top | item 2015924 Google’s Satellite Images Reveal Chinese ‘Ghost Cities’ 7 points| ptous | 15 years ago |scallywagandvagabond.com | reply 3 comments order hn newest [+] [-] DupDetector|15 years ago|reply Clearly a popular submission - we've seen it three times before this one:http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2014746http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2006910http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2015447 <- This third submission got the upvotes and the comments. [+] [-] kevinelliott|15 years ago|reply I really get a kick out of Google satellite images of China. There are a lot of oddities, such as that 1/3rd scale replica of a mountain region (assumed to be Tibetan?) with a facility nearby full of tanks/cars/etc. [+] [-] svjunkie|15 years ago|reply "Nobody's ever really lost money on real estate in China" - how can you short this market? Do they have entities analogous to REITs there?
[+] [-] DupDetector|15 years ago|reply Clearly a popular submission - we've seen it three times before this one:http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2014746http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2006910http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2015447 <- This third submission got the upvotes and the comments.
[+] [-] kevinelliott|15 years ago|reply I really get a kick out of Google satellite images of China. There are a lot of oddities, such as that 1/3rd scale replica of a mountain region (assumed to be Tibetan?) with a facility nearby full of tanks/cars/etc.
[+] [-] svjunkie|15 years ago|reply "Nobody's ever really lost money on real estate in China" - how can you short this market? Do they have entities analogous to REITs there?
[+] [-] DupDetector|15 years ago|reply
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2014746
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2006910
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2015447 <- This third submission got the upvotes and the comments.
[+] [-] kevinelliott|15 years ago|reply
[+] [-] svjunkie|15 years ago|reply