Good Nightmare...#46...Ghost Town...*

The area where today stands the city is one of the most resource-rich China, with about 1/6 of the total value of the coal mines and about 1/3 of natural gas deposits around the country. The outlet of all wealth-related resource extraction has been speculation, of course supported by the Chinese government. To achieve Ordos were in fact spent $160 billion of public money that, to date, has been virtually thrown to the winds...*

The apartments of the countless skyscrapers are in fact still quite empty, and the city is difficult to define it as such, in the absence of all the bustle of the eastern megalopolis ordered. The Cranes have remained steadfast in yards waiting for new orders, and public places such as the white mosque geometric closed, waiting for the faithful who wish to attend. The wealthy coal and gas have obviously been buying up apartments, buildings and structures, thinking that perhaps one day will be filled...*

The value of the houses on the other hand is not at all diminished, following the rules that we in the West struggle to understand (as there is no question the price should fall). Other oddities are almost full functionality of public facilities in the city. A town of 30,000 inhabitants, which for China are the typical size of a tiny mountain village, hardly benefits from airport, hospitals, public transportation and more. A Ordos all works, but it lacks the fundamental part to justify such massive use of energy and public money: people...*

suggestive...*