The City of Darkness

Kowloon Walled City: A Dark, Overcrowded, and Lawless Maze

Photo by Jerry Wang on Unsplash

One postman but 33,000 residents. This unfortunate man always wears a hat to be protected from the never-ending leaks of pipes that wind around the walls and ceilings of what the locals used to call Hak Nam, also known as the City of Darkness. More than 350 buildings with 10,700 households, all confined to a space the size…