Songdo has been plagued by poor planning from the start. The gov't contracted Gale International, a company with no previous international experience, to manage

Songdo has been plagued by poor planning from the start. The gov't contracted Gale International, a company with no previous international experience, to manage the project and Posco, a Korean company whose work was not considered in the top 3 best lf Korean contractors at the time. Consider, an American company from Boston is put in charge to manage, fund, and (formerly) profit from building a world class city with questionable demand over the course of 15 years (financial crisis anyone?) while partnering with a mediocre contractor in the mud flats of Korea (ruining natural bird habitats along the way). Poor logic and planning has contributed to the low population and overall eery feeling of the city.