Mickey7@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 2 months agoToo bad we can't have good public transportationlemmy.worldimagemessage-square169linkfedilinkarrow-up11.16Karrow-down124
arrow-up11.13Karrow-down1imageToo bad we can't have good public transportationlemmy.worldMickey7@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square169linkfedilink
minus-squareThirdConsul@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up14·2 months agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underoccupied_developments_in_China empty cities Not so empty anymore, and calling them empty was bullshit.
minus-squarebountygiver [any]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoTurns out when you decide to build a new city, of course it would be empty at first, then people will eventually move in. But we can’t do that because we need to preserve the artificial scarcity of housing so they can be used as an investment.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underoccupied_developments_in_China
Not so empty anymore, and calling them empty was bullshit.
Turns out when you decide to build a new city, of course it would be empty at first, then people will eventually move in. But we can’t do that because we need to preserve the artificial scarcity of housing so they can be used as an investment.