What if You Lived in the Most Crowded Place on Earth?

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Kowloon Walled City was the most densely populated place ever in all of world history. Unfortunately, the city was demolished in 1994 but what would your life have been like if you lived inside? This is my attempt to explain.
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[@MatterGD]

The Mailman is probably crying tears of happiness watching them demolishing the buildings

[@andymofoincross]

I doubt they had mail or any other government regulated services for that matter.

[@pompirogo]

For your information this place was demolish a long time ago...

[@pavithrak5632]

Your name......its so beautifully written

[@MatterGD]

@@pavithrak5632 lol I use UnicodePad to make this

[@pavithrak5632]

@@MatterGD thanks to let know

[@justincheng9241]

Fun fact: My dad grew up in the kowloon walled city. Unlike most former residents of the walled city, he came from a family of businessmen/entrepreneurs and as a result, him and his family were able to lift themselves out of poverty. He was the first in his family to earn a degree (from a Canadian University) and now is involved in the high-tech clean energy business. He was a successful man, but most important of all, he was a good man with the kindest and most loving heart. Incredibly proud to call him my father. Watching videos about the Kowloon Walled City makes me respect him so much more, knowing how much he had to endure in order to give me the life I have right now.

[@AmandaAlexandra47]

Justin Cheng thanks for sharing! :)

[@xmanmartinez00]

Damn, did he ever tell you things bout the city? (If you don't mind me asking)

[@justincheng9241]

@Xavier Mratinez Unwanted triad entanglements... His brother got roughed up while he was home alone by some hired muscle, and as a result his brother turned to the triads, and ended up joining them... Witnessing gang fights with knives and machetes after school.... Unsanitary rats and roach-infested shared/public rest rooms... Honestly, despite all the horrors I'm sure he witnessed, he always had a very optimistic outlook towards life. He would share a lot of funny stories as well... Like he would laugh about how his roof flew off of his home during a typhoon, or when he brought home a bird's nest because he wanted to raise it when he was a little boy, but all the birds eventually died. He's one of the most joyful people I know, maybe because he's so grateful for the life he's been given. Considering that most people who also grew up in the walled city are essentially still living in the same conditions.

[@xmanmartinez00]

@@justincheng9241 has he ever thought about releasing a book or some docu/video or something along them lines? Cuz he sounds like someone who made it: lived at a really unsanitary place, fell into a pretty dangerous group of people, but eventually became a successful buisness man and during it all he alaays had his head held high. (Sorry don't mean to pry, but it's interesting to find places like this and know people who experienced it are alive)

[@riclacuna659]

Wow, your dad is so admirable. Huge respect to him.

[@WkShu]

The Kowloon walled city was not as bad as it is described. I lived there for a couple of years when I was very young. It's a very interesting place. Lots of memories in there.

[@jwlgoesfishing]

yeah, this video is weirdly negative and has strong "youtuber clickbait" energy. Not too pleased with this one.

[@jimmylabb5868]

He talking out his ass with no proof. Would love to see live video not just talk!

[@KookieTheDog37]

Like, i dont think RLL has ever lived there.

[@Mazxlol]

Living in crowded spaces can be interesting because there's lots of people and you likely to have friends close by. No need to drive far away to hang out, just go down a few floors or buildings etc. At least as kids. As adults maybe it's not as fun.

[@hunterinfected6]

It’s a literal slum city dude. Garbage, drug needles and poo and urine. It’s equivalent living situation of animals being hoarded. This is people hoarding and not fun for a child lol

[@Mazxlol]

@@hunterinfected6 hmm I see. Ok maybe it depends on what kind of people live there. If it's the way you described it you are right then

[@budhrajarahul3]

When you grow up you build concepts and get yourself entangled into it.. I always say, either be a king who rule world and get to do whatveet he likes Or be a kid who doesn't cares and lives his own little life . Anything in between is cursed.. Hell or heaven is in mind

[@trevordavis8210]

I don’t know how the fuck that place didn’t ever burn to the ground. Seems like the biggest fire hazard ever made

[@The_Mad_Regent]

Who knows,maybe they got lucky.

[@trevordavis8210]

@@The_Mad_Regent is there such a thing as luck in a condensed slum?

[@fullsunny2530]

It was always damp I guess

[@Artist_of_Imagination]

@@trevordavis8210 Well they are alive.... So I guess yes?

[@Amaling]

@@Artist_of_Imagination how much is "they"? For all we know there were human corpses everywhere on the floor

[@WafuBro20]

Hong Kong: demolishes the walled city, builds Disneyland for tourism Japan: makes a replica of the walled city as a tourist attraction

[@foodlover_pastaspecialist]

You are wrong

[@foodlover_pastaspecialist]

The government built a park to replace the walled city

[@WafuBro20]

@@foodlover_pastaspecialist it's a pun. No need to take it seriously.

[@archiei40x]

Some people can't handle jokes

[@foodlover_pastaspecialist]

archiei40x You’re getting HKer mad

[@TheNuclearGeek]

Kowloon was so beloved by the people that lived there, even military threat didn't drive them out. Apparently they had the best noodles in Hong Kong. Dentists, Doctors, Barbers, Air Conditioning, Postal Service, even schools all located in there and grown organically. With a chaperone that actually lived there, I would have loved to spend a couple of days living there and get to experience what the truest freedom in the modern world was like.

[@MrKruger88]

Ah yes, nothing says "true freedom" like poverty, addiction, disease and sex slavery! Pull your head out of your ass, these people were suffering some of the worst living conditions of the modern era. If you want to experience this "true freedom" right now, you can. Walk away from everything you own and just start living as a homeless person in your nearest slum.

[@alamo2336]

Shhiiiiidddd

[@--Traveler--]

people in this region save face. so I wouldnt expect those stories to be true. same goes with china, they talk big, but peel back the surface and it's falling apart at the seams.

[@TheNuclearGeek]

@@--Traveler-- Well I certainly wouldn't call it paradise, but it was certainly a freedom they only had there. Now, admittedly, I can only go off the documentaries I saw about the place and the protests that were documented when condemning it, but those things were all shown.

[@Glockmog2007]

Based. Id rather live in a cramped city but be free than be a slave to the state.

[@criticaltheories5222]

What amazes me is how humans can adapt to just about anything

[@door-to-doorhentaisalesman2978]

The dentists in Kowloon used skillshare.

[@ges105sb6]

Yes

[@rfs1506]

A Door-to-Door Hentai Salesman are ya? You know what to do pls gib amine tidy

[@Rydo416]

PentaLad you should buy a better channel banner pal

[@ren96706]

PentaLad spelling 100

[@derpdudtennoherelol4053]

@@ren96706 He ClEaRLY SaId IT LiKE ThaT oN pErPoSE.

[@sgtpetergreen]

This is basically like the real life equivalent to the lower levels of a hive world out of some sci-fi universe

[@strikeone7803]

*Star Wars' Coruscant Level 1 wants to know your location*

[@Nugcon]

@@strikeone7803 Excuse me but Coruscant level 1 is uninhabitable.

[@eternal5930]

@@Nugcon Then what about Level 1313?

[@rileywags]

Nugcon yeah it’s like a radioactive dump

[@thedripkingofangmar6778]

@Weeding that's only inside the hives, a lot of planets are relatively normal

[@RichSmithson]

Where i live the population is 52,000. Just down the road is a Football field. I cant image the entire population of my town fitting on 4 football fields. No wonder they were living on top of each other.

[@shashwatmali3640]

my city population i like 1.2 cr , 12 million , ahmedabad,india

[@rodneyfaulkner7453]

Wow great information, I remember and flying into HK and basically through this area in 1980, i would need to go through my old 35mm slides, but was so amazed to be this close to buildings and seeing people in their homes as we landed

[@mycreativity7436]

Hello sir, would you mind sharing them??

[@luiszuluaga6575]

Caracas in Venezuela is like that as you drive from airport to the central part of the city.

[@kumoharu2033]

“Kowloon” in Chinese means “nine dragons,” and this place was one of the biggest inspirations of cyberpunk, the landscape had influenced so many cyberpunk movies and anime

[@StukovM1g]

@DANK No, Kowloon literally means "nine dragons".

[@20PINKluvr]

Ghost in the shell

[@kumoharu2033]

DANK so you dumb ass think you know my language more than I do?

[@kumoharu2033]

DANK ask any person from Hong Kong whether they speak Cantonese or “hongkongese”, and I live in a Cantonese immigrant family with ABCs who speak Cantonese as their first language. Also I have friends who’s parents are from Hong Kong, there ain’t no hongkongnese, my keyboard’s auto correct don’t even have that word. Just give up and admit ur wrong bro, that’s alright.

[@kumoharu2033]

BootsMcNab correct, the whole ghost in the shell setting and Kowloon have a lot in common

[@charliemccoy7731]

They brought that one chunk challenge from minecraft into real life

[@Kni0002]

lol, makes me want to play a modded version of chunk survival

[@charliemccoy7731]

@Micah Jamaica Bell thanks holmes, glad you figured out my master to plan to fool all of the youtubers. Btw It was a joke i didnt mean it literally

[@graczwymiatacz1032]

Micah Jamaica Bell yeah, u know, that was a j o k

[@Sudupe16]

@Micah Jamaica Bell It's a really simple joke, I don't understand why people still don't understand things like this.

[@dminecraft999]

Micah Jamaica Bell r/whoooosh

[@zoidsfan12]

Woah woah woah woah. I already knew about Kowloon and the people that lived there. But the fact that the whole thing was built by the squatters too. Holy shit dude. That's outright impressive. Like that actually makes me proud of what we can do as a community.

[@chrismill5303]

and those buildings were built without supervision nor guidance from hong kong authorities. when they needed more space, a floor was added. not more than 14 stories, though, or a plane could swipe your pad.

[@FakePale]

Fifty thousand people used to live here... now it's a park

[@tahabashir3779]

Baseplate, this is Bravo Six. Going dark.

[@sergioqueznoness398]

I wonder if the park is haunted

[@ReyLobo_BreezyBX5]

Insane when you think about it.

[@15leungc3]

the picture has the wrong park. the one shown is kowloon park not kowloon walled city park.

[@tomgassy4220]

"Our so called leaders prostituted us to West!"

[@collinm9469]

If this place still existed annoying youtube vloggers would go and make "spending 24 hours on kowloon walled city 😮"

[@grievingmom]

if they could survive it....

[@ueIl]

theyll be dead in the process lmao

[@99999bomb]

Nerdy_Jr.2737 Shut up

[@joshgabrielll]

logan paul new vid idea

[@adinab478]

MrBeast be like: last person to leave kowloon walled city gets $100,000😂

[@colindietrich5720]

I feel like this video is more sensationalist then actually informative It's feels like a movie reality you are discribing and not a place gouverned by actual social dynamics

[@lolsaLlama]

Just like the walled city, the arcade 'Anata no Warehouse' in Kawasaki no longer exists. It closed down for "various reasons" but a main one was over disputes with the landlord in Nov 2019.

[@No-wt3mf]

Did you guys know that the architects and dentists of Kowloon Walled City used Skillshare?!

[@italian146]

Lol

[@jungkooksbananamilk871]

this deserves more likes lol

[@KonEl-BlackZero]

Oof

[@blackassboy]

haha

[@haroeneissa790]

Imagine what this city looked like if there wasn't an airport nearby and everyone built flats with 50 floors

[@playlistenthusiast]

it probably would have become a massive sky scraper made up of smaller buildings stacked on each other

[@thestudentofficial5483]

Just watch MatPat's Ready Player One theory.

[@wooshc]

This video contains wrong information. I think nyc data pertains to residents not the people working in Manhattan.

[@08grad2010]

It would have been like Jenga towers.

[@taln0reich]

they probably would have continued stacking more floors up until the building collapses, then shrugged their shoulders going "okay, now lets try it again with more strouts"

[@zihaowang6505]

I love the Rode Island example

[@javianjohnson8746]

WOAH, this is incredibly fascinating!

[@DaesoTheOne]

“You can call 911 and get no response” Yea because it’s not the Hong Kong emergency number

[@roxlovesfearless]

Random Twig underrated comment

[@brunispero9301]

oh....

[@isaacng123456789]

Actually, Hong Kong's emergency number is different from China's. Hong Kong: 999. China: 110. Calling the Chinese emergency number won't help either in Hong Kong.

[@xxxgames4458]

Lol 999 =666. No wonder they worship the dragon as satan is the great dragon. Not that you folks know about the elite and the occult codes

[@UltimateBreloom]

@@isaacng123456789 Got to love those vestigial Britisims.

[@kirkjohnson9353]

You wanna believe that liquid dropping on you is 'water'. I get that.

[@sgt_08x]

Probably sewage🤥

[@michealjackson8716]

ihuvNObrain Welp liquid poop

[@christianmoore7109]

Some of it was. At least 30% of it was water. The other 70%? All bets are off.

[@sgt_08x]

@@michealjackson8716 Yea they have like poor sewage treatment they just have to dump it outside their window...Too weird

[@bluedragclaws]

Its liquid acid

[@h0rze423]

I would love to see a high budget movie take place here

[@henrikandreason7261]

As a swede, where your private freedom and individuality are your most valued possessions, living here would make me wither. I do commend the courage and true grit of the people that live here because for most of them it's their only choice and they don't know anything else. You are truly lucky on where you are born.

[@engr.enciso]

"UNFORTUNATELY we can no longer visit because it was demolished in 1994" unfortunately 😂😂

[@hilol3656]

lol

[@MustraOrdo]

I rather live in that "lame" park than this disaster of an infrastructure.

[@dawgKev]

*It was a master dirty ass peace*

[@Discosaturn]

Meanwhile nearby Kai Tak Airport where planes landed after flying over the Kowloon Walled City was also demolished - four years later in the year 1998. It was, at that time, one of the most dangerous airports in the world since it exceeded capacity and caused a lot of noise pollution in nearby neighborhoods. A new airport was built on the island of Chek Lap Kok off Lantau Island and has been there ever since; the last departure from Kai Tak was a Cathay Pacific CX3340 ferry flight to the new Hong Kong International Airport at 1:05AM of July 6, 1998. What's left of Kai Tak Airport is currently a redevelopment site where new buildings would stand including a multi-purpose sports complex, a metro park, the Kai Tak Cruise Terminal, a hotel, a housing estate, and commercial and entertainment construction projects over an area of more than 328 hectares (or 810 acres).

[@eniotanaka2229]

Just wanted to post it too

[@lemonbie9308]

I bet claustrophobia itself had claustrophobia after seeing this city

[@glennzagelasius643]

This 😂😂😂

[@genedrakes686]

My 1st MRI attempt I freaked out fast! When I lived in Toronto we had a huge park North of the building I lived in! Not a fan of suburbs now but no way would I live there!

[@lalalalalalala179]

Nice try, claustrophobia! But there is no santa claus here!

[@kamkam1a334]

Jum-B I would die in this place just by looking or breathing the air

[@aliveandunwell430]

ikr

[@Mikuux0]

well in hong kong we now have uhm human cages for people to pay 6k per month and 20 people use the same bathroom and everyone uses the same kitchen

[@frankmangan2113]

Really ?

[@alexandergreene6986]

Sounds amazing, when can I move in?

[@James-kv6kb]

Seeing those numbers is just mind boggling in Australia it's 3 people for every kilometre

[@KookieTheDog37]

True. Our country is so empty. Even my suburb is like 500 people per kilometre.

[@KRAFTWERK2K6]

An introverts guide to places that MUST BE AVOIDED at all costs.

[@theeyepatch1219]

Oh shit...

[@FardinKhan-nk5ep]

As an introvert, I can agree. This is a nightmare, believe me.

[@brendanskinski2360]

One could get their own room for $5 USD / month , what are you talking about? Hell I'd have like a whole section of rooms cheap AF

[@KRAFTWERK2K6]

@Christina Reynolds How do you do? Not really self righteous. You do know that not everyone loves to be among masses of people, do you? I never said how special introverts are so i wonder which one of us here really is the the self righteous ass? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@tanjirokamado2881]

@Christina Reynolds chill karen🙄 and get that stick outta your ass. You're being way too cranky like a menopausal granny lol

[@peterthepanda]

But how many Toyota Corollas would fit in there?

[@Myname-jy9pb]

Beat me to it

[@Vengir]

Not a single one

[@amblypygi6651]

@@Vengir 😧😧

[@um-yu9lo]

Peter the Panda u have fat

[@yurichan6557]

Finally someone question about it

[@lanehartwell]

The podcast 99% Invisible did a great episode on the city and I highly recommend City of Darkness, a large photo book by Vancouver photographer Greg Girard who spent a fair amount of time there documenting it.

[@Max-pi7ri]

What an introvert's nightmare looks like:

[@cabpenguin.]

Haha

[@sanaravdanricube4035]

Imagine saying "good morning neighbor" to 50000 people😂

[@CM.25]

*gamers

[@sy6396]

Or you could just use a megaphone.

[@PovidisII]

that's gotta be very boring...

[@razielm10]

The morning end way faster to reach that number

[@purplehc662]

hence the reason why we don't do this here lmao

[@evaristegalois6282]

*Claustrophobia has joined the chat*

[@MustraOrdo]

More like *left the chat, since it's too crowded

[@-nocapjayyy7368]

@@MustraOrdo yea so claustrophobia would join u prolly thinking about isolation

[@kayleedesroches6318]

Fr tho. I’m not even claustrophobic but this video is making me feel claustrophobic

[@jay5ivez]

Imagine how smelly that city is😖

[@iriscorporation5447]

*Social Anxiety has joined the chat*

[@samlau5645]

Really appreciate it when people do geographical reviews when they don't do an in person visit.

[@neverbrokeagain191]

TF is he supposed to do? It hasn't existed for 30 years.

[@bodazaphfa]

This is the area where I unknowingly ate dog. The “waiter” thought it was funny. I still can’t believe I ate there. Never went back and thankfully didn’t get sick.

[@LaggyMcstutters]

The rats and roaches must’ve been insane.

[@averagefanenjoyer8696]

They would've all gotten stepped on

[@forstaken2254]

Oh man

[@angeloj3139]

I don't think so, they will eat it for dinner..

[@melanielazare9]

@@angeloj3139 yup just nasty

[@CallieMasters5000]

Do you mean the rats themselves were insane, or the number of them were insane? Probably both.

[@dbshamza4255]

Imagine how gangs work in this city , your opps are literally 50 feet away

[@elizabethc3467]

Lmao

[@simo6639]

5 feet

[@sloppyoyster5779]

Gang 1moves one inch Gang 2: GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY TERRITORY

[@ntm_jan]

hhhhh

[@7AM.Adrian]

@@sloppyoyster5779 Imagine being a gang only for your rival to be 30 to 70 metres away from you

[@prettykitty1099]

New subscriber 🙂

[@jackbarnes7432]

"If you called 911, chances are you wouldn't get an answer" Yeah no shit, Hong Kong wasn't American...

[@biohazard724]

Dialing 911 will connect you with whatever country's emergency response you're in, after a short delay.

[@redoktober8164]

We use 999 for emergencies in Hong Kong

[@_bubulance_]

Dr Oktoberfest yea but calling 911 in HK will auto direct to 999 therefore the video was fair enough

[@platanom3n]

Jack Barnes lol

[@biohazard724]

@Dylan sky Yes you can, it's common knowledge that 911 redirects to the local emergency services when outside of the US.

[@Jack-zy6ik]

heroin? dog meat? plane spotting? 5 dollar rent? sign me up!

[@somerandomguy4812]

Plus a room available that’s barely larger than me? Sound like a great deal.

[@mikecarmona4099]

Hotel? Trivago?

[@aesthetical97]

@@mikecarmona4099 Meme? Dead

[@mohammedsy1590]

Insanity is a lifestyle

[@jarodj1159]

same

[@madamelebuff]

So many families, where did they all go when the city was demolished? These are the poorest of people. Very sad.

[@UnleashedTraining101]

For someone like me, with ASD, this is a nightmare. The less densely packed humans the better. The only exception is at a gig. But even then I can only handle so much

[@MrMrKeeg]

A GOOOOOOOOOOOOG!

[@silvereagle404]

how astonishing that this city just did not burn down to the ground. who did the electrical wiring?

[@frut_jooos]

According to the video, unlicensed architects or metal workers. The rooms probably didn't have metal wiring. Probably just a square of concrete for you to live.

[@houseofgrooving]

Nobody did the wiring nobody.

[@danielmacias6564]

Stevie Wonder

[@Fatbutnotflat]

Probably lots of trial and error

[@AnksDilxMC]

They used skillshare.

[@CHMichael]

They should have made a movie inside of it before tearing it fdown.

[@largol33t1]

The closest they came was filming "Bloodsport" inside, which featured martial artist Jean-Claude van Damme.

[@tsubasamarya2815]

Slum Dog Millionnaire got you covered. Go watch it!

[@raptorfromthe6ix833]

fight club

[@Josh01815]

Yea a new SAW movie

[@eriktrinh5501]

Look for Hongkong gangster movies back in 80,90 you will see most of them filming from there. You will see Jackie Chang running around and jumping on those rooftop with his own stunts back there lol.

[@taserrr]

Yeah that looks like a nightmare, endless corridors of dark claustrophobic rooms, no sense of security ever, no way to quiet down as everything is permanently noisy, pollution everywhere. It's like a nightmare you can't wake up from.

[@jeffreyrosenfeld7543]

The videogame "Stray" is based on this building.

[@sampo2949]

I have subscribed to skillshare 6 times, so can i have my family back now?

[@darthsmaul8089]

Why not create a family using skillshare!

[@spirameowmeow]

No. You have to also buy 6 years worth of brilliant subscriptions!

[@davidbrown8303]

No it will cost a hundred dollars to get your family back.

[@markslaughter9497]

No your family is a part of Skillshare now

[@dawgKev]

I’m ded

[@brentstar323]

Living in Australia where space is abundant, this looks like literal hell.

[@AlaskaPirates]

Tencer386 right! I’m in Alaska and I ant even imagine

[@polpogiorno1115]

Agreed

[@ssr8555]

As a Finn I gotta agree

[@Conklin03]

Living anywhere thats not a major city, this looks like literal hell.

[@xh3992]

you need to thank god for bringing you to australia, not hong kong

[@stroescurazvan]

Every pizza delivery guy's worst nightmare!

[@justinsimpson1688]

Someone needs to do a documentary video on this place to me it is intriguing most people would be like you are crazy but I would go just to see what it is like

[@cameronlingo2969]

"You're probably watching this alone." That aged better than intended.

[@thesalamilids]

most people watch youtube in their spare time alone so that’s just dumb to say

[@Excalibur-pj3jb]

No, I'm having a party over to watch this together..

[@aliveandunwell430]

AstroTime quarantine?

[@ihearttoast8162]

Because god for bid you’d say something funnier than the same old quarantine jokes.

[@aliveandunwell430]

I Heart Toast you say that as if being funny is that easy lmao

[@redwolf1135]

He had me when he said the entire human race could fit inside rhode island if we packed ourselves like canned sardines like the Walled City.

[@shygun3656]

Titans: *Its free real estate*

[@cyberfunk4580]

@@shygun3656 Everybody gangsta until you hear "Tatakae" and fangirl screaming

[@seriouspain4136]

Aot opening starts playing

[@DacLMK]

@Speed Junkie The biggest problem is that there's not enough arable land to sustain all of us. If all the land on Earth was arable, I think the Earth could sustain 100 billion people.

[@Shakedown1969]

@@DacLMK the problem is that the majority of food we produce is wasted

[@neferazure]

The arcade in Japan closed about 3 months after this video was made. The entire building that housed it has also been demolished.

[@0002pA]

Unfortunately, the arcade Warehouse Kawasaki shut down in 2019. I managed to visit it just a few days before and it was an absolutely amazing place.

[@Tony.Turtle]

My parents were refugees and stayed in this city when they escaped the war to Kowloon Walled City. Indeed, it was very dense. It is not like what the majority said that negative. People lived in there and helped each other. Also not everyone in the world could or can have the western lifestyle. We work hard yet we can't get fair opportunities for study, for work, or for life.

[@Heekyunchung75]

Ok

[@IndomitableGanja]

Thanks for sharing .

[@pineapplesareyummy6352]

It's your typical hit piece written by a judgmental Westerner. Look at how many times he has to mention people eating dog meat, even though anyone who's born in HK knows it has to be extremely rare, and I've never seen it at all. I've never been in the Walled City myself - grew up in Taikoo in the 1980s. Of course I know slums and shantytowns and house boats were a fact of life until well past the 1990s. People just lived completely normal lives. I'm even willing to bet crime in Kowloon Walled City would have been lower than any US inner city. Certainly, I don't remember ever tripping over homeless drug addicts on the streets in HK. Judgmental Westerners watch these videos to say: "Look at all these dirty Chinese (or insert another group) and how superior we are compared to them."

[@pineapplesareyummy6352]

@Shaun Smith The entire world will be in permanent war if the US had its way. 👎

[@Tony.Turtle]

@@pineapplesareyummy6352 Right, I am Asian so you must assume me eat dogs. You are racist af.

[@ultragame4540]

“If you called 911 you probably wouldn’t get an answer” Well duh it’s in Hong Kong not America

[@CheesyIsSalteh]

lol

[@keishakwok4333]

It was The past

[@changary371]

@@keishakwok4333 During British ruling, the emergency line was 999. BUT IT STILL IS NOW after China took over.

[@sankarkumarn]

Omg lol this comment is so underrated

[@ChickenSlurpeee]

🤣🤣🤣

[@kafka9627]

American units are amazing. Not only units but scale; the idea of ONE PERSON living in an 111m3 apartment is just absolutely insane in Stockholm. Here that’s an apartment for a family of 5-6 people. And to be fair it seems pretty good that they got rid of it it seems like it was actually pretty awful no matter how fascinating

[@JohnnysCafe_]

what about the tent cities in every US city, those people living on the streets would be glad of the walled city.

[@gazza42069]

i’ve lived in hong kong since i was born, for 18 years and i’ve never heard of this, i’ve been to the park for a school trip but for a scavenger hunt not to learn about the walled city so i didn’t find out then, i’m about too leave hong kong soon and i’m searching up hong kong videos and came across this also asked my mum about this and couldn’t believe she never told me about this

[@kayleedesroches6318]

*For real tho. How tf do they even build buildings that close together?*

[@kakarot1234567891234]

The buildings actually leaned into each other. It was quite insane. I had the opportunity to study in Hong Kong recently and even though the walled city doesn’t exist anymore you can still see some of the remnants.

[@RealCadde]

Haphazardly.

[@TXnine7nine]

They joined Skillshare

[@alessandropaleologo1534]

Should see some Italian periferies

[@654jimbob654]

A lack of building regulations or need for basic amenities led to some "creative" structures forming. I like to imagine that the whole city was constantly moving and flexing like a living organism.

[@missMN2019]

This city genuinely sounds like it came out of a sci-fi/dystopian novel. Like this would be the city the protagonists would have to travel to to find some mysterious dude called the "Cypher Man" to help them with their mission or something 😂

[@raznaak]

This is spacier and more well-maintained than the average hab-block in a hive city of Warhammer 40k 😂

[@babla69420]

@@raznaak what faction? Im tau niga

[@raznaak]

@@babla69420 I'm more of a lore nerd master than a tabletop player. But if I had to choose, it'd be either the Salamanders, Space Wolves or Militarum - Tanith Gaunt's Ghosts.

[@flanagamer]

Reminds me of Ready Player One 😂

[@finasteridesolution3849]

Imagine a zombie apocalypse film set inside the walled city.

[@demep.airless]

Impossible for someone to describe those places like you. Congrats.

[@bulldawzer5074]

I've probably watched this video 30 times now, this place was so interesting

[@TomJohnson67]

I bet estate agents could still find a way to make this place sound nice.

[@overdebted8734]

rent costs a cent per month

[@joedaoust5942]

The courtyard in the middle looks lovely.

[@christianborkey5459]

overdebted I did research and it would be $5 usd per month

[@krissyramsey3934]

"Never be lonely or bored in this unique and picturesque Far Eastern conclave with abundant amenities just steps from your person...Just don't bump into your neighbors when your enjoying your new home in paradise." 😊

[@SupahFans]

SoKo: South Kowloon

[@gingerleegirl6697]

Can’t imagine the weight bearing on those buildings.

[@99awr43]

My dad was in the army and lived there for a short while and he always says it’s no where near as bad as anyone says in fact it was quite nice

[@gingerleegirl6697]

@@99awr43 that was 50 years ago.

[@Chuked]

@Maxwell Mcellis stop making me feel old

[@donaldbestkorea2248]

@Maxwell Mcellis They might be american, they don't know that, stop scaring them.

[@sofia.6179]

it would be nice if you put references to where you got your info because i just did a quick (very quick lol) search and i couldn't find anything about them eating dogs or living in 40 sq ft units? most sources say 250 sq ft units. great video though!

[@morgothbauglir8508]

I love the BALTEKA beer can a bit after 6:26

[@jadisclemmer756]

This would be the scariest place ever to live

[@T_M_E_8]

France during the Black Plague was pretty bad, same with Poland in WWII and a lot of other places. There are some awful places and times across human history

[@99awr43]

Not really that bad just mate to sound much worse than it was

[@T_M_E_8]

@@99awr43 be gone troll

[@WalkerLarson497]

@@99awr43 be gone KZbin troll

[@Adomas_B]

No, afghanistan would be worse

[@gina4808]

Funny that this was recommended during “social distancing” from Coronavirus

[@alexandermontes7459]

Gina hahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahhaahahahaha

[@felizaniverseesaw29]

Gina hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

[@abhinay172]

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[@Michael-wo3pc]

You got the whole squad laughing

[@solicoli]

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[@Matoakas]

It's sad they destroyed it. They could have kept it, and used it for lots of things. Rented it out to movie companies, made it a tourist sight, full of hotels etc.... or made it into a training ground for the police and military purposes.

[@icarlosfernandez]

4:34 brought back memories of "...and some, I assume, are good people."

[@santiagorestrepo9504]

Got to love Americans with their Acres, square feet and Football fields.

[@ammosophobia]

I'm American and I was totally confused. I thought he started with sq km .... then I'm getting farm measurements, feet, and sports fields. It's like asking someone if they want to by a 1 sq Km of land of a 150 acre piece of land ... they pick the 150 acres, I laugh.

[@TheUKNutter]

Exactly. It’s stupid, and I had zero clue what the channel was comparing things too. Don’t forget that this channel only references American cities also

[@ammosophobia]

@@TheUKNutter This'll confuse the hell out of ya: Kansas City, Kansas or Kansas City, Missouri Washington - - - State or D.C.?

[@IntelTV]

@@ammosophobia If you refer DC...you either say Washington DC or DC...

[@ammosophobia]

@@IntelTV I was born in WA and when I say "I was born in Washington" people ask me "The city or the state" I agree. I use "DC" or Washington DC ... news articles still use "WASHINGTON - Today the President ..." which is kinda BS

[@MrAjaywdhiman]

USA and only USA: Let's measure by football fields. Rest of the world:

[@jackworcester]

Thomas Long it’s the same for the rest of the world assuming you don’t call it soccer

[@shieldtoad1401]

Galileo: hold my beer (only germans will understand 😅😂)

[@2n974]

Brazil:am i a joke to you

[@gregorvieira8861]

Brazil: What do you mean?

[@maximlisichkin1183]

I'm not sure how an American football field compare to a football/soccer field...is it bigger?is it smaller? how much?

[@grace7961]

This remidns me of college dorms

[@davids6840]

Sadly, the arcade in Japan has closed down two month after this video :(

[@johnrollex680]

Honestly that's incredible. The level of coordination required to ensure that it didn't collapse or burn down, it's truly awe inspiring.

[@fishyfinthing8854]

I'm pretty sure lots of construction and maintenance are improvised. It's always amazing how well people can improvise if given the drive to do so.

[@cutratecontractor1000]

Your the devil

[@shannonyau6997]

I used to work with a lady whose dad was one of the developers of the city. They also live inside. They had a master map to off of since even they could get lost without the map.

[@ianstuart5660]

@@shannonyau6997 So interesting, like navigating a maze!

[@Snowy0428]

But if Kowloon Walled City used Skillshare they could’ve fixed the city.

[@BrownEyePinch]

And using KZbin's ad attack

[@trixteryt4661]

I think the whole place was built by sharing dodgy skills acquired on their methane riddled streets🐩🥢💨😳

[@Lona_444]

3:12 The only reason that dog meat was eaten in Kowloon Walled city was actually because during its time under British occupation in Hong Kong the people there were not governed and the traditional food of dog stew could only be made there as Britain outlawed it everywhere else in Hong Kong. The city technically didn’t belong to either China or Britain. In my opinion that’s not exactly a bad thing it’s just keeping a traditional food alive lol

[@mtheblepalopYT]

Seeing as 911 isn't the emergency number in China, you DEFINITELY wouldn't get a response.

[@mr.hoodman5682]

Imagine having something like this for a cod map

[@barrackobama5470]

It already is

[@benzenehydrocarbon]

it’s called nuk3town

[@x28v20]

Looks like Aftermath

[@robertbeloin4914]

It is a map in single player of bo1 the mission is numbers where you find dr Clarke

[@LoserHands]

There is a CoD map called Kowloon. It takes place on the rooftops of Kowloon. When the round starts a giant plane passes over both spawns. It was in BO1 as DLC. It was pretty great for SND. The singleplayer for BO1 has a level in Kowloon where you can run through windows and rooftops and through crowded apartments, tonssss of badass guns in that level.

[@ExploreLucidDreaming1]

imagine hosting a minecraft LAN world...

[@KKapp.n]

Explore Lucid Dreaming that would be kinda lit

[@-zgizmo224-5]

Fu man, you’re just trying to gain subscribers off advertising your Minecraft stream.

[@-zgizmo224-5]

monkeysHK sorry, now I realize now I have to delete my KZbin account for being such a selfish idiot. Goodbye

[@-zgizmo224-5]

I don’t know why I said goodbye

[@dunmo9582]

*STONKS*

[@GeoHvl]

We ported in Hong Kong in the mid 70s. The US Navy said we were not to travel to Kowloon. We did see the Walled City from the ship. It looked very menacing.

[@emma_nutella58]

This would make a killer video game concept

[@burlymantears]

Stray

[@arthurseery]

3:13 Dog meat is a delicacy in many countries. Hence, the word "Chow" refers to a dog breed, as well as LUNCH.

[@thecool887]

someone needs to make a game that is set in this city

[@WaffleEBay12]

At least you would be able to get across the map quickly

[@italoblu]

Mr. Pumpkin 2

[@Azitem]

It was a DLC map in black ops 1

[@WaffleEBay12]

@@Azitem Was it really? I'm kicking myself for not playing that DLC.

[@RMeitzen]

CD Projekt Red got your back homie

[@HNBGamer]

Let's make Kowloon Walled City in THE OLDEST ANARCHY SERVER IN MINECRAFT

[@ceiling771]

Where’s fitmc when you need him?

[@aerojetrocketdyners-2538]

1s in fitmc be like

[@Nugcon]

b r u h

[@tmfan3888]

2b2t shouldve been named KWC at that time…

[@digitalwojtya3669]

Let's make THE OLDEST ANARCHY SERVER IN MINECRAFT in Kowloon Walled Cit, oh wait

[@sanu20082008]

I understood the whole video except the part where Skillshare Ad was also engulfed in suspenseful music.

[@adamzahavi1230]

One of the most fascinating places to ever exist

[@patrickdulfo7792]

Imagine being a delivery guy delivering something in there

[@danyaudet7444]

i would ask the customer for a tip in advance if they want me to in trash hole 😂

[@georgthesecond]

The garbage at 6:33 is actually from Russia (feels weird to recognise the bottles in a random pile of trash on the internet).

[@jellyacw8751]

lol

[@playstationgamersrusak2490]

George K. Ох,родная Балтика

[@markmitin7397]

It's cause the whole country filled with trash and Soviet built, even the capital city.

[@mykoladobrukha7266]

P4th F!nder mate, baltica is a modern beer brand. I can bet that this photo was taken in some kind of forest or park in Russia

[@playstationgamersrusak2490]

P4th F!nder We actually have a lot of Soviet buildings in Moscow,but all trash goes to countryside,where you can’t really live because of it(in some places,not in the hole countryside)

[@thewhitepanda10]

Will be able to explore this interesting place as cat when Stray releases July 19th 😆

[@ByKareem]

Is this the place I was going through in that one bo1 campaign mission

[@blaise1016]

Suprised nobody has mentioned the fact you play through this city in Call Of Duty Black Ops 1

[@blaise1016]

@Zouch yes

[@Dragunovl33t]

@@blaise1016 good man of work

[@Gogo-bu6rd]

Thank you it’s a dlc tho so it’s not as well known

[@blaise1016]

@@Gogo-bu6rd yes and don't forget the mission with Wever and your trying to get the Nova 6 Doctor

[@ICECREAMan2991]

@@Gogo-bu6rd also a campaign mission

[@Jimmy-ds5wo]

Sleepy Dean

[@maniacgamer8362]

GTA: Walled City of Koowloon

[@kristy615]

Oooh that'd be tight

[@bakiretsu1351]

Cyber Punk

[@bakiretsu1351]

David Large 🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️

[@carter2351]

There’s a mission in Call of Duty Black Ops 1 in which you go through the city.

[@dom7505]

Anyone who supports those KZbinrs like Mr Beast by watching their pointless videos and making them rich do not live in the real world. Just like everything else the world moves on and so will you, you’ll soon forget about them and their KZbin revenue will soon diminish. It is people who run channels like this who deserve to make a living and deserve the recognition.

[@WarHawk-]

I stayed at a small hotel in Kowloon back in 1970 along with several other American and Aussie military types on leave from Vietnam. Had a great time but got too drunk one night and ended up lost in the back-streets of what was at the time referred to as 'Old Kowloon'. Finally found my way out and back to my hotel where I was severely admonished for my foolishness by several people, most of whom were actually amazed that I was still alive. If I knew then what I know now I would never have stayed in Kowloon, and certainly not in 'Old Kowloon', but all in all, it was still a unique and great time in my life.

[@Crazyuncle1]

Looks like a perfect setting for a post apocalyptic horror movie.

[@urbanistgod]

That’s what Agenda 21 is about

[@Crazyuncle1]

@@urbanistgod Otherwise known as a Socialist Utopia.

[@urbanistgod]

@@Crazyuncle1 Yep and we need to fight this. Not just complain

[@BREDSCorolla]

Like a zombie movie 😁

[@LongVu-lh9el]

@@Crazyuncle1 In fact, this area is located in one of the most capitalist cities in the world. So it's more like a Capitalist Utopia.