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So it sounds like it was still early in development. As I said, they're planned to be underpopulated at first because they are built in anticipation of demand rather than in response to it. Other areas that have been reported on as "ghost cities" have since been populated.
That feels like a tucked on excuse, it's not like houses won't deteriorate if you leave them uninhabited? Why not build to demand, when it takes like 2 years to construct, not 10?