When the internet shows apocalyptic over crowding, it normally shows a photo of Kowloon walled city.  



There's very little documented of it online because it predated the internet.  The best documentary might be the WSJ.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dj_8ucS3lMY


 It's intriguing that in its 40 year time, none of it collapsed or burned down.  There was no running water.  People improvised hoses & carried buckets down to a lower tap.  Just surviving was a full time job.  Lions wonder who would build such tall buildings without running water, after 1950.


The overcrowding was much like Calif* today.  The trick is overcrowding is never caused by geography or physics, but economics & politics.  People move to these areas for jobs, lower taxes, escaping prison.  Suspect not many were there because they didn't have a choice.  They could have all left whenever they wanted.


The plight of the Kowloon refugees was not unlike the plight of christians in Russia.  They endured starvation & poverty in the middle of nowhere for the sake of freedom.


The repeating pattern of humans enduring crushing conditions for the sake of freedom show a basic human desire which supercedes all other values.  If Calif* declared a 1 square mile block to be free from taxes & laws, what would happen?








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