• Remember Hong Kong's Sprawling Metropolis? Here's India, Mumbai's version
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[QUOTE=Sableye;43606146]hope those buildings aren't put up as cheaply as they look, when a 5 story building collapses its a tragedy, when a 40 story building collapses its a disaster[/QUOTE] Too late, several buildings (though mostly the really old, poorly maintained ones) collapse every year, and no prisoners are taken when the monsoon hits. Last year, a large block of buildings collapsed and nearly 40 people were killed, dunno how many were injured however.
[QUOTE=Zonesylvania;43606220]Too late, several buildings (though mostly the really old, poorly maintained ones) collapse every year, and no prisoners are taken when the monsoon hits. Last year, a large block of buildings collapsed and nearly 40 people were killed, dunno how many were injured however.[/QUOTE] That had more to do with bribery and corruption though. The dumbasses involved had done illegal construction work to add more rooms to their building when it collapsed like the worlds wobbliest jenga tower during the monsoon. This is what happens when landowners decide the quickest way to get something done would be greasing palms than getting it done the safe and legal way. [QUOTE=AK'z;43605972]either one of you guys been to Sri Nagar or Goa, they're other worldly compared with the innerds of India.[/QUOTE] Been to Srinagar two years ago, curfew most of the time but it's still a beautiful place - even if it's only a shadow of what it once was. My parents honeymooned there back in the seventies. Back in those days, going to Srinagar or Kashmir was the closest you could get to a Switzerland like experience - air travel to exotic locales was still prohibitively expensive in those days. Been to Goa late last year - place is now crawling with drugs and Russian mobsters and is now surprisingly anti-Indian despite being in India. There are plenty of clubs like Tito's on Calangute beach which are now offlimits to Indians and they're refused entry (only white foreign passport holders are allowed, apparently - you can't even enter accompanying them if you're brown) which I find all kinds of fucked up. Apart from that, it's becoming a really sleazy dive sort of place which is why I'd recommend people to head further south of it. The real action is back near my home state of Kerala, namely Kovalam Beach - I believe they had a surfing competition down there last year which went well. [IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0e/01KovalamBeach%26Kerala.jpg[/IMG] We used to be able to see the beach from our ancestral home which is pretty close to it, but now too many buildings are in the way. :saddowns:
these kinds of sights are also common in Panama City. [IMG]http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3011/2911946117_99b21a3c9d_b.jpg[/IMG] This is the "boca la caja" slum, right next to one of the wealthiest urban sectors of the city, Punta Pacifica. You literally take one wrong turn in a street and you travel back in time 80 years. Quite saddening. There have been several plans to re-urbanize this particular sector but so far no action has been taken because it's tough to reach a deal with the residents of the area; they've been settled there for more than a century now and there's little legal records on the ownership of that land. This photo is a bit old now; most of those empty plots next to tall buildings have been developed by now, in a matter of two years or so.
They really need to have a Deux Ex game set in India. The Asian setting has been done to death while India seems to live and breath cyberpunk. [editline]20th January 2014[/editline] [QUOTE=barttool;43607845]these kinds of sights are also common in Panama City. [IMG]http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3011/2911946117_99b21a3c9d_b.jpg[/IMG] This is the "boca la caja" slum, right next to one of the wealthiest urban sectors of the city, Punta Pacifica. You literally take one wrong turn in a street and you travel back in time 80 years. Quite saddening. There have been several plans to re-urbanize this particular sector but so far no action has been taken because it's tough to reach a deal with the residents of the area; they've been settled there for more than a century now and there's little legal records on the ownership of that land. This photo is a bit old now; most of those empty plots next to tall buildings have been developed by now, in a matter of two years or so.[/QUOTE] Wow, I thought things would be a lot nicer in a tax haven.
[QUOTE=Smooth Jazz;43608460]They really need to have a Deux Ex game set in India. The Asian setting has been done to death while India seems to live and breath cyberpunk. [/QUOTE] Indian isn't Asian?
[QUOTE=AK'z;43608501]Indian isn't Asian?[/QUOTE] East Asian, whatever. You know what I mean. It's always China or Japan.
Looks like a giant rock climbing attraction [IMG]http://www.otwe.com/images/attractions/rockclimbingwall4.jpg[/IMG]
It looks like half those buildings weren't designed with lateral forces in mind which, from a structural standpoint, is absolutely insane. They look like a strong wind or a small earthquake could bring them crashing down.
[QUOTE=AK'z;43608501]Indian isn't Asian?[/QUOTE] It is, but since most futuristic sci-fi series out there tend to lean towards India and Pakistan nuking each other to oblivion (something that's unlikely to happen) by that future point in time leaving China in the big boy's chair, we tend not to figure very much in global storytelling apart from vague and surprising references to Hindu scriptures. :smile:
[QUOTE=barttool;43607845]these kinds of sights are also common in Panama City. [IMG]http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3011/2911946117_99b21a3c9d_b.jpg[/IMG] This is the "boca la caja" slum, right next to one of the wealthiest urban sectors of the city, Punta Pacifica. You literally take one wrong turn in a street and you travel back in time 80 years. Quite saddening. There have been several plans to re-urbanize this particular sector but so far no action has been taken because it's tough to reach a deal with the residents of the area; they've been settled there for more than a century now and there's little legal records on the ownership of that land. This photo is a bit old now; most of those empty plots next to tall buildings have been developed by now, in a matter of two years or so.[/QUOTE] Looks almost like tropico.
[QUOTE=Angus725;43615013]Looks almost like tropico.[/QUOTE] I was going to say the same thing. It looks like my cities in tropico 4 when I try to build a shitload of apartments and give free housing, but instead I have my doctors living in shanty towns and the homeless moved into the mansions I set up
[QUOTE=wraithcat;43603128]Dust cover during construction[/QUOTE] I thought it was a dust cover for awhile, but something looked so strange about it I just dropped every shred of logic and assumed that someone had bought either magic beans, the largest pus filled rectangular tumour, or the largest cactus in the world.
[QUOTE=ewitwins;43609291]It looks like half those buildings weren't designed with lateral forces in mind which, from a structural standpoint, is absolutely insane. They look like a strong wind or a small earthquake could bring them crashing down.[/QUOTE] Or a tsunami. Or a combination. [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Indian_Ocean_earthquake_and_tsunami[/url]
[QUOTE=Demache;43615201]Or a tsunami. Or a combination. [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Indian_Ocean_earthquake_and_tsunami[/url][/QUOTE] That's not really what worries us. These are: [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maharashtra_floods_of_2005"]Maharashtra's Flood (2005)[/URL] [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_Gujarat_earthquake"]Gujurat (Neighbouring state and once a part of Mumbai)'s Earthquake (2001)[/URL]. [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Mumbai_attacks"]26/11[/URL] The Tsunami was pretty bad, but it largely affected the east coast of India more than it did on the west, though a lot of states experienced an upsurge.
Looks poor and over crowded.
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