Boxed In: Life Inside The 'Coffin Cubicles' of Hong Kong - In Pictures | |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 63082821 United States 10/17/2017 01:07 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Tiny houses are designed to maximize space. These hovels are part of the stack 'em and pack 'em urban planning system that liberals want in the cities while the wide open spaces belong only to them. I don't even want to think about what happens when the toilet backs up. Yup. Looks like a beehive |
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News_hungry User ID: 74736919 Canada 10/17/2017 01:18 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The Brits did that, not the commies. Last Edited by News_hungry on 10/17/2017 01:19 PM |
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BRIEF User ID: 65696907 United States 10/17/2017 01:22 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Dinner's ready, sorry it smells like shit I had to take a dump while cooking... Last Edited by BRIEF on 10/17/2017 01:22 PM I never forgive and I never forget I am a licensed firearm holder. I will, under protection of law, use lethal force if attacked. |
nimmerfall User ID: 72716118 United States 10/17/2017 01:30 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Meh, at least they have a place to eat, sleep and shit. Quoting: ))) CHL2T ((( I'm sure there are many more who are homeless and living on the streets. honestly, I think I'd rather be on the street. Piercing my heart there is a golden dagger; that is God Piercing God's heart there is a golden needle; that is me |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 75708612 United States 10/17/2017 01:47 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | A lot of guys I know lived on their work site like that, without the privacy. It's called the Navy. Pay is sub-par. Promotions are primarily time based rather than merit based. However you'd best toe the party line. If you don't parrot the platform, you will be stuck in the lower worker caste. But even then it's okay because nearly all of your creature comforts are met by the government. Amiright komrades? Creature comforts are few and far between in communism. Plus, it's a lifetime, not a four year stint. |
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glp-smilies User ID: 18811905 United States 10/17/2017 01:54 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | A lot of guys I know lived on their work site like that, without the privacy. Quoting: The Comedian :D It's called the Navy. This will be hard for many to accept, but the military is the closest thing to Communism that America has to offer. Everyone wears the same clothes, has the same haircut, eats the same food, lives in government housing. Quoting: TheBiss Pay is sub-par. Promotions are primarily time based rather than merit based. However you'd best toe the party line. If you don't parrot the platform, you will be stuck in the lower worker caste. But even then it's okay because nearly all of your creature comforts are met by the government. Amiright komrades? Not big fans of military huh? Probably think society is communism too? Why you bad mofo's using computers? They are the result of stability provided through society and military strength. Same as cars, cell phones, clean water. All yucky communist things cause people work together to create them. PS, you're cool. |
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Hard Eight User ID: 4777230 United States 10/17/2017 02:04 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | So FEMA CAMP would be a major upgrade? Texas has yet to learn submission to any oppression, come from what source it may. Sam Houston "The beauty of the Second Amendment is that it will not be needed until they try to take it." Thomas Jefferson If you don't read the newspaper you are uninformed, if you do read the newspaper you are misinformed. -- Mark Twain Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and keys to teenage boys. -- P.J. O'Rourke, Civil Libertarian |
B@Z User ID: 836385 United States 10/17/2017 02:05 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Those bathroom-kitchens can't be sanitary! Yech... but five stars for interesting topic.... Quoting: Elegant Walnut Thanks for posting. For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. - 1 Cor 1:18 Know God - Thread: The Terrifying Truth About God Rethink Hell - [link to www.rethinkinghell.com] :knowjesus3: |
Gelatinous Mass User ID: 73899585 United States 10/17/2017 02:08 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | YAWN..... What bullshit. I used to live in Hong Kong in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, just up Nathan Road from Salisbury Garden. I could walk to the waterfront of Victoria Harbor in about 5 min. YES, there are these small cubicle dwellings. NO, they are not the norm. Aside from the wealthy, most apartments and condos in Hong Kong are much smaller than what we are used to in N. America, but they are much more spacious than what is shown in those pics. The issue is available space, not affordable housing. Like Tokyo, there is little room available to spread laterally or to even undertake even new construction. If there is new construction, it is usually on a spot where a building previously existed. The only alternative is to build higher UP, which is why all of Hong Kong is covered with towers. [link to images.fineartamerica.com (secure)] [link to upload.wikimedia.org (secure)] Hong Kong is one of the most densely populated places on the planet. There are simply more people wanting to live there then there are available, reasonably priced accommodations. As HK is now part of China, the problem is dramatically magnified as HK operates under a different, more open economic system ('one country, two systems' as the saying goes.) So prices go up and space goes down. None of these people are forced to live in those conditions. If they don't like it, THEY MOVE. If they cannot afford to move to a larger place, well.. tough shit. That is part of living in a big city. And if they do move, there is a line around the block of people willing to live in those spaces until they can afford to pay for a larger place. Further, if one is willing to live outside of the main business districts, you can find excellent accommodations at affordable prices. The only drawback is the commute. If the opportunity presented itself, I would move back to Hong Kong tomorrow. It is an absolutely amazing place (which is why so many people want to live there). |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 73364948 United States 10/17/2017 02:21 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | If you are interested in this....check out Kowloon's "forbidden city" its like a ghetto compacted together....the triads run the place, cops won't enter.....you need a guide to get around because the passages and corridors change.... Its pretty amazing....resembles the borg cube.... [link to www.businessinsider.com.au (secure)] |
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