Ghetto at the center of the world

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1. beaugundersonJan 2025
   long exposure I took right out in front the last time I was there:

   https://imgur.com/a/p2h6T

   if you want to go deep on it this was a great read (Ghetto at the Center of the World):

   https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/G/bo112348...

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2. keiferskiJan 2020
   The continued (and growing) popularity of KWC seems to me to indicate a real desire for a more organic, free-form style of living space and architecture as opposed to the IKEA / Dubai / generic mall style that we seem to be building everywhere. I wonder if something similar will ever arise in the near future...my guess is that we'll have to wait for space travel to really kick off to see more flexible forms of government and construction.

   In any case, the closest thing today in Hong Kong to the Walled City is probably Chungking Mansions. Not quite as anarchic or run down, but it does have a family resemblance. I recommend the book Ghetto at the Center of the World: Chungking Mansions, Hong Kong for more about the interesting global mix of people and economics that goes on there.

   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chungking_Mansions

   https://www.press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/G/bo11...

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