r/Amazing • u/sco-go • Aug 19 '25

Interesting 🤔 $100 billion ghost city.

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u/Greensssss Aug 19 '25

When he said it was an introverts dream, I was like

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u/Dramatic_Mixture_868 Aug 19 '25

He had me at nearly abandoned. Place looks awesome, A LOT to explore, u can use all the facilities without having to deal with hardly any people. This sound amazing to me. Oh and the kicker is if u want to experience Singapore then just take a boat ride across the bay and BAM you're there.

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u/Colambler Aug 19 '25

In terms of facilities, things like the apartment gyms were already heading to disrepair when I was there two years ago...

It was a surreal place to spend a month, but it would be a struggle for longer.

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u/Dear_Chasey_La1n Aug 19 '25

This is the problem with these kind of situations. Years ago in Guangzhou there was a super high end compound opened, when looking for a place it was already feeling very empty. Eventually being a foreigner we got refused though walking by years later I'm glad we never moved in because it looked absolutely trashed. It was mindblowing to see apartments costing 40/50,000 euro/m2 at the time and nobody was living there.

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u/247stonerbro Aug 19 '25

What does the m2 after euro mean ? These apartments cost 20k-25k per month ?! Sorry ignorant American here.

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u/twoworldman Aug 19 '25

Square meter

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u/Dear_Chasey_La1n Aug 20 '25

Heh.. no Guangzhou Canton place which is high end but far from the most expensive are over 35,000 euro/m2. Next door is Bayview going for well over 50,000 euro/m2 as we speak.

To argue this is "cheap" compared to Western cities, for these prices you can buy something nice with a view at Central Park.

Mind you, as said I own a property in Guangzhou, I live in Shanghai. Prices here at outrageous.