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The parent was probably talking about not that single statue, but a whole theme park dedicated to dinosaurs, which costed 750M dollars, and opened only for a fe
by mrighele 5y ago
The parent was probably talking about not that single statue, but a whole theme park dedicated to dinosaurs, which costed 750M dollars, and opened only for a few months (1). But a bigger (albeit cheaper) wtf in my opinion is a village entirely made of castle-like houses (2)
(1) https://www.duvarenglish.com/domestic/2020/06/25/ankara-theme-park-that-cost-millions-of-dollars-rotting-away-15-months-after-opening https://www.duvarenglish.com/domestic/2020/06/25/ankara-them...
(2) https://www.insider.com/turkey-abandoned-disney-castles-villas-2019-1#the-town-has-an-eerie-past-3 https://www.insider.com/turkey-abandoned-disney-castles-vill...
- mrtksn 5y agoTo be fair, the hilarious castle-like houses village is a private investment :)
- mrighele 5y agoYou're right, I wasn't thinking about public sector only.
- seanmcdirmid 5y agoThis kind of thing is common in China. I'm not sure why this would seem very impressive, it isn't even on nearly on the same scale. It is all money laundering of course (or to say, transforming public money and credit into private money).