Yeah - the rate of construction is disturbing in China, ghost cities etc. I've a hard time calling it 'progress'
When I saw your thumbnail image I thought it was a project going on near where I'm at in HK. There's also something about the 'light' in China, even though Dalian's a fair way away from HK.
@steemmeupscotty, China has done a lot of centrally planned "pre building" as it were in anticipation for millions of internal migrants who were supposed to leave the countryside for jobs in Urban areas. Many of them never showed up. But it's an interesting contrast to Western organization where when that happens housing prices go way up until a bubble bursts at some point and some people lose their shirts in the crash. Upsides and downsides to both scenarios I guess.
Yes, and now an attempt to fill some of these ghost cities is underway with 'coupons' being issued to those who've had their homes and livelihood requisitioned by the government. Cases like the 3 gorges dam, where over a million people were forced out of their homes, and the environmental damage to boot makes one shudder.
But on the flip side they've used that cheap electricity to create Bitcoin mining farms so win for crypto??? lol
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They do build faster then things can be used it seems. I expect those ghost cities to eventually fill up with people and industries. I've been to HK it's got better traffic then Dalian in my experience.
True - HK has a great public transport system which alleviates much of the road traffic congestion. The ghost cities may fill up, true, but I just wished the fake Paris type ones would stop being built. But then, hey, China does do things 'differently' ;)
Yea Dalian has some very western areas, like complete replicas of Europe or USA.
I wrote them long ago. Here's the links. I can see why they do it. I mean for decades everything was Chairman Mao style architecture which is old. They needed something different and what is more different than these examples below.
https://steemit.com/cn/@solarguy/i-landed-in-china-and-found-venice
https://steemit.com/cn/@solarguy/i-landed-in-china-and-found-new-england-what-a-surprise
Cool - I'll check out your posts - Yeah, it seems China has a fascination with recreating western architecture - even in Macau, an Eiffel Tower, and concrete Venetian waterways with signing men in gondolas :/