BEAUTIFUL Cities NO ONE Wants To Live In!

every year new cities are built from scratch around the world however they don't always find their inhabitants hundreds of new residential houses are empty sitting in eternal expectation of their owners one can find such newborn ghost towns in different parts of the world we at fact feed wondered why this happens and look what we found the most interesting thing we've prepared for you is at the end of the video fact feed presents beautiful cities no one wants to live in come Bashi China China is the world leader when it comes to the number of buildings under construction new cities are built there every year but despite the high population density lots of them remain empty one probable reason is the extremely high prices for real estate another theory says it's insurance in case of war if the densely populated Chinese cities are attacked from the air rebuilding them will cost a fortune it's much cheaper and easier to settle the surviving population in new cities the largest Chinese ghost city is located in the Ordos district where a rich coal deposit was discovered in the city of Caen Bashi there are thousands of houses as well as necessary infrastructure including an airport parks theaters street sculptures and a museum construction began in 2001 and there were supposed to be 1 million inhabitants however only 2 percent of the planned population currently lives there Sir Eugenia Spain in the early 2000s pseudo Enya was a small village in the north of Spain but a few years later a whole city was designed for 10,000 people and it was built on its outskirts in record time more than 100 cottages and multi apartment buildings were constructed there with restaurants stores swimming pools and even a golf club yet 2008 brought a global financial crisis which prevented the city's settlement now the city has slightly more than 100 citizens but all the necessary infrastructure functions properly nevertheless the city never becomes truly empty because here lies the path of the pilgrims to the Spanish city of Santiago de Compostela Tom's town China another Chinese ghost town Tom's town is a small copy of London it occupies only one square kilometer and was meant for 10,000 inhabitants it has its own River Tom's Victorian houses a gothic Church red telephone booths and statues of Harry Potter and James Bond the budget for the city's construction was about 800 million the pseudo European town failed to become settled due to the financial crisis of 2008 which showed that the wealthy Chinese population the town was designed for was practically absent very few people could afford to live in Chinese London so the city remains a ghost town Mount Tom's town along with Honda Sheng is only large-scale wedding scenery you [Music] you you Masdar City UAE master city is an eco city that's being built 17 kilometers away from Abu Dhabi the capital of the United Arab Emirates the project is estimated at 22 billion dollars it's based on the principle of responsibility which means a sustainable environment in the city this will be achieved by providing energy from renewable resources minimizing carbon dioxide emissions to the atmosphere and the complete city waste recycling system the city is meant for 50,000 inhabitants but only 300 people live there now most of them are students from the mad star Institute of Science and Technology cars are prohibited there and only one store is open one needs to go to other cities for the majority of goods despite the fact that the project is almost finished the city is still empty one of the reasons that prevented the settlement was economic crisis in addition a population that's accustomed to living in luxury may not be ready to live on the principle of responsibility that lies at the core of mats our city Columba Angola the city of Colombo was built by a Chinese investment corporation 30 kilometers away from Luanda the capital of Ingo 'la it was the embodiment of the pre-election promises of President Jose Eduardo dos Santos who guaranteed the construction of a huge amount of buildings in the shortest time possible the construction of Colombo was finished in 2012 there were 750 multi-story apartment buildings to house half-a-million people more than a hundred shopping spaces and dozens of schools the total cost of construction is estimated at 3.5 billion dollars however despite all efforts the city's population is about 1,000 people it turned out that the country almost didn't have a middle class the majority of the population is below the poverty threshold living with $2 a day therefore they cannot afford to buy an apartment even with the help of a mortgage you [Music] Kishan dong North Korea the North Korean village of Kaesong dong is located next to Demilitarized Zone and is the only settlement that can be seen from South Korea the village was built in the 1950s with the aim of promoting a high standard of living that awaits all southerners crossing the border despite the official version that there are over 200 ordinary families living in the village one can see with the help of modern optics that the houses are empty boxes without rooms the lights are always turned on in the same parts of the buildings and at the same time sometimes one can notice soldiers as well as women washing windows the same people as 15 years ago until 2004 the village has working loudspeakers with propaganda texts directed toward the south having realized the uselessness of such shows North Korea began to broadcast military marches for 20 hours a day at full volume South Korea has responded with roaring speakers playing local rock music when the noise became unbearable the radios on both sides were turned off forever Oh loelai Italy on the Mediterranean island of Sardinia the old village of Ola lie is at risk of turning into a ghost town over the past half century the town's population has declined from 2,250 people to just 1,300 and now there are hundreds of abandoned homes in an effort to lure in new residents Ola lies government is selling 200 of these homes for just a dollar 25 each according to CNN the village has already sold three houses and more than a hundred people from across the world have expressed interest the villages mayor officio Audibel says the goal is to preserve Ola lies culture this isn't the first time an Italian town has offered homes for so little the Sicilian town of gonji started selling vacant homes for $1 in 2015 gonji and ole ole I share the same condition owners needed to present plans for renovation within the first year and fix up their houses within three [Music] [Music] you [Music]

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Length: 10min 6sec (606 seconds)

Published: Tue Dec 11 2018