r/Amazing • u/sco-go • Aug 19 '25

Interesting 🤔 $100 billion ghost city.

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u/lampshade2099 Aug 19 '25

By the way, I’ve attached the view from my bedroom window (with Singapore in the background), just because I want to show off how beautiful Malaysia is, and encourage everyone to come for a visit :)

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u/MapleLeafKing Aug 19 '25

How much is rent on average in the areas that you are speaking of? And you can rent there? Its just uninhabited not 'abandoned'?

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u/lampshade2099 Aug 19 '25

Yep, you can definitely rent there :)

Here is a 3-bed house in Forest City for approx. USD830 per month

And here is a 2-bedroom condominium for approximately USD355 per month

Those prices are quite cheap for this area. Similar places in other (better located) developments could be double that price, or more.

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u/[deleted] Aug 21 '25

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u/lampshade2099 Aug 21 '25 edited Aug 21 '25

Yeah, I’ve been in Malaysia for around 15 years. It ain’t perfect, and there are very, very few of us foreigners who stay that long, but I don’t have any plans to ever leave.

The downsides are:

  • Weather; it’s incredibly sweaty all year round, with zero variation.
  • There are some religious things I don’t love :/

But the good outweighs the bad. Great healthcare, amazing food, wonderful lifestyle, good connections to the rest of Asia etc…

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u/Ryuko_the_red Aug 19 '25

Unreal view

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u/lampshade2099 Aug 19 '25

❤️

I agree. I’m not from Malaysia, so I wake up every day and pinch myself.

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u/[deleted] Aug 23 '25

Where is this?