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Out of interest, why? Too much consumerism?


The population is something ridiculous like 83% non-citizens, many of whom are victims of human trafficking. The locals I talked to were very unfriendly and several officials went out of their way to give bad directions to myself and other travelers. The internet is censored and the laws and social mores (particularly regarding women) can be charitably described as medieval. As far as I could tell, the entire city was an enormous temple to waste and empty consumerism built on the blood of not-technically-slaves and I look forward to its collapse within the century.




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