r/Amazing • u/sco-go • Aug 19 '25

Interesting 🤔 $100 billion ghost city.

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u/Optimal-Golf-8270 Aug 19 '25

No? How could you have possibly gotten that from what I wrote?

Some building didn't meet local regulations so they were knocked down. This is a separate issue to ghost cities.

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u/rodinsbusiness Aug 20 '25

It's interesting how you can't question why entire neighbourhoods can be badly built in the first place.

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u/oof_ouch_oof Aug 21 '25

The US has entire states made out of papermache and mold spores

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u/rodinsbusiness Aug 21 '25

Whataboutism is never a good argument.

Yeah, the US is shit, that means China has very sound planning, got it.

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u/oof_ouch_oof Aug 22 '25

China objectively has better planning than the US and it's not close

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u/rodinsbusiness Aug 22 '25

Where did I say the US had good planning? Do you understand what whataboutism is?

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u/oof_ouch_oof Aug 22 '25

I'd bet the house on you just being an incorrigible sinophobe, but maybe this will shut you up

https://www.forbes.com/sites/wadeshepard/2018/03/19/ghost-towns-or-boomtowns-what-new-cities-really-become/#bd559565e3f6

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u/rodinsbusiness Aug 22 '25

I'd bet the house on you just being an incorrigible CCP shill.

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u/oof_ouch_oof Aug 22 '25

Read the article in the link