PDA

View Full Version : The Largest Mall in the world is... empty...

SaltwaterServr
07-17-2011, 12:14 AM
No, it isn’t the famous Mall of America that we’re talking about, but rather the South China Mall located in Guangzhou, China. With an outdoor canal system that resembles The Venetian in Las Vegas, carnival rides, and tons of Western themed decor, you’d think you wandered into the ******* child of Walt Disney and Steve Wynn. Yet for all it’s glitz and glamour, the South China Mall is empty. Like, eerily empty. Check out the feature PBS did on it below. Weird.

http://applesandvcrs.com/the-worlds-largest-mall-is-empty/
UnoDallas
07-17-2011, 12:37 AM
well I see their problem

they got the teletubbies there
goliadmike
07-17-2011, 01:46 AM
No, it isn’t the famous Mall of America that we’re talking about, but rather the South China Mall located in Guangzhou, China. With an outdoor canal system that resembles The Venetian in Las Vegas, carnival rides, and tons of Western themed decor, you’d think you wandered into the ******* child of Walt Disney and Steve Wynn. Yet for all it’s glitz and glamour, the South China Mall is empty. Like, eerily empty. Check out the feature PBS did on it below. Weird.

http://applesandvcrs.com/the-worlds-largest-mall-is-empty/

Talk about a real estate bubble. China is building **** just to build **** to keep up their GDP. They will crash and burn...it is only a matter of time.
goliadmike
07-17-2011, 02:05 AM
Business Insider did a piece on China. If you care to look further into it here is a link: http://www.businessinsider.com/chinese-ghost-cities-2011-5?op=1
SaltwaterServr
07-17-2011, 03:03 AM
Business Insider did a piece on China. If you care to look further into it here is a link: http://www.businessinsider.com/chinese-ghost-cities-2011-5?op=1

Thanks for that link. The 18 facts about China that will blow your mind was also an eye opener.
gmoney112
07-17-2011, 03:15 AM
Talk about a real estate bubble. China is building **** just to build **** to keep up their GDP. They will crash and burn...it is only a matter of time.

Good to know. We've been competing with them lately for mineral right contracts. They're going on a spending binge, especially with shale oil contracts.

And those pictures...wow.
goliadmike
07-17-2011, 03:51 AM
They are (The Chinese) without a doubt, the greatest wasters of resources on the planet.
SaltwaterServr
07-17-2011, 06:07 AM
They are (The Chinese) without a doubt, the greatest wasters of resources on the planet.

Either that or their strategic economic plans extend to a half century from now.
rynochop
07-17-2011, 08:16 AM
The pics of those ghost cities are crazy. Bet it would be creepy walking around there. Looks like another planet.
Signals
07-17-2011, 08:35 AM
I would love to go mountain bike riding there.
Heisenberg
07-17-2011, 08:52 AM
The ghost towns are a little creepy.

And some of them have been empty for over a decade? Wow.
big dog cowboy
07-17-2011, 09:26 AM
China has 64 million vacant homes, including entire cities that are empty

:eek:

Wow I had no idea. What are they building all those cities and homes for?
Cythim
07-17-2011, 10:38 AM
:eek:

Wow I had no idea. What are they building all those cities and homes for?

My guess is jobs.


I imagine some of those places are littered with squatters.
bbgun
07-17-2011, 11:23 AM
Reminds me of that North Korean hotel that they suddenly stopped building, even though it was 90% finished.
Alumni2k11
07-17-2011, 03:02 PM
Very interesting indeed. Makes you wonder what they know that the rest of the world don't.
5Stars
07-17-2011, 04:26 PM
Well, China is a little backwards. They build all these ghost towns for people to live in, then kill all or most of the baby girls that are born?

No wonder nobody lives in those neighbor hoods...how can they reproduce?

An article that I read says that killing girls is because "men work harder, and women cause prostitution and over population"....


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/1506469.stm


Weird...those China Grove prople!