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It doesn’t have to be this way. Mainstream media made fun of China for building “ghost cities” in the middle of nowhere. Now, those cities are full of people.
by tareqak 1y ago
It doesn’t have to be this way.
Mainstream media made fun of China for building “ghost cities” in the middle of nowhere.
Now, those cities are full of people.
“Chinese ghost cities are finally stirring to life”
https://norcalapa.org/2021/09/chinese-ghost-cities-are-finally-stirring-to-life/ https://norcalapa.org/2021/09/chinese-ghost-cities-are-final...
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2021-09-01/chinese-ghost-cities-2021-binhai-zhengdong-new-districts-fill-up https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2021-09-01/chinese-g...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underoccupied_developments_in_China https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underoccupied_developments_in_...
First Edit: removed unnecessary snark.
Second Edit: Added sources.
- adammarples 1y ago"Now", it is 2025, not 2021, and there are one billion empty apartments in China, and the local government selling land to developers magic money tree ponzi scheme is running out of road.
- Jensson 1y ago> there are one billion empty apartments in China I don't believe that, a billion is a lot.