost equal population as New York City but only built in about 1/4 the area. Hong Kong has plenty of land but everyone wants to be near Hong Kong island

[@nafisn8828]

Habibi, come to Mumbai! 😂

[@danners238]

You mean "Unbelievable places WHERE people really live"

[@Mrgunsngear]

🇺🇸

[@leemerton4008]

Viewer number 1 I am I am

[@7-ten]

🍪

[@castleanthrax1833]

I give a "number 2" to your "number 1."

[@oracleofdelphi4533]

You mean commenter number 1. I'm sure the first person was viewing the video while you went straight to the comments.

[@gregmorris2022]

Congrats

[@argo0578]

I live in Norway

[@animalbird9436]

I'm so sorry😢😂

[@venomous7321]

wtf. make a whole video about sealand

[@QBCPerdition]

He has

[@venomous7321]

@@QBCPerdition need that link in the description, I’m a simple man

[@QBCPerdition]

​@@venomous7321kzbin.info/www/bejne/nqiqi6ljgLSkb8ksi=DucDIu1rpe4DY5qW

[@JesseJoyce-cj2xg]

When I saw that Hong Kong was listed in your list of unbelievable places that people live, I guess I naively assumed that there would be some mention of the Chinese Communist Party’s recent betrayals of their 1997 promises to Britain to leave Hong Kong as a separate, free territory for 50 years after the UK graciously handed over control of the territory to the Chinese government… the incredibly small living spaces are nothing new, but I would choose one of those tiny coffin apartments in a free Hong Kong over forced disappearance to mainland China for saying that Xi Jinping is perhaps not your cup of tea

[@TheWedabest]

The uk returned territory back to China that it was forced to give away! What happens when the 50 years are over!? The uk should give back the remainder of Ireland!

[@calebash82]

Imagine if a millionaire decided to pay someone an exorbitant fee to live in a tent city for a night just for the novelty of it. " Ooooh look at me, I'm being a homeless person LMAO 💋✌️ #Blessed #RaisingAwareness #ImSoPoor" It's the financial privilege equivalent of black face.

[@WilliamAppenzeller]

Ok, Simon, I'm a fan, but this was a mess. The minimum wage in Hong Kong is 16,000 HKD a month, or a tad over $2,000 USD a month. Where on Earth did you get your wildly inaccurate information? And yes, people are actually paid their minimum wage in Hong Kong. In fact, they have FAR fewer minimum wage violations than the US. Yeah, the shoebox apartments are crazy, thankfully I never lived in one any of the time I lived in HK. Maybe you should take the video down, visit, and do make a correction because that video contained a lot of false information.

[@user-hd7mj3ce3f]

Hong Kong is brutal, i made it onk, less than 3 months myself. Dont recommend to anyone. Its a place to work, not to live.

[@ClamMan1989]

Oymyakon does not come from the Russian language but the language of one of the many people ethnically cleansed by Russians.

[@mikefitzgerald41]

All I know about Hong Kong is that King Kong went there to play Ping Pong with his Ding Dong

[@ethandavidson747]

Mark 8:36 KJV For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? Romans 6:23 KJV For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

[@Switcharoo12]

Wassup‽

[@castleanthrax1833]

Not the temperature in Oymyakon. 🥶🥶🥶

[@animalbird9436]

Not hair for Simon😢

[@jeast417]

The uk should have never given Hong Kong back to China

[@blarghmcblarghson1903]

Cage homes have been around since the 50s, the UK didn't do a better job of providing public housing than the Chinese government is now.

[@TheWedabest]

It's Chinese territory! The british need to return the Northern Ireland to the rest of Ireland!

[@drgunnwilliams8239]

Did you have some concept that the UK had possibility of preventing CCP of taking it back?😅🤣

[@TzeentchLord412]

They had a 99 year lease. But it expired.

[@chrisparsons3158]

Seeing how they never should have been there to begin with I think it was long overdue.

[@regulatormachine2788]

the thumbnail made it look like it would be a video about Hong Kong, not just the last 30 seconds, I am not amused

[@tommytwotacos8106]

Hey Sealand, how about offering about 2 million Palestinians a compassionate use Passport?

[@timothyclark-sl4il]

EVERYBODY WAS KUNG FU FIGHTING!!!!

[@promethbastard]

Coober Peedy. not Paydy ;)