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As nice as it sounds a ton of ppl are still on the streets on both sides
Even tho one has ghost cities
Neither has ghost cities, but one has ghost towns in the southwest and the rust belt.
Mb i meant towns
Where source?
Wikipedia and chinese news channels?
Wikipedia, the bastion of objectivity on everything remotely political or controversial.
No URLs = didn't happen
american ghost towns
As for homelessness both sides will spout nonsense about it being fake while social sites like reddit and douyin show otherwise
Not really, the PRC has incredibly low unhoused rates, and the fact that they build cities anticipating future demand is part of why that happens.