Inside world’s narrowest city home to 450,000 people who can shake hands across street – but ‘sit on edge of disaster’

THE WORLD’S narrowest city has alleyways just big enough for two people to squeeze past each other, with residents having to use bikes as the roads are too small for cars.

Wedged between soaring cliff faces, Yanjin, which is located in China‘s Yunnan province, is just 100 feet wide in many places.

AlamyYanjin is the “worlds narrowest city”[/caption] AlamyHouses are on stilts to protect against flooding[/caption] AlamyIn many places, the city is no more than 100 feet wide[/caption]

The eight-mile-long city...