# "Ghost Towns of China" **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [December 19, 2010, 10:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ghost-towns-of-china/207408 "2010-12-19T22:22:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![travisn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/travisn/32/5046_2.png) [@travisn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/travisn)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2010, 10:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ghost-towns-of-china/207408/1 "2010-12-19T22:22:52Z")
absolutely unbelievable. > **[The ghost towns of China: Amazing satellite images show cities meant to be home...](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1339536/Ghost-towns-China-Satellite-images-cities-lying-completely-deserted.html)** > > In what could be argued as a clear sign of China's property bubble, there are no cars at all in most of the images and thousands of flats and homes lie empty. ![http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/12/17/article-1339536-0C8593D5000005DC-997_634x475.jpg](http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/12/17/article-1339536-0C8593D5000005DC-997_634x475.jpg) ![http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/12/17/article-1339536-0C859404000005DC-176_634x475.jpg](http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/12/17/article-1339536-0C859404000005DC-176_634x475.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2010, 2:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ghost-towns-of-china/207408/2 "2010-12-20T02:37:42Z")
The thing is though now that this is public and on the internet… This city won’t be around tomorrow lol ---
**Author:** ![Paulo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/paulo/32/7328_2.png) [@Paulo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Paulo)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2010, 5:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ghost-towns-of-china/207408/3 "2010-12-20T05:16:30Z")
> He said the country was ‘on an economic treadmill to hell’ and the country’s bubble was ‘Dubai times 1,000’. Yikes. It would be pretty cool to go roaming around some of those cities, though. ---
**Author:** ![ProgRocker](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/progrocker/32/5434_2.png) [@ProgRocker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ProgRocker)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2010, 5:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ghost-towns-of-china/207408/4 "2010-12-20T05:26:52Z")
Almost as bad as N. Korea, where in some areas there are no tourists (obviously), and visitors but shops and businesses operate as if the place was NYC. I watched this and it was a pretty cool “documentary” [http://www.vbs.tv/watch/the-vice-guide-to-travel/vice-guide-to-north-korea-1-of-3](http://www.vbs.tv/watch/the-vice-guide-to-travel/vice-guide-to-north-korea-1-of-3) ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2010, 5:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ghost-towns-of-china/207408/5 "2010-12-20T05:42:00Z")
Interesting, but in the first picture there sure seem to be a lot of cars parked for that area to be empty. I can even see a boat cruising across that lake. ---
**Author:** ![Freek](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/freek/32/7357_2.png) [@Freek](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Freek)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2010, 5:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ghost-towns-of-china/207408/6 "2010-12-20T05:46:36Z")
> [@JayS](#): > > Interesting, but in the first picture there sure seem to be a lot of cars parked for that area to be empty. I can even see a boat cruising across that lake. IIRC they said it was a water reclamation plant. A kind of necessity to have even in a mostly abandoned city. ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2010, 7:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ghost-towns-of-china/207408/7 "2010-12-20T07:26:44Z")
The hedges look like they’re trimmed pretty nicely too. Of course, maybe they’re fake hedges made in China. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2010, 7:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ghost-towns-of-china/207408/8 "2010-12-20T07:28:17Z")
Fake hedges made entirely of lead and cadmium. ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2010, 7:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ghost-towns-of-china/207408/9 "2010-12-20T07:29:27Z")
I could do without the lead, but mmm I love those chocolate eggs. ---
**Author:** ![dirtye30](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dirtye30/32/7333_2.png) [@dirtye30](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dirtye30)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2010, 7:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ghost-towns-of-china/207408/10 "2010-12-20T07:58:39Z")
its a fallout for after 2012/WW3. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff95TA](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jeff95ta/32/5935_2.png) [@Jeff95TA](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jeff95TA)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2010, 8:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ghost-towns-of-china/207408/11 "2010-12-20T08:05:31Z")
> [@Fry](#): > > I could do without the lead, but mmm I love those chocolate eggs. 🤣 The cadmium bunny. ---
**Author:** ![Bakes](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bakes/32/7469_2.png) [@Bakes](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bakes)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2010, 8:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ghost-towns-of-china/207408/12 "2010-12-20T08:35:33Z")
Reminds me of the Island City of Hashima, Japan > **[Hashima Island: Japan's Ghost Island](http://kobekevin.blogspot.com/2009/09/http2.html)** > > Someone sent me some lyrics to a song about an interesting island in Japan. At first, I dismissed it as not so interesting, but after about ... ---
**Author:** ![Z28pr0jekt](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/z28pr0jekt/32/5393_2.png) [@Z28pr0jekt](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Z28pr0jekt)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2010, 9:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ghost-towns-of-china/207408/13 "2010-12-20T09:08:06Z")
Perfect spot to race lol ---
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2010, 9:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ghost-towns-of-china/207408/14 "2010-12-20T09:09:59Z")
:word: Let me at those empty 5-lane highways :tup: ---
**Author:** ![BoOsT-HuNgRy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boost-hungry/32/5721_2.png) [@BoOsT-HuNgRy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BoOsT-HuNgRy)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2010, 10:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ghost-towns-of-china/207408/15 "2010-12-20T10:02:02Z")
wow how did you stumble upon this ? i know it was on the web but what were you googling ? ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blue_eyed_devil/32/7292_2.png) [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2010, 10:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ghost-towns-of-china/207408/16 "2010-12-20T10:35:08Z")
The Chinese are silly for building all of these buildings/infrastructure aren’t they? ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2010, 11:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ghost-towns-of-china/207408/17 "2010-12-20T11:10:13Z")
lol ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blue_eyed_devil/32/7292_2.png) [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2010, 11:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ghost-towns-of-china/207408/18 "2010-12-20T11:20:32Z")
Remember the… no of course you don’t but, Sears used to build “craftsman” homes. I wonder how long it will be before WalMart builds the “Chinese” home here. It will give a whole new perspective to the housing bubble. ---
**Author:** ![boxxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxxa/32/5045_2.png) [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2010, 1:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ghost-towns-of-china/207408/19 "2010-12-20T13:26:08Z")
So did they build these in hopes that people would leave the crowded cities and move to these cities or were these once inhibited and are now vacant? ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2010, 1:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ghost-towns-of-china/207408/20 "2010-12-20T13:29:40Z")
> [@Blue Eyed Devil](#): > > Remember the… no of course you don’t but, Sears used to build “craftsmen” homes. I wonder how long it will be before WalMart builds the “Chinese” home here. It will give a whole new perspective to the housing bubble. There’s still a bunch of old craftsmen houses standing (and actually in great shape) in a historic neighborhood in Raleigh. [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ghost-towns-of-china/207408.md?page=2)