Kowloon Walled City
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The closest we ever came to evolving something out of Calvino's Invisible Cities, in my opinion.
Easy to romanticize something that was, in a way, a crime infested slum. But it's a shame it's no longer there to be experienced.
"The Densest City on Earth" -- tells the story with pretty visuals https://youtu.be/4YuNvIfM-YA