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LWolf

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Reply to FrodosPet (Original post)

Fri Nov 14, 2014, 11:01 AM

Nov 2014

every human on the planet has clean, well-constructed, safe, secure, permanent housing, there is no such thing as a useless building, imo.

Which, of course, has nothing to do with GNP.

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Is it economically useful to build useless buildings? [View all] FrodosPet Nov 2014 OP

Poor Construction: China's Cities are Falling Down FrodosPet Nov 2014 #1

Ask any Realtor they will tell you, it is all about location, location, location. CK_John Nov 2014 #6

Until LWolf Nov 2014 #2

Having a house in an empty city IS pretty useless. TampaAnimusVortex Nov 2014 #4

Do we have empty cities, with no homeless people? LWolf Nov 2014 #5

So we should be shipping our homeless to China? n/t tammywammy Nov 2014 #7

. LWolf Nov 2014 #13

Ronda Storms in Tampa would love to ship our homeless to China. NCTraveler Nov 2014 #8

Of course, LWolf Nov 2014 #14

Because we have a different system... TampaAnimusVortex Nov 2014 #11

Putting guns to people's heads? LWolf Nov 2014 #12

Sometimes Recursion Nov 2014 #3

DUzy!! KamaAina Nov 2014 #10

A major part of the problem in China is their tax model, but the cities won't be empty long. Xithras Nov 2014 #9