The Chinese ghost city stories were largely unfounded. There was a supposed 'ghost city' near my wife's hometown in China, but it's now a thriving city full of

The Chinese ghost city stories were largely unfounded. There was a supposed 'ghost city' near my wife's hometown in China, but it's now a thriving city full of people. The thing is building and kickstarting something like that takes time. The facades and roads go up first, but it takes months to get all the homes made liveable and get the basic utilities up and running, then ramp up the population.