Comments on: Parasitic urban housing http://futurismic.com/2009/09/29/parasitic-urban-housing/ Presenting the fact and fiction of tomorrow since 2001 Sat, 19 May 2012 23:03:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Matt Tackett http://futurismic.com/2009/09/29/parasitic-urban-housing/comment-page-1/#comment-214783 Matt Tackett Wed, 27 Oct 2010 23:40:34 +0000 http://futurismic.com/?p=9133#comment-214783 This reminds me of the slum jail in Tijuana where the authorities do not regulate the inside of the jail (which is more like a shanty town) but rather secure the perimeter leaving the prisoners to operate their own weird economy and housing distribution system. This reminds me of the slum jail in Tijuana where the authorities do not regulate the inside of the jail (which is more like a shanty town) but rather secure the perimeter leaving the prisoners to operate their own weird economy and housing distribution system.

]]> By: Paul Raven http://futurismic.com/2009/09/29/parasitic-urban-housing/comment-page-1/#comment-47214 Paul Raven Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:16:33 +0000 http://futurismic.com/?p=9133#comment-47214 I know it well, [Redacted], though regrettably not first-hand; discovered it through William Gibson's <em>Idoru</em>, in fact, as I expect many readers here may have done. :) I know it well, [Redacted], though regrettably not first-hand; discovered it through William Gibson’s Idoru, in fact, as I expect many readers here may have done. :)

]]> By: [Redacted] http://futurismic.com/2009/09/29/parasitic-urban-housing/comment-page-1/#comment-47192 [Redacted] Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:33:50 +0000 http://futurismic.com/?p=9133#comment-47192 The last thought of this article recalls this little piece of history, sadly/fortunately (depending on your viewpoint) no longer standing: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kowloon_Walled_City The last thought of this article recalls this little piece of history, sadly/fortunately (depending on your viewpoint) no longer standing:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kowloon_Walled_City

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