I think the Chinese are pre-empting urbanisation & don't want shanty towns
as in so many parts of the world. Look again in a few years. Those empty
cities will become new growth points. It also won't be long before the
urbanised masses start demanding their "rights" more forcefully.
Many poor people around the world would be only to happy to live in
abandoned buildings but they are denied access. In Africa, the land is
becoming deserted through urbanisation. Hello shanty towns, because there is
no money, unlike in China. Farming today is a serious business - the days of
tenant farming on 6 acres is over. In SA, although the blacks say they want
the land back (not the tribal land or state owned land, but rather the
successful "white" owned farms), they don't really want to farm. What they
are actually after is cash compensation so they can buy decent housing in
the cities, but who will pay?
Alan C
-----Original Message-----
From: P.J. Alling
Sent: Friday, June 27, 2014 6:32 PM
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Subject: Re: OT - Abandoned places pics
The population density of the world isn't uniform. There are huge empty
places. I don't know how reliable the estimate or how reliable my
memory but, a few years ago I remember reading that if you took the
entire human population of the world, at the time, and transported them
the US states of Texas and Colorado, and divided up the land equally
among them, each person would have a bit in excess of 6 acres or a
little over 4000 square meters all to themselves. 6 acres by the way is
the traditional measure for enough land to feed a family in Ireland.
Now I wouldn't want to try to feed a family of four let alone a
traditional Irish Family on 6 acres in West Texas, but, there's plenty
of room for abandoned places. The world isn't nearly as crowded as one
would think.
If you think old abandoned places are bad, what do you make of the "New"
abandoned places in China, they're still building empty cities there.
http://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-ideas/inside-china8217s-ghost-cities/story-e6frfqd9-1226716277487
On 6/27/2014 12:01 PM, Alan C wrote:
Regardless of the quality or otherwise of the photos, it is quite
astonishing that many of the buildings & structures could be abandoned at
all.
Alan C
-----Original Message----- From: Steve Cottrell
Sent: Friday, June 27, 2014 5:42 PM
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Subject: OT - Abandoned places pics
Some will find this fascinating...
<http://dashburst.com/pic/abandoned-places/>
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