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Michael Tatarski's avatar

You’re doing god’s work here. These places are so grimly fascinating.

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James Clark's avatar

Ha thanks! Yes grimly fascinating is how I have sometimes described it

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Bob Schiff's avatar

The government should at least put in place a requirement that sufficient funds be set aside by developers to demolish and remove these developments when they inevitably fail.

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James Clark's avatar

Yes good idea, and it would have to be at a national level, as it seems that most of the trouble comes from decisions at the provincial level

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Greg Rodgers's avatar

This looks horrible. And you hit the mark: Why mimic the worst parts of the U.S. (suburban Florida) when there are so many better examples of how to configure a coastal area correctly!

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James Clark's avatar

It would be so easy to copy what works, I truly don't get it

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rjhintz's avatar

Weird that the embankment with the stairway doesn't have a ramp for pulling a shopping cart or using a wheelchair. Ok, I know disabled access is a fantasy, but this is a new development.

And "Bikini Beach"? 🙄

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rjhintz's avatar

Also, I wonder what the financing is for these mega developments when there is apparently so little revenue.

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James Clark's avatar

This is something I wonder about for all of the Vietnamese conglomerates.

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James Clark's avatar

I wonder if the designers of these cities ever walk anywhere, or if they have been chauffeured their whole life

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