EPTKowloon Walled City - Page 5
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SuperJongMan
Jamaica11586 Posts
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Nizaris
Belgium2230 Posts
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Fishball
Canada4788 Posts
On December 18 2010 06:30 Nizaris wrote: I'm surprised this place never went up in flames, i understand its pretty wet but still.... Fires did happen before. Click | ||
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lofung
Hong Kong298 Posts
just think of if the walled city is still there up until 2003. remember what happened in east asia back then? SARS. i dun really like they make this name for the diesease as i found it offensive to us although i hate the the whole idea of administration in hong kong. but if such a place existed while SARS happened, it could way more disastrous than we had. and when we advance into age of information, the people inside are very likely to be behind times as you can imagine internet is hard to get there. not to mention that it does bring security issues to the city. | ||
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tyr
France1686 Posts
I can easily imagine it was a serious problem for the authorities yes .. I'm not surprised it was demolished. | ||
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pyrestrike
United States235 Posts
All the references to other media people are making are pretty cool too; I had the same vision of Metropolis as well. The Container City/Docks in Splash Damage's upcoming Brink also brings that same feel, as did a couple levels in Mirror's Edge: http://www.brinkthegame.com/media/videos/?id=2 | ||
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ToasteR_
Canada551 Posts
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MiniRoman
Canada3953 Posts
On December 18 2010 08:38 lofung wrote: i dun see why people it is bad for the government to demolish it - it has to be demolished. just think of if the walled city is still there up until 2003. remember what happened in east asia back then? SARS. i dun really like they make this name for the diesease as i found it offensive to us although i hate the the whole idea of administration in hong kong. but if such a place existed while SARS happened, it could way more disastrous than we had. and when we advance into age of information, the people inside are very likely to be behind times as you can imagine internet is hard to get there. not to mention that it does bring security issues to the city. How is Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome offensive? Is it just the letters sars together is a swear word in hong kong or something? | ||
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shawster
Canada2485 Posts
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lofung
Hong Kong298 Posts
On December 18 2010 10:16 MiniRoman wrote: How is Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome offensive? Is it just the letters sars together is a swear word in hong kong or something? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Administrative_Regions obviously the word 'severe' is redundant. | ||
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MiniRoman
Canada3953 Posts
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lofung
Hong Kong298 Posts
this is way off topic already i better stop here. | ||
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LOLtex
United States148 Posts
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alffla
Hong Kong20321 Posts
On December 18 2010 08:38 lofung wrote: i dun see why people it is bad for the government to demolish it - it has to be demolished. just think of if the walled city is still there up until 2003. remember what happened in east asia back then? SARS. i dun really like they make this name for the diesease as i found it offensive to us although i hate the the whole idea of administration in hong kong. but if such a place existed while SARS happened, it could way more disastrous than we had. and when we advance into age of information, the people inside are very likely to be behind times as you can imagine internet is hard to get there. not to mention that it does bring security issues to the city. should keep it just for historical value ;-; haha there are like 0 old buildings in hk now | ||
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Fishball
Canada4788 Posts
On December 18 2010 12:56 alffla wrote: should keep it just for historical value ;-; haha there are like 0 old buildings in hk now What? There are still tons of 唐樓. Damn, there really isn't an English word for this term. Closest I found is "tenement house". To others who don't know, this is what they look like. Click | ||
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ithree
443 Posts
Just note the link is practically a geosite, just try and ignore the background, its worth it. ![[image loading]](http://imgur.com/RxMbp.gif) | ||
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Athos
United States2484 Posts
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Deadlyhazard
United States1177 Posts
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alffla
Hong Kong20321 Posts
On December 18 2010 12:59 Fishball wrote: What? There are still tons of 唐樓. Damn, there really isn't an English word for this term. Closest I found is "tenement house". To others who don't know, this is what they look like. Click well yea but like.. have u seen pictures of central back in teh day? there were all these cool british style buildings and stuff. now its just all tall boring looking buildings. and also.. property developers are always looking to buy those plots of land to build new commercial / residential buildings etc... so its sad  | ||
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plated.rawr
Norway1676 Posts
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