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Originally Posted by peter12
You think Manhattan, London, Paris, or Hong Kong are ... unliveable?
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They were in 1920 for the vast majority of the population, when their population was 25-33% higher than today. Manhattan density looked like this in 1920:
vs 2010
The average person lived in slums and tenements because the cost of housing was so high, and mobility was so slow.
And now in Hong Kong, you have the most expensive housing in the world and likely the world's worst inequality. If you're not rich, quality of life isn't very high.