You didn't even know you were living in a villa until you saw the "coffin room" in Hong Kong.

A bustling international metropolis, skyscrapers

The opera "Lan Kwai Fong" by a famous family in Hong Kong.

Expensive sports car? Famous brands, high-end restaurants?

In Baidu Encyclopedia, the introduction to Hong Kong is like this.

Hong Kong is an important international and Asia-Pacific region.

Shipping center and one of the most competitive cities.

2 1 year, the economic freedom index ranks first in the world.

Hong Kong is famous for its good legal order, free economy,

And a sound legal system.

Known as "Pearl of the Orient", "Gourmet Paradise" and "Shopping Paradise".

It is also one of the richest and most developed economies in the world, with the highest living standard.

(Hong Kong rich area)

But behind the glory of Hong Kong,

Some realities are also untouchable.

But what you don't know is

In Hong Kong, the highest rent is not in Central.

Not repulse bay building

But the poorest in Hong Kong 18 districts.

-Deep water

Hidden in the darkness of the streets and lanes in Sham Shui Po

Is it called cage house? The residence of the coffin house

Every foot here (about 0.09 square meters)

The rent can be up to HK$ 300.

There are about 200,000 Hong Kong residents

Live in this house every day.

Where the sun can't shine.

The real meaning of dwelling in a humble abode is probably just that.

Ended a busy and hard day.

These residents have returned to such a "home"

? room

It refers to the trinity of kitchen, bedroom and living room.

The area is usually less than 8m2.

The rent is about 2500 ~ 4000 yuan/month.

? It means cutting.

? Housing generally refers to housing units.

Cut into small pieces.

Rent to multiple families, similar to group rent in the mainland.

Nearly 200,000 people live in? in the room

The per capita living area is 5.7 square meters.

Only better than a prison cell in the Correctional Services Department.

The per capita standard is 27% more.

This is the prosperous Hong Kong that countless people yearn for.

We see luxurious and exquisite Hong Kong in Hong Kong dramas.

Bunk bed, small sofa, refrigerator

Washing machine and small table

These daily necessities make the already narrow space

Very crowded, 4500 Hong Kong dollars per month.

(about 4,000 yuan)

Move in? There are four people in the room.

Sister and brother lie prone on the bed doing their homework.

These are their parents.

The toilet in the apartment is connected with the kitchen.

It makes people feel extremely depressed.

Hong kong still has about

40,000 children have long lived in

In such a harsh environment

After winning the 36th Hong Kong Film Awards

In the award-winning film "A Thought of Ignorance"

Ceng Zhiwei plays the role of father.

His bipolar son lives here? in the room

The scene of "one thought difference"

Are you online? The room was filmed for more than ten days.

Ceng Zhiwei told the media: Where do you live? in the room

"More open-minded people slowly can't stand it.

I am lucky that there is a window in my room.

Many rooms have no windows. "

Coffin room

The area is less than 4m2, and the smallest is only1.4m2..

Only one bed can be put down, and people can only lie down.

The rent is about 65438 yuan per month +0600~3200.

When the horizontal space can no longer be developed.

The landlord's eyes turned to the vertical space.

This is how the coffin room evolved.

Yau Ma Tei, Sham Shui Po and Kwun Tong

Some people sleep in coffins every night.

On the basis of the original board house

Separate up and down in the shape of a "well"

Into six small rooms.

Each room is about 1.5 square meters.

The rent is about HK$ 65,438+0,500-2,000 per month.

Due to the small location

After entering the room, you can only lie flat.

Like lying in a coffin, it was named "coffin room"

There's not even a coffin, because here.

I can't even stretch my legs when I lie down and die every night …

The tenants in the coffin room are different.

The only thing that's the same

Is that no one can afford it.

A room where you can stand.

I had to live a humble life.

Here, the concept of home has been completely subverted.

Everything can only be curled up in

In this small bed

Photographer Benny Lam

Experience the real coffin room.

They said, I'm not dead yet.

There are already four coffin boards!

Longwu

The building on the roof is called "roof house"

The price is cheaper.

Disadvantages are that it rains and leaks, and it is sultry in summer.

A residential building converted from rooms in industrial and commercial buildings.

Known as the "mansion"

The rent is cheap and there is an elevator, but it is easy to be investigated.

In addition, there is another kind of residence called "cage house"

Cage houses first appeared in 1950' s.

This is the temporary residence of immigrants.

A bed wrapped in wire.

Turn into a cage to live.

Most of them exist in dangerous buildings in deep water.

Residents who live in iron cages are called "people in cages"

In a room of 70 square meters.

There are dozens of three-story iron cages.

There are more than 200 people living in it.

The air is full of tobacco and sweat.

The taste of the old house

"Cage houses" are located in the old buildings in Sham Shui Po.

Residents are generally new immigrants or old people.

The United Nations reprimanded living in a cage.

This is an extreme insult to human dignity!

People in cages laugh at themselves.

It's nice to have a shelter from the rain.

On human dignity

Many poor people in Hong Kong cannot apply for public housing for three years.

Cage house is a special living phenomenon.

None of the residents are homeless.

Just rent a bed with the lowest rent.

Shelter from the wind and rain, nowhere to stay.

It is said that some tenants have lived in cage homes for more than 40 years.

In recent years, the rent of cage homes has soared.

A few years ago, it was 1500 Hong Kong dollars.

Now it has soared to 2800 Hong Kong dollars.

Most cage home residents

Can only live on a little CSSA.

Hong Kong is one of the most prosperous cities in the world.

Number of LV counters with luxury brands

More than Paris! But there are still people

Living in a depressed little cage.

lavatory

It was circulated online earlier.

A photo of an advertisement for renting a house

The monthly rent is 2200 Hong Kong dollars.

The rental is located in the Tang building, with a bed above and a toilet below.

The upper lattice bed is about 0.76 meters wide.

Under the bed is the toilet.

Raise hong kong housing prices

The unit price doesn't seem surprising.

The suburbs are about early 10 thousand

The urban area is only 40 thousand to 50 thousand

It seems to be comparable to cities such as Beijing, Guangzhou and Shenzhen.

But take a closer look.

The unit price is actually square feet.

Yes, 1 square meter equals 9 square feet.

Multiply the unit price by 9.

It is the price that mainlanders usually think of.

Buying a house? Don't say that in this life, there is no hope in next life!

Pictures and reference sources: Round trip, Hong Kong true story, Lin Musheng, Zhang Jianxiang.

Jagt Rajo

Office buildings and ordinary people's houses in Central.

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In the night sky

Neon lights are colorful and beautiful.

Many people travel to Hong Kong.

Via Central and Tsim Sha Tsui.

I thought this was Hong Kong.

They are all luxurious and exquisite.

Only when you have experienced it will you feel the same.

With everything around * * *.

Understand what is "sour, astringent and bitter"

And such stories happen every day.

Villages in the city, rented houses separated by plywood ...

Sometimes we always think that everyone else is doing well.

I feel that other people's lives must be better than mine.

But "there are many places you don't know.

Dark corner, have you thought about it? You are very happy. "