Mickey7@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 11 days agoToo bad we can't have good public transportationlemmy.worldimagemessage-square168linkfedilinkarrow-up11.14Karrow-down124
arrow-up11.11Karrow-down1imageToo bad we can't have good public transportationlemmy.worldMickey7@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 11 days agomessage-square168linkfedilink
minus-squareThirdConsul@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up14·edit-211 days 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-up3·10 days 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.