Have you ever heard of Kowloon? This video features it's density which is a result of the surrounding State government. People fled to this city to be free despite the cramped conditions.
How much discomfort would you endure to be free?
Discussion
Would? ;-)
Loooong story!
I spent a fair amount of time in the walled city in the 1980s before it got torn down and turned into a park. I'm still friends with people who grew up within it's "walls". Strictly speaking it was China in the middle of HK and thus HK laws/police didn't really find their way in and obviously China couldn't supervise it either. Impoverished illegal immigrants/refugees from China would likely not have had to find themselves staying there but individual circumstances and family connections, especially to less savoury members of society meant that those who found themselves living there were kind of looked down on by HKers. The tiny temple and garden(?) right in the centre was surreal.
Amazing photography book on this…
City of Darkness Revisited https://a.co/d/hQnYzHK