Inside the ‘eerie’ £80 billion ghost city built for 700,000 people – but only a fraction moved in
There is a city in Malaysia that was originally built to accommodate a population of 700,000 people.
Forest City was developed by the Chinese company Country Garden, which is part of the Belt and Road Initiative project that started in 2016.
A whopping £80 billion was spent building the community, which aims to create an environmentally friendly and modern environment.
Despite grand plans, only 9,000 people have moved into Forest City since work began several years ago. To express.
There’s even a water park, restaurants and bars, as well as a golf course, but it remains mostly empty.
There was a change in China’s capital controls in 2017, just a year after development began, leading to a decline in investment and problems with completion of work. ladbible.
As of last year, only 15 percent was completed.
Nazmi Hanafiah moved to the city for six months and lived in a one-bedroom apartment in a skyscraper.
Forest City was developed by the Chinese company Country Garden as part of the Belt and Road Initiative project that started in 2016.
A whopping £80 billion was spent building the community, which aims to create an environmentally friendly and modern environment. Image: A shopping complex in Forest City
Drone photograph of apartment blocks and other facilities in the Forest City special financial district in Iskandar Puteri, Johor state, Malaysia
There’s even a water park, restaurants and bars, as well as a golf course, but it remains mostly empty. Image: General view of apartment buildings in Forest City
However, he could not stay long and said: BBC: ‘I didn’t care about the deposit, I didn’t care about the money. ‘I just needed to get out.’
The IT engineer described Forest City as a ‘ghost town’ and said: ‘I get goosebumps when I come back.’
Another resident, Joanne Kaur, told the news outlet: ‘This place is spooky. Even during the day, when you walk out your front door, the corridor is dark.’
The city consists of four islands spread over an area of 30 square kilometers. Forest City’s website.
It continues: ‘The newly built Forest City will be a smart and green, futuristic city that combines environment, technology and advanced technology to create an ideal, idyllic and technology-driven ecosystem of living and working space.’
Country Garden told the BBC the city was ‘optimistic’ it would be completed despite any problems.
There are ‘spooky’ places much closer to home, including the abandoned Pleasure Island at Cleethorpes.
According to Forest City’s website, the city consists of four islands spread over an area of 30 square kilometers.
Despite the grand plans, only 9,000 people have moved into Forest City since work began several years ago.
Country Garden told the BBC the city was ‘optimistic’ it would be completed despite any problems. Image: An office tower in Forest City
Residential towers of Forest City in Iskandar Puteri, Malaysia, on Thursday, January 4, 2024
Pleasure Island was divided into six regions (Africa, Morocco, Old England, Spain, Kiddies Kingdom, and White Knuckle Valley) and was home to many exciting rides such as Alakazam, Terror Rack, and Gravitron.
He closed up shop in 2016 after 23 years, and the once-popular theme park was left to decay.
The vehicles were sold in October 2018, but most of the buildings are still intact to this day.
The theme park has a variety of structures still standing, from fully installed rides with all their decorations to arcades with machines still inside.
