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Maybe, if you consider that trend line to be a stable one that'll just keep progressing upwards on the chart. But that doesn't seem to be a sure thing. Also, t
by FooHentai 8y ago
Maybe, if you consider that trend line to be a stable one that'll just keep progressing upwards on the chart. But that doesn't seem to be a sure thing.
Also, the state of some of these buildings is worth noting - Much like Nail Houses, there's a significant portion of these developments that were made to sell for investment purposes alone, and are not going to be suitable for habitation.
- Arn_Thor 8y agoSource on that, please. Sure, the construction work can be shoddy (though it's improved a lot in the last five years, and unsold property in CHina right now is usually younger), but it's absolutely livable
- FooHentai 8y ago"Immediately above us towered what could have been the headquarters of a bank — forty floors of office space, wrapped in a shell of mirrored panels. In its un-maintained state however, these reflective scales were falling away in great swathes, to expose the bare concrete beneath. Not even finished yet, and already it needed a makeover." https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2014/03/welcome-to-the-worlds-largest-ghost-city-ordos-china/ https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2014/03/welcome-to-the-worlds-lar... "the farmers that own the land here get the cheapest materials, and make these pop up out of nowhere": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcyYyyaPz84&t=666 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcyYyyaPz84&t=666 Follow-up video "Are new chinese buildings really falling down?": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XopSDJq6w8E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XopSDJq6w8E tl;dr yes. Note at 2:30 "We saw this place being built three years ago".