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jmbar2

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3. China has around 50 large "ghost cities", however...

Reply to mwmisses4289 (Reply #1)

Mon May 11, 2026, 12:32 PM

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their approach is to build the cities out in advance of population shifts. As the video says, they are thinking 50 years from now. Some of the earlier under populated sites have seen population growth later.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underoccupied_developments_in_China

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