World's Most Useless Megaprojects 

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You can talk about the Hellinikon Project. It isn't an abandoned project in Greece but it is a worth a try mentioning it!

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*LAVASA* was conceived by Gulabchand as India's first private hill city in 2000, following similar private developments in the U.S. like Seaside, Florida, or the Disney development of Celebration

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Are you listening Hamilton Ontario?

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or build these housing in phases.. like that Turkey project.. Why are they building all 700+ at once instead of building only the ones that were purchased. It is just greed and stupidity. I just hope the labourers got paid.

You sound like you've constructed many many of these projects. Thank you Babu.

@@darkangelkate3950 what happen in Hamilton, Ontario?

exactly, not even a garage??

@@SunriseLAW That's VERY different.

Exactly what I thought. The (medium-) rich might want to show off as being superior, and how can you do that in identical villas?

I've seen a video where the local residents were interviewed, and they hated the project, because it destroyed the landscape. It also didn't have anything to do with the original style of the country and was basically just a faceless, tasteless Disneyland version.

It looks so so shit. Like they gave an intern the design pencil. Could’ve been a lot better

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​@@chocomojo9552 they must be shitting themselves

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Cities Skylines, but when you place down plots, nobody moves in...

Do it at night in the middle with no GPS /phone reception >:3

It really is. Who wants to live in a city where every house looks the same?

Maybe adding a few strip malls like california city will lighten the mood

@@matfax We already got this with suburban neighborhoods here. No uniqueness, no identity, just identical houses and blank lawns with barely any plantlife other than cut grass.

Just imagine trying to find your house after a night out with friends, when you're a bit drunk. "Why the f*** doesn't my key fit in the lock, am I at the wrong house again? For the fifth time?"

Thats what im saying. Architecture should never be identical

Wait until you visit Irvine CA or any new development in California really...

While not to my taste some people crave the conformity

It's not only that the villas are all identical, they're also literally in the middle of nowhere. There is nothing there you can actually do.

It is to make construction cheaper, it is easier and faster to build 700+ of the same thing than to make 700+ similar but different things. With how close those buildings are placed to each other it looks like the goal was to make as much money out of this project as possible, not to create something nice for whoever that was going to live there.

Actually, Edwards Air Force Base, which is 18 miles to the SE, is the largest employer of city residents. Mojave Air and Space Port is another employer as is Hyundai/Kia Proving Grounds which is located in the city.

The prison came after the city had already failed and he'd long since left the effort. It was never part of the "plan".

Yeah building a giant city in the desert is not exactly sustainable

The prison is extremely new and wasn't part of Mendelssohn's plan. That is a recent attempt to bring jobs.

@@johnr797 Las Vegas?

Zappi's across the street has good Italian food though 😂

@@Gamefruitpulp Zappi's not gonna last long because few years ago, there's a proposal of 3 towers, which there all 30 story hotels where Zappi is, and It's been approved, but we don't know if there still doing wind study till this day.

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What is the street that this project is supposed to be built on? I have a video with Niagara Falls, NY in it. It was the top 10 small cities with unusually large skylines. I found out about how much bigger and nicer the Canadian side is when researching for the vid. I would like to go there some day but it's a little ways from me. ru-vid.com/group/PLE6cVwezqMRGix4FOcV7iiNGiErOA5t_W This is the one that it's in.

How is life in Bakersfield? The weather seems sub tropical.

To me California City looks like a giant Rattle Snake Ranch!

I never even heard of it until this video.

Castles in AoE 2 are not that ugly. This gives more of AoE 3 vibes.

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I've seen a video about this project where some locals were interviewed, and they seemingly hate the entire project, because it destroys the landscape and doesn't give them any benefits like jobs or something like that.

@@MyRegardsToTheDodo It also just looks ugly.

@@rickhughesprints at first glance it looks like a cemetery.

@@MyRegardsToTheDodo I've seen Storror playing hidden and seek on it hahaha

I drove through Cal City a year ago… all I can remember was that I was glad when I drove out and it was in my review… Lancaster isn’t much better!

His rocket was not able to fit in Maccas drive thru and hence the downward spiral..

I'm just guessing the design was not esthetically pleasing as 1 big negative that worked against it. The illustrations looked unappealing to me. Very flat. Lacking a landscaped appeal that would attract homeowners. I think it could have been designed utilizing more of the desert southwest natural elements. I'm not sure that was considered desirable at the time.

Why do the rich live in the same block.

The American Dream. Being able to access everything by walking... What, are you a communist? ......

Because that is what Los Angeles was and it was booming.

I was thinking about possible demolition during the video. How to do that and not put in danger those living under it?

It would probably be cheaper to just finish it than to demolish it.

It's north korea over again.

Yeah, these are meant to fail. It's just a way to launder money.

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They would like like they did in Manhattan with the old Union Carbide building. Dismantle floor by floor.

I had exactly the same thought at first moment .

Springfield?

You confirmed my guess that Edwards employed many of the residents of Cal City.

Either that or have it be your nation's capital (see Canberra, Washington DC and Brasilia)

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I know right? This is awesome to watch.

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My thoughts excacly!

I don't think that Chinese one will ever be completed. The problem with leaving something uncompleted and exposed to the elements for a long period of time is that you can't just start building again. The interiors and infrastructure (like in the Turkish project) start to corrode and rot and that can't just be ignored....

@@johnvannewhouse agreed. Combine with their economic downturn, real estate bubble burst, and shrinking population, its a no go

The aquifer in California city was overstated they are now on water from the Los Angeles aquaduct and have been for decades. The jobs in the area come from Edwards Air Force Base, Mojave airport, US Borax and some from the prison. Additionally Honda and Hyundai both have test facilities in the area. Long term houses have turned out to be a good investment there. It will probably never grow to the original plans as there is not nearly enough water for a city that size. As to the lack of palm trees the winter climate can be very harsh at night with most nights below freezing, not conducive to most palm varieties. At one time the main thoroughfare was 3 miles of rose bushes but the water demands saw them removed. It is pretty affordable for California while still in an area that can provide a middle class income. You either like the desert or you don't but it does not lack for recreation options.

@@johnvannewhouse The Turkish villa project will never be completed either. There is no real interest in those villas, because they're essentially in the middle of nowhere and nobody who could afford living there would actually want to live there (why should they?) and by now you'd probably have to tear them down and start rebuilding entirely (I don't know if the earthquake in Turkey a few days ago affected the structures and I am pretty sure nobody is actually interested enough in them to check now). There were some investors, but no real customers and the investors pulled out.

@@MyRegardsToTheDodo All good points. Thanks!

it is even ironic that this video comes in the side of youtube in every video about the saudi arabia the line, lol

We won't because it won't get beyond those renderings

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I wouldn't consider the Transrapid a failed megaproject, they never really started building it and it actually never entered planing stage (until China bought it and built it).

@@MyRegardsToTheDodo Transrapid has a 27km test track which was even commuting on a regular basis between 2 towns (mainly touristic travels though). There are multiple generations of working trains as well.

@@KozKalanndok That's like calling the Wuppertal Schwebebahn a failed superproject, because no other city addapted it (which was actually the engineer's plan). It was a pitch that never found a buyer.

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They weren't homes and resort to rich people. You need to solve survival.

I can't impart your opinion to modern urban environments elsewhere.

That's exactly what I thought...and not only that....a large city! I guess the idea was to rake in the cash at the beginning and then bail before the s**t hit the fan...something like what happened at the Salton Sea.

They could've maybe recycled the water like where I live in Orange County, which also has a massive aquifer under my feet.

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There is a lot of propaganda that Chinese ghost districts, cities, buildings are a myth. But it turns out, not so much myth. The first derelict sky scraper I saw was in Tianjin in 1999, not this one of course, but that city is probably cursed.

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Not all refugees can pay 500k for the house but we can easily pack those houses with 6-8 families

They should convert the Burj Al Baba into an affordable housing commune.

Define "affordable " how much of an " affordable house/project" is actually fees and permits and more fees added on by the government that cries "CRISIS!!"

I thought everyone was forced to leave this building.

It’s quite popular for off road vehicle riding and camping. Kinda a neat little spot to see what could have been.

Because California City never got to the point where there was much to tear down.

The Line is only one part of the NEOM Project. There are actually three other areas, though they are slightly less insane.

@@petergray7576 I can't wait then to see the entire NEON project feature here

@@virgiliovargas3052 Wait until you here about the planned farming areas outside the city, apparently to be achieved with genetically engineered crops. Yep, and with a little genetic engineering humanity will be able to walk on water....