8 Real Places You Won't Believe Aren't Science Fiction
5. Habitat 67
Come on, this one even has the quintessential sci-fi name.
Habitat 67 is located in Montreal, Canada and was built as an architectural experiment in the 1967 World's Fair's Expo 67. It is made up of a mish mash of prefabricated concrete boxes, stacked seemingly haphazardly on top of one another, producing the impression of a weird mix of ultra-modern townhouses with a favela.
The idea was to create a community with all the benefits of high-rise living, with a villagey feel. Despite the fact that it looks a bit like an abandoned soviet project, people do live in Habitat 67, in one- to five-cube units. Despite this rather clinical description, and the brutalist exterior, they are invariably gorgeous on the inside.
They're also surprisingly cheap, with some units going for as little as £160,766. For a bit of context, that kind of money will get you this in London and this in Habitat 67. Time to learn French and move to Montreal, chaps.