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I live in one of such buildings in Thailand and I love it! I live in 30 store high new condo that is pretty much bought out by chinese investors and few season
by kabacha 8y ago
I live in one of such buildings in Thailand and I love it!
I live in 30 store high new condo that is pretty much bought out by chinese investors and few seasonal tourists. There are probably 200 people living here and on my floor I have 1 neighbour.
There's a pool, sauna and a gym in the building and with so few inhabitants you often have it all somewhat private.
As an expat I definitely benefit from this. I've tried to look into what locals think of this and couldn't really find any strong opinions. In fact I've noticed a trend that locals tend to invest into condos themselves nowdays.
It's an intersting contrast to the problem Barcelona and San Francisco is facing - leaving housing empty might not be the core issue here at all as it clearly works perfectly fine for some places.
- okr 8y agoIs this not spooky? No noises? The drops of water somewhere? And you always start to wonder who this might be, who landed at my floor with the elevator? It actually triggers one of my childhood dreams. To be alone in a skyscraper. :)
- kijin 8y agoYou are Bruce Willis. You are alone in a skyscraper, except for a bunch of terrorists and their hostages all rounded up on the top floor. That doesn't sound like my childhood dream, but it sure sounds like a fun Hollywood flick. :)
- eric-hu 8y agoI live in Bangkok. This sounds like it could be every other condo along the Sukhumvit BTS line. EDIT: Also I'm always down to make new developer friends in the area. If you've got time for a chat, my email is in my profile.
- lalos 8y agoOf course, you benefit from empty shared spaces and the investors benefit of parking their money in a safe investment. The thing here is that this is supply that could lower the price for the population if you incentivize investors to rent and tries to not benefit only a select few.