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Karen Estate is dead: Wannabes turning posh leafy suburb into slum

Karen was intended to be a tranquil and low-density neighbourhood. Spacious enough for well-loved pets to play and its inhabitants to enjoy their fortune under whistling trees and lush compounds.

That is no longer the case. Indeed, the leafy suburb is undergoing a human-inflicted transformation that is slowly turning it into a densely populated middle-class estate. This is the sad story of what used to be Karen.

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