It looks like how I place buildings in Tropico.
"Yeah, I'll just dump a bunch of hotels in this big open space... oh, I guess I have to turn this one to fit"
I’d love to see more buildings like this for apartments! Scaling vertically but still getting outdoor space that isn’t roofed by the next balcony up.
Photos like this def make me wish Lemmy had the resources to upload nice high-res images
Wait, really?
I always assumed China had these massive complexes because of the population density.
Chinese people (the ordinary ones, not the rich) have almost nowhere to invest their money somewhat secure because of capital control and hard control of the stock market by the CCP.
Coupled with a culturally ingrained appreciation for real estate, this led to a huge housing boom - it's the only viable investment and there's the expectation that young men own real estate. And this turned into a huge bubble where shoddy, unusable buildings are built in hastily "developed" areas that will never house people.
This bubble was about to burst, but since that could endanger the CCP, they managed to turn that into a rapid deflation instead.
No, frequently chinese devlopments are built far in advance of the population moving there. There are multiple fully built modern ghost cities. That may not be the case here in Sanya City, though. I haven't looked into it.
Thats the intention, but a lot of buildings are getting half-finished, then sold when they lose funding... just to be demolished so they can start all over again.
Yes and no. There are a lot of places in China that are high population density but also hundreds of completely empty skyscrapers.
Kinda like how in the US you have entire neighborhoods completely empty built for the sole purpose of artificially raising house prices in the area.
Are there cool rows of buildings like this in the US? I always see these and its beijing, hong kong, singapore etc.
Regulations are probably tighter outside China, can't slap together a skyscraper in 3 months that'll fall apart in a year like China can.
Is there any particular reason for the tree design? I am sure they could have chosen something a little more interesting.
