Got into a heated discussion with a coworker over this. My stance is it was probably for the best it was demolished. The entire thing was a massive fire and disease hazard. Massive amounts of crime and unlicensed businesses too. Despite its reputation for a kind of tight knit anarchist type community, most of the stuff I've read seems to suggest triads and the HK police were largely running the place.

I hate forceful eviction as much as the next person here. What else could have been done? There was some compensation given to the residents, but I know some residents complained it wasn't enough.

My coworker's stance is the place should have remained as it was, without any sort of intervention whatsoever, despite being so hazardous.

How do y'all feel?

  • McafeesWhaleWidow [undecided,none/use name]
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    3 years ago

    I’m kinda ambivalent about the safety of tourists (despite the fact I would have been one if I could afford it and it was turned into a tourist site). Maybe just keep a really rickety VIP section priced only so rich fucks could go there and feel special as they step into a puddle of water next to some exposed wiring that’s somehow still live.

    You’d have to improve it to stop it falling apart and ceasing to be am attraction either way though.