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Old 06-13-2020, 08:59 PM
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This is messed up.



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Old 06-13-2020, 09:29 PM
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Old 06-13-2020, 11:24 PM
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Just noticed the caption did not come with the picture. Its some where in China. Started out as a barracks of some sort and morphed into this. It was leveled a while ago.
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Old 06-13-2020, 11:34 PM
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I call BS. Got a link?
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Old 06-13-2020, 11:50 PM
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It's real, as he said it was all razed a while back .

Misery past comprehension .
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Old 06-14-2020, 06:11 AM
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Kowloon walled city in the old British controlled Honk Kong.
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Old 06-14-2020, 07:32 AM
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Kowloon walled city in the old British controlled Honk Kong.
Yep, that's it. Looks like something out of a Mad Max movie.
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Old 06-14-2020, 11:21 AM
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Old 06-14-2020, 01:19 PM
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In high cost areas of north America. Many people live in little more than closets. They cannot afford cars or the public transportation costs on the wages paid. To reside in affordable areas. A distance from where they work.


To me we have a distinct class system in north America. There is no freedom without a certain income level really. It is an illusion to think otherwise. Massive corporations seem to have become very self centered.


Since the virus I have been doing a lot of shopping for the wife. Some of the current markups over their product costs. I had a real look at and find them unethical. They are far too excessive in reality.


Their vertical integration also raises questions. Efficency should not be the enabler of excessive profits. Specifically market domination as a result. I see trends of things getting far worse with time.
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Old 06-15-2020, 04:31 AM
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The plumber in me wonders how they got sewage out of that place. A few things go wrong, getting in to repair would be uh, well, ...
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Old 06-15-2020, 06:35 AM
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I duh know. It looks like they had a pretty good go-kart track.
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Old 06-15-2020, 08:38 AM
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That looks kindof odd to me.

After reading the link I accept it is real, though the pressure to build so high in such a restricted area is very hard to understand. There is a lot of open area around it. It says the buildings were built without regard to codes etc. Buildings were built above existing structures. It is amazing it did not burn down or simply fall down due to faulty structures.
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Old 06-15-2020, 09:13 AM
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Barry so right.President said no price gouging,but everyone has. Meat from $2.49 ground chuck, Now over $5.,We never got the diesel break after Katrina. Read to day Coffee farmers get .04 cents a pound.WTF
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Old 06-15-2020, 09:22 AM
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I duh know. It looks like they had a pretty good go-kart track.
You are probably correct, I was thinking skate boards.
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Old 06-20-2020, 09:20 PM
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The walled city technology has come a long way

[img]https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/andy-yeung-walled-city-thumbnail.jpg[img]



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https://mymodernmet.com/andy-yeung-kowloon-walled-city/

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