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Which cities are currently empty? China has 160 cities with over a million people. The US has 10. They seem to be doing a good at getting people there. http
by melling 10y ago
Which cities are currently empty? China has 160 cities with over a million people. The US has 10. They seem to be doing a good at getting people there.
http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/20/world/asia/china-florcruz-urban-growth/ http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/20/world/asia/china-florcruz-urba...
- maxerickson 10y agoAre strict administrative cities the right comparison? We have 50 MSAs with 1 million+: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Metropolitan_Statistical_Areas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Metropolitan_Statistic... I think they aren't the right comparison either but quite a few cities are at the center of a larger built up area.
- ytNumbers 10y agoHere's some chilling photos of a few of those empty cities: http://www.businessinsider.com/these-chinese-cities-are-ghost-towns-2016-2/ http://www.businessinsider.com/these-chinese-cities-are-ghos...
- melling 10y agoChina is moving people into the cities: http://www.forbes.com/sites/wadeshepard/2016/04/23/chinas-largest-ghost-city-is-now-90-full-but-theres-a-twist/#3f376b1a76f4 http://www.forbes.com/sites/wadeshepard/2016/04/23/chinas-la... Sounds like they build them first then move in the people. Probably cheaper and faster that way? They do have 1.3 billion people.
- niels_olson 10y agoThey are building ahead of the collapse of their labor pool as the population greys to an precedented degree.