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HDB - public housing in Singapore - National Geographic Photo Contest 2011:
"HDB flats. The name - uninspired, uninviting.
Their promise of the joy that comes with owning your own home stolen by its resemblence to a cage; metal grilles on every window and the front door. Why are we so afraid in a city with no crime?
Jostling for space in a congested city. Behind every other window the fading memories of the old generation who grew up in some village in rural China or India. A home they never saw again."
Related: Singapour, capitale mondiale de la cité-dortoir (Singapore: world capital of the city-dormitory)