Many cities in the world are destroyed either due to war or natural disaster. But there is also a city which was destroyed due to strange reasons. The walled city of 50,000 residents, many of which had no windows, was eventually torn down after protests over rising crime rates. Kowloon Walled City was a lawless place in Hong Kong where prostitution, drug dealing and gambling were rampant. Was.
There was not much food here, and one of the most popular dishes used to be dog meat curry. 50,000 residents lived on a little more than six acres of land. According to the report of The Sun, this city was made of about 300 high-rise towers, all of which were connected to each other. Many people living there were happy with their situation.
No architects were involved in the design of Kowloon, and no planning permission was sought or granted. Many flats had no windows, wires were dilapidated and leaking water pipes ran through people’s houses. After World War II, a large number of immigrants from China came and started settling here, and from then on the quaint walled city began to flourish.
Kowloon Walled City flourished very rapidly after World War II. (Symbolic photo: Wikimedia Commons)
The British took control of Hong Kong by the end of the last century. But neither Britain nor China took responsibility for the mess, allowing anarchy and uncontrolled space to flourish. It eventually became similar to the dens of lawlessness shown in Game of Thrones.
Various gangs took over and the city became home to brothels, casinos and drug dens. Setting up a business was as easy as pie as there were no regulations to follow or licenses to apply for.
Things got so out of control that the Hong Kong government was finally forced to take action, and in 1992 people living in that strange place were asked to move out. The cheap rents in Kowloon meant that many of the people who were being forced out were unhappy about it and protests broke out before the government managed to evict everyone and demolish the place.
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FIRST PUBLISHED: April 8, 2024, 17:09 IST
