I Visited a Failed $100 Billion Dollar Ghost City

I Visited a 'Failed' Chinese Built $100,000,000,000 Mega project dubbed as a Ghost City..

Contact Victor if you’re interested in any property in Forest City: [phone]

[Aaans-bdep]

Thats a paradise city to live for introverts! So green, near the water, no neighbours

[Geertt]

That place looks like paradise for people with remote jobs

[bailey]

Linda definitely took you to the Chinese restaurant she owns, genius

[raynarksatriawibowo]

Its crazy how they prefer to turn it into a ghost city rather than rent it cheap 😢

[aymaneoubad]

The thing that can be appreciated here is that most mega projects never make it out of the blueprints. These guys actually managed to materialize their idea. It's a cool place to live in. Thanks for sharing, and cheers!

[jj-ifit]

I love how the camera is already inside the hotel room and you have to act surprised to see it for the first time. Haha

[brus]

As an architecture student i LOVED this video.. i didnt even know this place existed and in my opinion the vision and architecture is gorgeous, such a shame it is a ghost town. With more people there i could see myself living there. The concept is nice and especially I was amazed by the model of the city. I cant fathom all the hours of work lost of architects, structure engineers and all people that had something to do with it.. its really sad but hopefully we can all take examples and learn for the future !!! loved the vid my man

PS u got to come to Slovakia i know it didnt work out last vid but i would love for u to see my country and its beauties.. I can show u around Košice if u want :) the flights from London cost like 20pounds

[afea]

I’m Malaysian and I go to Forest City very often for golf! It’s always fully booked and you need to book in advance! The side that is shown in the media is the depressing side which no doubt gives off abandoned vibes. But on the flip side, there are plenty of people there as well

[carleneprimus]

It's fantastic for a movie set, spa retreat, and an amazing place for those who work remotely.

[matseddyjambon]

Perfect place to film an apocalyptic movie

[UserAme]

This City was built with Chinese mainlanders in mind, not for the local people (most of us can't afford it). Even the sign was written in Chinese.

[danielwaynemiller]

this video just makes me want to visit - Forest City sounds like an introverts vacation paradise

[jontalbot]

Chinese people have limited options as to where they can invest so many bought apartments in the hope of renting out. But a city needs an economic rationale and Forest City does not have one

[ThunderRoad]

Ok sold, a city where no one is there. That's a dream place to live. Loving this investigative journalist you're becoming Ben.

[Marcho]

Forest City in Johor Bahru failed for a few simple reasons; the first being that the entire development’s success was hinged upon one particular demographic group; wealthy middle class families and investors from China. From 2020 onwards, the Chinese government began cracking down hard on their own middle class bringing money out of the country, which meant that a lot of people who would have become Forest City buyers couldn’t complete on their transactions. In addition, those Chinese people who could bring their money out of the country through illicit channels or corruption didn’t view developments like Forest City as a good choice; many simply went into the capital of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur or Singapore for property instead.

[LG]

“Bro I did not expect this to be so nice” he says to a camera that he’s had to walk through the room to put down 😂😂

[MsJusticeever]

It’s clearly unaffordable for the majority of people who can legally buy property there. Furthermore, once it’s all populated, it will just become another heaving mega city with noise, crowds and fumes.

[placeholdername]

Theres actually several of these abandoned mega housing projects across China from a bubble economy. In China it was something with how they could just build and build all sorts of crap and deduct taxes or something like that.

[CW-Design]

This is karma for building unaffordable housing for local people or people who actually want to build a life in Malaysia.

[alktal_ksa]

great to see you back Ben I truly miss your videos they are therapy to me .