Housing
Why Kids in Bangkok Play Soccer on Oddly Shaped Fields
In a slum neighborhood, non-rectangular pitches boost opportunities for play.
In the Khlong Toei neighborhood of Bangkok, houses are packed in tight. The district is densely populated and one of the poorest in the city; vacant lots between the buildings sat untended and unused.
These often-asymmetrical lots, though, were some of the only public spaces where the district’s kids could gather and play. The neighborhood lacks the wide-open spaces necessary to build traditional fields for soccer, the most popular sport in Thailand.