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China's Ghost Cities Aren't Exactly Dead
- dang 11y agoUrl changed from http://motherboard.vice.com/read/chinas-ghost-cities-arent-exactly-dead http://motherboard.vice.com/read/chinas-ghost-cities-arent-e..., which points to this.
- Animats 11y agoChina is bringing up new cities in an organized fashion. First the infrastructure, roads, plumbing and power goes in. Then the buildings go up. Then the stores are stocked and staffed and the transportation system started up. Then people move in and businesses are moved in. This costs much less and is less disruptive than doing it one building at a time in a busy city. Building is really cheap when you can do it in bulk with nothing to get in the way. Shanghai has a population of 14 million. Beijing is at 11 million. The government is trying to spread things out a bit.