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Very small by Chinese standard. What about living in a condo compound with 8000 flats? I think the biggest apartment complex in the country (and probably in th

• Scoundreller 5y ago
  Does China have them as standalones with basically nothing otherwise nearby?
  • baybal2 5y ago
    If something like that built in a smaller town, it surely "sucks life out" of the rest of the neighbourhood as most of commerce migrates into a place with better deal for rent/revenue. There is a village called Sanmen in Zhejiang where the manufacturer of scooters I dealt with was located. It was a rather big village, turning into an industrial town. The moment they got a nuclear plant, a ton more of industry moved in there. A huge residential development with 40 highrise towers was built near the industrial park, and almost anybody of notable level of income in the village moved there, and all the commerce followed
• Riseed 5y ago
  > Whittier, including its hospital, school and city government, functions within one self-sufficient structure The story is not so much about a big building, but rather about an isolated town that exists inside only one building. Do these condo compounds with 8000 flats include the hospital, schools, city government, general store, post office, etc?
  • baybal2 5y ago
    The mall taking up to 4th storey is bigger than most malls you see in the US. Some GP mini-clinics are surely there.