Major cities in Asia such as Hong Kong, Shanghai and Toyko are facing a dire housing crunch as more and more people are migrating to the cities.

To deal with the lack of housing, the government of these cities have resorted to providing cage-like and coffin-style housing for their people. The residents of such housing are not only the poor, but also youngsters and retirees who cannot afford the high-costs of city-living.

Take a look at how these city-dwellers survive in their cramped housing.

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