A RL 'Rinth

[Vessol]

I thought some of you may be interested in this.

Kowloon Walled City

The Kowloon Walled City was located just outside Hong Kong, China during British rule. A former watchpost to protect the area against pirates, it was occupied by Japan during World War II and subsequently taken over by squatters after Japan's surrender. Neither Britain nor China wanted responsibility for it, so it became its own lawless city.

Its population flourished for decades, with residents building labyrinthine corridors above the street level, which was clogged with trash. The buildings grew so tall that sunlight couldn't reach the bottom levels and the entire city had to be illuminated with fluorescent lights. It was a place where brothels, casinos, opium dens, cocaine parlors, food courts serving dog meat and secret factories ran unmolested by authorities. It was finally torn down in 1993 after a mutual decision was made by British and Chinese authorities, who had finally grown wary of the unsanitary, anarchic city and its out-of-control population.


http://weburbanist.com/2008/07/06/20-abandoned-cities-and-towns/

[The7DeadlyVenomz]

Wow.

That is badass.

[Ammut]

Wow.

That is badass.

Very badass.

[some guy]

If you squint, it even looks a bit like the 'rinth from the sky photo, with Hathor's going up through it and the west side slightly larger than the east.

[UnderSeven]

Looking at the abandoned city site, I was SHOCKED that Centralia, Pennsylvania didn't make the list.  While technically not entirely abandoned, if Gary Indiana makes the list then Centralia should too.

[NoteworthyFellow]

Looking at the abandoned city site, I was SHOCKED that Centralia, Pennsylvania didn't make the list.  While technically not entirely abandoned, if Gary Indiana makes the list then Centralia should too.

That's the place with the mine fire that's been burning for several decades, right?

Anyway, this gives me a whole new view of the 'Rinth.  Gotta wonder what it would've been like to live there.

[Delstro]

I don't know what you mean that centralia is the rinth.. but..

http://www.xydexx.com/modernruins/centralia.htm


The original place in this thread is probably similar to UnderTuluk now. There has got to be tunnels there. Somewhere.

[manonfire]

I would have totally lived there.

[spicemustflow]

Me too, I'm sad it's been torn down. Actually I had the kowloon walled city in mind more when I was walking through Tuluki commoner's warrens. That place shoulod be made more dangerous than it is.

[Kyviantre]

If you squint, it even looks a bit like the 'rinth from the sky photo, with Hathor's going up through it and the west side slightly larger than the east.

I was thinking the same thing!

Weird how the rest of the land is so flat around it, such a stark contrast.

[Yam]

I was just in Gary last year.

It's hardly deserted.