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RE: Waiting for an Express to be Built. How'd They Get Left in That Spot?

@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.

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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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