April 17, 2013 AUTHOR: zachary CATEGORIES: Real World Tags: ,

Underground Living, Bomb Shelters

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It’s the opposite of Skynesting, millions of migrant workers going underground for cost effective housing.

Read about it on The Atlantic Cities.

The numbers are undeniably mind-boggling: An estimated two million people in Beijing are said to be living below the earth’s surface, in thousands of 100-square-foot spaces located just one or two stories below street level. These figures have been making headlines (and trending upwards) for a couple of years now. Assuming they’re accurate, that would mean 10 percent of the city’s 20 million people sleep in windowless, subterranean residences.

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