The Multi in Multi-Family

Hong Kong’s 7 million population is known as one of the most densely packed areas in the world. But even more so is its sister city, Kowloon. Most of those buildings in the distance are multifamily skyscrapers. They just look unimposing because your publisher snapped this picture a couple weeks ago from the top of a 1,500 foot high tower. (Even the vacant land in the foreground will soon be teeming--it will be the station for a bullet train to mainland China.)

Here's a typical relatively modern apartment complex.

And an older one.

And a much older one.

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