‘A ghost town’: Malaysia’s Country Garden Forest City struggles to sell units (www.scmp.com)

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Sorry for the paywalled, I have no idea

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https://archive.ph/2023.09.06-164040/https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3233246/malaysias-country-garden-forest-city-us100-billion-ghost-town-caught-china-property-giants-woes

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[-] Astroturfed@lemmy.world 7 points 3 years ago

When are we going to learn that these huge all at once attempts to build a new "city" are just foolish. People don't just move to a city because you build it. There has to be jobs, culture and other reasons to be there.

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