Myanmar's $4BN Mega Ghost City

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@MegaBuildsYT Жыл бұрын

What do you think - why was Naypyidaw really built? 🤔

@Jamiew2020 Жыл бұрын

Idk but why are you uploading every 2 weeks

@MegaBuildsYT Жыл бұрын

@@Jamiew2020 The editing of this video took longer than expected, so we had to skip last Saturday 😮‍💨

@Jamiew2020 Жыл бұрын

Oh ok well it is happening a lot but the video are doing amazing keep up the good work

@Jamiew2020 Жыл бұрын

Wait maybe because it is so cheap so that say if the do it today with the roads might cost 1.25 billion dollars but if they do it 2100 it might cost 12.5 billions dollars

@magnol1a_ Жыл бұрын

to get people get away from yangon

@nyeinchankoko90 Жыл бұрын

I found this video interesting. I was born and raised in Pyinmana which is now part of Nay Pyi Daw. When I was around 13 years old (2003), I heard from elders that something was building around own town. Some workers from my town commuted to development area. I always believed that they were building a big dam (Paung Laung) for electricity project. But after two years, the elders again sharing some unconfirmed rumors about a new city project. They said Pyinmana will become the district/ state capital . But later we knew they were working on a new capital which is similar to Yangon . At that time , no name has been confirmed, people assumed "Yan Lone", "Yan Shin" etc. Those name are hilarious , common dog name. They gave the name "Nay Pyi Daw" when I was 15, just I'm studying for my university entrance exam. The 20 lanes road hadn't been built yet. And there was no big pagoda, the replica of Shwedagon. My school took us a field trip around Nay Pyi Daw with newly operated Buses. We mostly saw constructions in the forest. Pyinmana ,Lawei, and Takkon which are former towns in that region were integrated into the Nay Pyi Daw territory. The new city was unlivable, so people lived in nearby towns and commuted to Nay Pyi Daw for work. They developed new towns and roads that are randomly interconnected in the city, and gave Pali names which are very difficult to pronounce. During 2019, I thought whatever the initial intention was for Nay Pyi Daw.We should use the existing infrastructure efficiently without blaming to anyone. That was my thought during civilian ruling , no fear, naively believed everything can be made better. After 2021 Coup, that ideas was gone, once they built something for military purpose, they will use it sometime. Just for the correction, protests did happen in Nay Pyi Daw during 2021 February. I was there. The buses that transport staffs to ministry offices turned around and government officials stopped attending offices. The system almost breakdown. And the first casualty from protest crackdown happened in Nay Pyi Daw. Now, they have easily conquered the territory , no protest , people don't say nothing about them. But the protesters evolved into rebels and attacking military around the country. Nay Pyi Daw actually is being surrounded by battle zones. I don't know what shall I see soon. But something big is going to happen soon in Nay Pyi Daw. I wish this is the last war for Myanmar people. We don't want to see vicious cycles anymore.

@njsantoro Жыл бұрын

Thank u for the great explanation. Interesting

@mora2919 Жыл бұрын

Yeah, common dog names. I used to have two dogs named Yan Lone and Yan Shin ha ha.... Be safe and stay strong!

@hiren_bhatt Жыл бұрын

This sounds like a very good Hollywood movie script! 👌🤩 I hope there's civilian rule again in Burma without too much bloodshed. 😟

@skeetrix5577 Жыл бұрын

fascinating read thanks

@sukur786 Жыл бұрын

Informative...we wish Burmese people will succeed in future....Best Wishes

@waiminkhant1977 Жыл бұрын

I'm a resident of Myanmar who is currently living in Yangon. I found most of the contents in this video are accurate and some of the ideas are possible. We don't know either what is the main intention or plan of the military specifically. Most of everything they broadcast about Myanmar's situation are fake. But one thing sure about is that those mega projects or any other things that the military is planning are not mainly purposed for welfare of the citizens.

@josepoika5388 10 ай бұрын

❤️YOU DO NOT HAVE TO FEAR DEATH IF YOU BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST, AND TRUST IN HIM WITH ALL YOUR HEART, BECAUSE HE ATONED FOR YOU FOR ALL YOUR INSULTS, THAT YOU WOULD OBTAIN PEACE WITH ALMIGHTY GOD, AND GO TO HEAVEN BY HIS GRACE!

@Orson787 8 ай бұрын

@@josepoika5388umh most of us we believe in buddha

@ChOcOLaTe14898 8 ай бұрын

@@josepoika5388then jump to the building jesus will meet you on ur way

@EaintHanthi 7 ай бұрын

@@josepoika5388 what if we ain't christian and I'm a local too in Yangon

@cloverdeer4015 7 ай бұрын

@@josepoika5388I’m Christian, and I just want you to know that people like you are a shame to our religion.

@hwp115 Жыл бұрын

Local here. Naypyidaw was definitely built for security reasons that would benefit the dictator. Reasons are - (They = Dictator) 1. Afraid of leaking secrets - They didn't want anyone to know what they are planning or doing. Less people equal less likely to leak top secrets. 2. Strengthening security - The capital city can be planned to defend their high-ranking officials and can also be planned to flee the area when in an emergency situation. 3. They afraid the people - Most of the people in Yangon city (most populated city and old capital) have very unfavorable view on the government (same as the whole country) unsurprisingly and are occasionally protesting. 4. Avoiding the reality - The capital city can be built so that they can't see the poor people living in poor houses when going around the city but in fact most of the citizens are poor.

@sulecuber Жыл бұрын

Are you local in that city?

@hwp115 Жыл бұрын

@@sulecuber No. Yangon is the city I live in.

@oscarphyo6511 Жыл бұрын

@@hwp115 Pls don't like randomly give out your location, you don't know that the miltery can probably be watching you to these comments. Pls be safe

@Tutrut5 Жыл бұрын

w human @@oscarphyo6511

@khanch.6807 Жыл бұрын

@@oscarphyo6511 Military seems like a bunch of Chickens.😂. It's funny they are so scared.

@bananajoe8370 Жыл бұрын

fun fact: The vast roads of naypyi taw were never meant to support dense traffic but rather to enable the emergency landing of the military planes.That is why there is nothing between the right and left lane.

@ayeayesoe2793 11 ай бұрын

possible

@Rutherford_Inchworm_III 11 ай бұрын

The whole city is intensely reminiscent of Pyongyang. Which makes sense, given both countries are run by tin-pot Communist gangsters who crave nothing but power and fear nothing but its loss. Their "monumental" cities are so cheap and tacky that even the poorest street-person in the USA would laugh at them.

@RingoLoadagain 10 ай бұрын

We know, we watched the video.

@josepoika5388 10 ай бұрын

@DokisKalin1 5 ай бұрын

Thank You. It struck me as very odd how there's no barrier, no trees in the center of the "roads". Also, very, very difficult to get anywhere in this place without a owning a car. Nothing is designed to be accessible. You really can't walk anywhere.

@luk318 Жыл бұрын

This city looks like sim city created by someone who plays it first time

@omarlittle-hales8237 Жыл бұрын

Amituofo. Buddha Mentioned Prophet Muhammad, He Also Told His Followers Not To Create An Idol Of Him, Or Worship Him. The Cannon Was Revealed In Sanskrit, But Later Changed Into Pali, The Religion Was Originally Monotheistic. They Later Add The Trinity, Akin To Hinduism, Zoroastrian, Egyptians, Romans & Greeks & The Christians. The Contradiction Is They State The Trinity, But No God.

@jjay350 Жыл бұрын

I know right? Looks like the demo city where they have you try out every feature.

@WannzKaswan Жыл бұрын

@@omarlittle-hales8237What? When did the Buddha mention Muhammad? Also, the canon was written in Pali first because that was what the Buddha spoke. It was then translated to Sanskrit when the religion became more popular

@omarlittle-hales8237 Жыл бұрын

@@WannzKaswan Salam, Shlomo, Shalom, Peace. The Cannon Was First Revealed In Sanskrit, Later Translated Into Pali. Buddha Said Do Not Worship Me, I Am A Messenger Of God, Muhammad The Arab Prophet Will Come After Me. The First Buddha Carvings Were Aryan, Then They Adopted An Oriental Carving. Cannon: There Is Only One God, Whom Created Good & Evil. Vedas: There Is Only One God, There Is Only One Source, There Is Only One Supply. Modern Buddhists Believe In The Trinity, With No God.

@WannzKaswan Жыл бұрын

@@omarlittle-hales8237 yeah sure, where did you learn this? University of facebook? 😂

@Ragmon1 11 ай бұрын

"When paranoid dictators play Sim City".

@cortmelor Жыл бұрын

Glad you did a separate video on this topic. It’s quite interesting!

@mastpg Жыл бұрын

Baffling...the word is baffling.

@SandarKyaw-w3f Жыл бұрын

@josepoika5388 10 ай бұрын

@dazzlingburritoes5693 Жыл бұрын

I lived there for about 10 years but moved back to Yangon last year. Edit: It's not really that empty. You just found pics taken at the pandemic. But no part of Myanmar is fine. And it's worse than you think.

@phillipwine4552 Жыл бұрын

Those pic are from pandemic is right but that population 900,000 is a bullsh!t. Only 100,000 in military section, 100,000 in officer section and 3~4(00,000) civilian are there. Inflated population is for fake votes.

@SaungYuNaing Жыл бұрын

SOO TRUE !!!! i feel so useless living with those USELESS DOGS RULING THIS COUNTRY

@ai_han-make-China-great Жыл бұрын

Yeah... It's quite busy sometimes but not as "busy" as ppl think... There's tourist and ppl going around when I go there before

@wutdafeezi Жыл бұрын

I was there last week it's empty as hell

@bestclipever5083 Жыл бұрын

@@ai_han-make-China-greatnow what could be the problem of that emptiness?

@chanthang5554 11 ай бұрын

I remember visiting there around 2006-2007 I was about 6 or 7. I was so fascinated by how clean and colorful the houses were compared to where I was from(Yangon). It’s pretty cool learning about what those colors meant after 17 years later.

@mildredcacanindin9184 11 ай бұрын

Philippoines is also interesting.

@rachelcookie321 10 ай бұрын

The coloured houses thing confuses me. So are you not allowed to marry someone who works in a different industry? You have to move if you get a new job? I don’t understand what this point is in colour coding them.

@josepoika5388 10 ай бұрын

@daydays12 2 ай бұрын

@@josepoika5388 Religions are poisonous

@HanBohnThit-v6m 12 күн бұрын

@@josepoika5388 Myanmar is pretty much worship Buddha and Buddhism.

@kazhilly 11 ай бұрын

Naypyitaw was the dream project of former dictator Than Shwe, who built this city specifically as a hiding place for the bad guys, the military generals. Unlike the current dictator Min Aung Hlaing, Than Shwe was more than aware that he was The Bad Guy, and he wanted a place where he could live his last years of retirement in peace, as far away as possible from the people, without any chance of getting arrested for his crimes and be spitted out by the people, which is exactly what happened to Ne Win, the first dictator who took power in 1962. That’s also the reason why Than Shwe not only retired and stepped down, but also why he handed power to the NLD and Aung San Suu Kyi, much to the dismay and irritation of Min Aung Hlaing, who was appointed as Than Shwe’s successor as head of the armed forces. Yes, those 20-lane motorways were designed as a secret escape route for “The Bad Guys”, Than Shwe knew very well how Bad he was, and how afraid he was of facing justice for his crimes. Whether these escape routes will be used by Min Aung Hlaing is not likely, mainly because Min Aung Hlaing is much more ignorant and even stupid than Than Shwe, but also the problem is that Min Aung Hlaing has Nowhere to escape to….. By completely sealing off the country from the rest of the world and keeping his crimes hidden from foreign eyes, Than Shwe managed to make a few friends across the world. Burma was known for many years as the most secluded, mysterious and illusive country in the world. But… thanks to the new generation and modern technology like internet, Min Aung Hlaing is no longer capable of keeping his crimes hidden, and right now, No foreign country is willing to accept Min Aung Hlaing as a refugee, Not even his friends, like China, Russia or Belarus; not even Saudi Arabia is willing to provide shelter for this brutal criminal. So, the secret runways in Naypyitaw are Not likely to ever be used for that purpose, and they will remain empty. And last but not last, Naypyitaw is a ghost city because Nobody actually wants to live there; Most people that live in Naypyitaw were forced to move there under false promises like jobs, but ended up being hardly anything more than personal slaves for the military, working in the empty hotels, cleaners, builders and so on…….

@josepoika5388 10 ай бұрын

@aydenross7605 7 ай бұрын

@@josepoika5388touch grass, Jesus would want you to stop talking and start thinking

@Stepatee 5 ай бұрын

Thank you for another detailed explanation!

@daydays12 2 ай бұрын

@@josepoika5388 Religions are poison

@Morisu-Chan Жыл бұрын

The problem with most cities that sprawl out of nowhere is that the builders only ever consider the rich inhabitants, not the working or middle class, which results in many luxury buildings which are out of the price range of the majority. This will also become a issue in the Line at Saudi Arabia.

@NicEeEe843 Жыл бұрын

Why should companies that create housing building more expensive nice housing for people who won’t pay as much as others for it to be as nice? They should just give poor/middle class people more than they paid for? Lmao

@Morisu-Chan Жыл бұрын

@@NicEeEe843 I am guessing your first language isn't English because I had died and reincarnated after reading your comment. But what I assume you've mistaken is that I am asking the companies to just give the houses away for the poor and middle class. But that isn't what I meant. What I am saying is that companies should BUILD MORE AFFORDABLE housing so that the poor and middle class can also easily buy property in the new city

@NicEeEe843 Жыл бұрын

@@Morisu-Chan why should companies build more affordable housing? From the goodness in their hearts? Companies are made of people who work to feed themselves and their kids. Even if it’s a corporation people work to live and survive. Why should people who work to live and survive work extra hard for people not willing to pay? You live in a fantasy world where people just do things from kindness in their hearts. Yes people do good things but companies have zero obligation to make hood life easier unless you have the money.

@chissssssss Жыл бұрын

@@NicEeEe843 real estate companies have nothing to do with 'survival'. They are more often than not just greedy. that is why most countries have laws in place that stipulate a certain percentage of new housing projects to be affordable. companies are free to choose to bid on a contract or not but the market tells us that there are always companies willing to do it and thus that it is financially viable. the problem is that richer companies (talk about 'survival' again lol) usually get their hands on land before others do and obviously drive up the prices. You're out of your mind if you think we should let real estate companies regulate themselves or let the market regulate them.

@Morisu-Chan Жыл бұрын

@@NicEeEe843 I don't think you know how businesses actually work and how there is different markets. So let me give you a beginners guide. If you have a business that builds ONLY luxury properties, you're only targeting ONE SPECIFIC customer base, the wealthy, so like upper middle class and beyond. Which means you have left out around 80% of other potential customers who just simply cannot afford to buy your properties. Sure, you can make big profits when you sell one property, that's the benefit of targeting the rich as customers. Now, if you have a business that builds AFFORDABLE properties, you've left out the majority of the rich as customers, because of course, none of them wanna live in a cheap place. But you will still have a good handful who will mass-buy your properties so that they can rent it out as their own. Not to mention you've allowed access to 80% of the property hunters, the poor - lower middle class. So whilst you won't make as much profits when you only sell one property, your properties are basically guaranteed to sell much more than luxury properties.

@allahlesboslu2_9 Жыл бұрын

"Life is a journey , complete it" 😂😂😂 the best roadsign ever

@faleilham8334 Жыл бұрын

Meanwhile Indoensia be laik. "If is 80KpH, that mean you can go full heart contents"

@zwebhonemyat-np8zu Жыл бұрын

hey you i 'm from myanmar life is not good here our people die every day by our soldres😢😢😢😢

@rizkyadiyanto7922 Жыл бұрын

@@faleilham8334apa sih

@Atharva26304 Жыл бұрын

@@zwebhonemyat-np8zusoldres?

@nyizaw8335 Жыл бұрын

I always spend my vacations on that road. 😊 Its 587 KM long and connects north and south of the country with (Nay Pyi Taw in the middle) Theres no Lights at night on the road but the buses still go 100 KPH. Its not so bad when the moon is out 😅 Its a concrete road so the roads are slippery during Monsoon and in Summer the car tires burst open due to extreme heat and friction.

@BoG_City Жыл бұрын

Whoever designed this city needs to watch more infrastructure videos on youtube and should play Cities Skylines for a while.

@123Maurusce Жыл бұрын

For us it might be senseless but for the elite totally opposite.

@markanthony1004 Жыл бұрын

lol City Skylines SimCity or even TheoTown

@mhmdd 11 ай бұрын

He was playing it irl, and apprantelly he wasn't good at it 😂

@altide8784 11 ай бұрын

They probably thought this through, since there are secret tunnels, infrastructure and billions of money poured into it.. We just can't see it from our perspective

@josepoika5388 10 ай бұрын

@minaung4579 Жыл бұрын

A 16 lane highway is intended for the planes to land and take off as an last resort to escape for military leaders, if Myanmar or Burma is ever invaded by western countries and Democratize

@DipanBaishnab-kz5zb Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂.

@demo_AAA Жыл бұрын

Bro 💀

@htwarreh4468 Жыл бұрын

@@DipanBaishnab-kz5zbwhy do you think it has 16 lanes highway for no reasons

@jjay350 Жыл бұрын

@@htwarreh4468 They're strategically placed. Whole city is basically a military base.

@Demoninst Жыл бұрын

@@jjay350this can't be more true

@mrburnz884 Жыл бұрын

Peterman: "You most likely know it as Myanmar, but it will always be Burma to me."

@hiren_bhatt Жыл бұрын

😂 #SeinfeldReference 😂

@SuperPromethee Жыл бұрын

Even former dictators did preserve the name..burma..

@basesquare0 8 ай бұрын

@@SuperPrometheeNo, the former dictator changed Burma to Myanmar. No evident reasons behind but some says it is 'cause of following the fortune teller's word of keeping the reign longer. They believed those kind of things lol.

@jaysdood Жыл бұрын

Burma is beautiful and Burmese are generally just lovely.

@nyizaw8335 Жыл бұрын

Burmese ...generally lovely🥰 General Burmese... not lovely. 😅

@josepoika5388 10 ай бұрын

@yadana._ 7 ай бұрын

People are too kind and innocent that’s why bad military keeps winning

@jaysdood 7 ай бұрын

@@yadana._ The guns and the arseholes who have them don't help much either. I took my family through Burma 8 years ago and it was delightful. We also know some Burmese who live here in our home country and they are so sweet.

@tankman20064 5 ай бұрын

Backstabber😂

@brendahenderson683 Жыл бұрын

Fascinating. I would love to hear about more cities like this around the globe. I'm particularly intrigued by the fact that it appears so well maintained.

@danielkalungu4440 Жыл бұрын

The likes of the capital city of Turkmenistan.

@rizkyadiyanto7922 Жыл бұрын

detroit.

@Sunny.Jay22 Жыл бұрын

There's something similar... In America, areas of its cities exist underground. Some of them are schools and some of them are offices but no one knows about them. It's kind of like the backrooms...

@robscovell5951 Жыл бұрын

There's a similar city in Kazakhstan called Turkestan.

@brendahenderson683 Жыл бұрын

@@Sunny.Jay22 Do you mean like in the film "The Adjustment Bureau," in terms of the secret doors and tunnels?

@peekaboo1575 Жыл бұрын

Here in Brazil, our capital was moved from Rio de Janeiro to Brasília for the same reason: To protect politicians from the people that they abuse.

@andyc9902 Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂 central location. Keep on moving there

@bigbabado8296 Жыл бұрын

@@andyc9902Yeah but most of the cities in Brazil are close to the coast, so they made good distance imo lol

@andyc9902 Жыл бұрын

@@bigbabado8296 yes . This is logical.

@GlaceonGlaci Жыл бұрын

You don't know why Brasília exists.

@josepoika5388 10 ай бұрын

@porkscratchings5428 11 ай бұрын

I still know it as Burma always. So I went to Rangoon a few years back and I had 2 weeks to explore etc, went to Bagan to see the stoopas etc, Lake Inle, Mandalay and when heading back, my driver and guide said do you want to see a strange place and we went yes for sure. Omg! This place was insane, seemed like lockdown lol, nobody around at all except a few military bods but nobody, very weird! Glad to see it again , thanks 👍

@josepoika5388 10 ай бұрын

@swarcastik Жыл бұрын

A somewhat similar situation is seen in new capital of Chhattisgarh State of India. The govt wanted to move its capital 30km away from Raipur (old capital) to New Raipur and it was developed to be the most futuristic, Greenfield city with wide roads and well planned areas. Today even after 15 years, the city struggles to become alive. Only people go there are Ministry and Parliament people. They too come back to Raipur after work. Others include cleaners, Gardners and police. At night streetlights are shining with no people around. The amount of extravagant spending done on this city could have been rather used to develop other major hubs in chhattisgarh like Bilaspur but sadly govt wanted to show some elephant teeth.

@allahlesboslu2_9 Жыл бұрын

It's not faraway from city centre so yeah it's not comparable to naypidaw

@nuttbaked Жыл бұрын

wow I'm from CG and surprised to see it mentioned here. Though Naya Raipur is mostly empty, it is a lot different from Naypidaw. Government policies and initiatives would fix all of its problems.

@Ishantyagiofficial Жыл бұрын

Bruh it's not that far from old city Just 30 KM And it will take some time U know today's Noida and Gurugram which are artificial cities their work started in 80s and 90s and look them now They are metro cities

@Darkest_matter Жыл бұрын

They should've done like what Islamabad did. Build new city very close to another big city

@repubug1365 Жыл бұрын

Most likely, indonesia new capital will have this similar situation. Located in borneo, 2-3 hours by flight from previous capital, Jakarta

@lynnthihakyaw1805 Жыл бұрын

20 lanes are for emergency runaway for planes in case of the city is under attack

@lassikinnunen 4 күн бұрын

They lack planes that would need such huge runways. A quarter would do. Of course the people who decided to build it were living on hopes and dreams anyway, so it is likely it was built as capable of being an airport for 100x the planes they have. And parades of course.

@skilledwarman Жыл бұрын

Would've liked more details on why that highway is so deadly tbh

@medanchess7892 Жыл бұрын

Ethnic rebels and Burmese mafia uses to extortion to travelling bus And Myanmar is known for It's zero infrastructure and planning The country spends It's money on Weapons,war,propaganda,& religious cuIt instead od developing the infrastructure

@Thoraxe0987 Жыл бұрын

Same

@venson5943 Жыл бұрын

I live in Myanmar so, most people are not used to drive that long distance. They let someone who is used to driving on the death highway. It give you so much pain just buy driving straight not to mention that the weather is so hot on the highway

@venson5943 Жыл бұрын

I myself never been on the death highway💀Adults said it’s too dangerous

@skilledwarman Жыл бұрын

@@venson5943 ah ok so if I'm getting it right it's basically that the road is just so long and straight plus all the head it's easy to just kinda not pay attention?

@pegit_purple Жыл бұрын

i always felt that this city was a bit off but i never expected there to be such haevy conspiracy around it

@AL-lh2ht Жыл бұрын

It’s not really complicated. The country has been in a state of civil war for literal decades (literally the longest conflict currently active continuously) and the last few years the war has expanded where it’s either the second or third largest war in the world (but rarely talked about) It’s just a way to secure the political leaders.

@pegit_purple Жыл бұрын

@@AL-lh2ht I just never even knew about the civil war there

@SummerSun-sg3wf Жыл бұрын

It looks fun. I love empty places

@rizkyadiyanto7922 Жыл бұрын

not conspiracy. its obvious.

@bagtea Жыл бұрын

@@pegit_purple no way. it was such a big news like 1 or two years ago

@ezrqil Жыл бұрын

Naypyidaw is like my first ever time playing cities: skylines

@o_s-24 Жыл бұрын

Now I need a top luxury city review series

@josepoika5388 10 ай бұрын

@NotBaconYTOffical 8 ай бұрын

@@josepoika5388This topic isn't about Jesus. (Not giving hate)

@skyhigh2118 10 ай бұрын

OP: A 90 degree turn on a 16 lane highway doesn't seem like a good idea. India: Hold my chai

@Y-xg5gl Жыл бұрын

This video and city is fascinating! Thanks for a great video, I haven't seen it covered elsewhere!

@josepoika5388 10 ай бұрын

@kykk3365 Жыл бұрын

I would love to see a video on Ashgabat. Visited Myanmar about 12 years ago and at the time people we met seemed so hopeful and for a while it seemed like it was getting better there. But I guess it wouldn't make sense for one country to improve while the rest are going down the drain.

@josepoika5388 10 ай бұрын

@mark3464 Жыл бұрын

Wouldn’t call it a ghost town with almost a million people living in it

@MrRy238 9 ай бұрын

I live in Myanmar and I'm so happy that some people know us

@martinhubrich Жыл бұрын

These zones, roundabouts and streets reminded me of me playing Cities Skylines..

@yatu9 Жыл бұрын

As a myanmar citizen, I can confirm that it is all true

@josepoika5388 10 ай бұрын

@yatu9 9 ай бұрын

@@josepoika5388 Thank you so much for saying I hope you also have a good day!

@Sawo-500 7 ай бұрын

@@josepoika5388Jesus was died

@HanBohnThit-v6m 12 күн бұрын

@@josepoika5388 I am sorrowfully Buddhist, so I don't believe in Christianity.

@carljr6761 Жыл бұрын

Great Video, Thanks For Sharing ❤ The Theories Surely Has The Connection To Why It Was Built

@josepoika5388 10 ай бұрын

@mitsunori222000 Жыл бұрын

Small note: Many people will be more familiar with Yangon's colonial-era name of Rangoon.

@AL-lh2ht Жыл бұрын

This is not complicated. The capital was build to host the political power of the military junta so it makes it much harder for them to be overthrown. It is extremely far every from population hubs, and build with natural defense build in. The country has been in a state of civil war for decades now, with it becoming the second or third largest war in the world right now. The war is both a civil war with large sections of the country controlled by varies separate factions of rebels, and insurgencies that perform terrorism, including in the former capital. So this was made not for economic improvements but for better political security, much like Egypt’s new political capital. This, also because the military junta are idiots.

@cyrusmarikitph Жыл бұрын

That is why Myanmar would be never developed. Burmese militaries dictate like Kim Jong-Un. I hope other neighbouring countries in South and Southeast Asia will not be affected by the war.

@grahamturner2640 5 ай бұрын

Of course, in the case of Egypt, it’s harder to justify, as the new capital is still close enough to Cairo that Cairo could just grow out to it within a matter of decades.

@sarak5148 Жыл бұрын

This is such a great video!!! Well done

@jodek Жыл бұрын

Great Video, love it!

@MrMirville Жыл бұрын

There are more soldiers exerting surveillance than citizens being surveilled.

@ducknotfound Жыл бұрын

The USA after seeing the 20 lane highways: *write that down! WRITE THAT DOWN!!*

@jayswarrow1196 5 ай бұрын

L.A. Would be still a parking lot. It's not the quantity of lanes, it's the mentaliry of drivers. Finland, for example, is happy with 2-lane roads across the major cities, because people have natural instinct of giving way to fellow neighboor. On the other side of the moon, in cities famous for road rages, people manage to clog-up the roudabouts..

@linkarsoe5469 Жыл бұрын

I never thought many people will take interest of capital city of my country. Thank you!

@josepoika5388 10 ай бұрын

@linkarsoe5469 10 ай бұрын

@@josepoika5388 sorry to say this because i am buddhist

@maureenstevens6824 Ай бұрын

Your country is truly interesting and beautiful. I so wish those that live in such poverty could live here and not need to flee war 😢

@jaeger3052 Жыл бұрын

Knowing NK specialists helped build the city makes a lot of sense it has an eerie similarity with Pyongyang.

@arwildooo Жыл бұрын

Man the editing is top notch 💯

@maxmaxington5873 7 ай бұрын

Man the road designs are nuts! How could that end up being… insane. 😊

@munwarumrani3465 Жыл бұрын

Also make a video on North Korea and its capital Pyongyang and other strange facts about NK

@agentak7193 Жыл бұрын

The "death" highway is a bit over exaggerated, just drive safely lol, but during moonsoon season, the road does tend to get slippery which could make you lose control of the car.

@ogfrankodac7747 Жыл бұрын

Naypyidaw represents cities during the height of the pandemic

@jakethreesixty 11 ай бұрын

We all got a taste of this during that first week of COVID lockdowns in 2020

@luism7248 Жыл бұрын

What a crazy place.. really nice video!

@mathiasandhisfunactivities1336 2 ай бұрын

I am a Burmese so this video actually made me feel proud of my country

@its_karthi_yoo Жыл бұрын

Lighter version of North Korea 🇰🇵😂

@hzza3167 Жыл бұрын

😂

@moonman9738 Жыл бұрын

Only Visit to Yangon (Rangoon).. ❤️ Never Go to Nay Pyi Taw Doubtlessly Feels You like You in North Korea in Moment 🥴

@forproject0829 Жыл бұрын

Same to Turkmenistan who has no tourists in cities at all and literally a ghost town with high rise well constructed buildings

@NeostormXLMAX 3 ай бұрын

thats turkenistan and eritrea

@chikito5161 Жыл бұрын

So Clean

@verebellus Жыл бұрын

We need more of these style videos

@SaskiaTheBoss 3 ай бұрын

i needa move there then! feel like i finally own my own world & live a peaceful life✨

@Phraeboy1 Жыл бұрын

As a Buddhist, I believe in the sin that the Myanmar military regime has done over this poor country that rendered it the deserted capital. Likewise, it must be a very bad omen that the brutal regime had killed many people in its country, because they had not surrendered to them and not wanted to be subdued by them, some of those victims included kids and women, which affected every dimension in Myanmar; no tourists, economic sanctioned, no people in Naypidaw and many more. Every junta in this country must be well deserved all the bad things they have done to thier own motherland soon and even in the inferno or life after death. PS. I'm not a Myanmar citizen, but a citizen of its neighbor country.

@Phraeboy1 Жыл бұрын

@@tbraghavendran Me ? Or the country in the clip?

@omarlittle-hales8237 Жыл бұрын

@bryantint1339 Жыл бұрын

Burmese military 🪖 is run by Stalin.

@joebidenofficialpotus Жыл бұрын

@@tbraghavendranprobably Thailand

@許碧玥-j2x Жыл бұрын

總有些人對別人受自然災害幸災樂禍，冷嘲熱諷；當中國兩年前發生疫情、當香港出現暴亂，這些人就像過年一樣，每天不知道多開心，當中國疫情被控制、當香港暴亂被平息，他們就像死了爹娘一樣，痛苦不堪；中國在你們心裡已經崩潰幾十年了，可是奔潰中變成了世界第二，在不久將來·很快要世界第一了，那時你們應該可以暝目了吧！ Co Co李玟生前多次強調自己是中國人，曾在佩洛西窜台時發文：中國人要團結！不要讓外人干涉咱們！如果從人類的道德以及佛陀的教育來看，美國是邪惡的大國，假自由民主之名，處處造作惡業，例如，同性婚、廢死刑、搞墮胎、吸毒、搶劫，放縱人民私慾，「殺生、偷盗、邪淫、妄言，綺語、兩舌、惡口、顛倒是非、造謠抹黑」使人下墮三惡道，來世難得到人身。（還處處干涉人家內政，讓世界處於二分法）。佛陀大覺者預言，人類會越來越沒道德心，放縱人類私慾的結果，就會使這個世界人類越來越沉淪！六四那些反動份子，造成國家動亂，害死那麼多人，應該以古代刑罰罪誅九族，才能夠對得起人民。佛言：「人從愛欲生憂，從憂生畏。無愛即無憂，不憂即無畏。」中國從古至今受聖賢教導，再壞也壞不到哪裡去，（不要刻意做個案的突顯對立，整體上還算是好的）反而西方國家，崇尚言論自由，可以為所欲為，容易違背道德，而且兩黨像是雙頭馬車，能做什麼事。佛言：「世間無常，國土危脆；四大苦空，五陰無我；生滅變異，虛偽無主；心是惡源，行為罪藪。如是觀察，漸離生死。」佛言：「一切有為法，如夢幻泡影，如露亦如電，應作如是觀。」中國從古至今就少不了連結外國人打自己人的漢奸

@evieee1621 Жыл бұрын

Hi! I’m from Myanmar! Naypyidaw was built for the benefit of the military. Though, it isn’t necessarily a ghost town per se. Naypyidaw has a lot of residents but only those who are of upper/higher class. I have relatives that live in Naypyidaw (they work for the government). Myanmar is a third-world country so here -- if you can afford it, Naypyidaw is often the ideal place to stay. ❤️

@alexeyyy Жыл бұрын

How much should I spend to live here? If I work through internet, can I just live in Naypyidaw without citizenship?

@okkarminmaw Жыл бұрын

I think you don't need to pay money

@chissssssss Жыл бұрын

@@alexeyyy no you cannot just move to Myanmar without a residence permit and they're not gonna give you one.

@ryansoe1829 Жыл бұрын

Actually the cost of living and cost of land is pretty cheap compare to other cities like Taungyi Yangon and Mandalay. People are just saying shit because it was built by the military. Naypyitaw is actually a very important city for the country's future as it provide the logistic chain for goods to redistribute throughout the country. Currently it have a population of 800K as of 2023 and it increases from 200K in 2010.

@Spicie95 Жыл бұрын

As soon as they said the name means "home of kings", I thought of Percy Bysshe Shelley's poem "Ozymandias": I met a traveller from an antique land, Who said-“Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert. . . . Near them, on the sand, Half sunk a shattered visage lies, whose frown, And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command, Tell that its sculptor well those passions read Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things, The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed; And on the pedestal, these words appear: My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings; Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair! Nothing beside remains. Round the decay Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare The lone and level sands stretch far away."

@camengineer1511 3 ай бұрын

I wonder this for many years. Thanks for your content

@ShamuManta Жыл бұрын

lol the road layout looks like my first city skylines build

@bobo2757 4 ай бұрын

မင်္ဂလာပါ❤ Welcome to Myanmar ❤

@CrazyKidTrickShots Жыл бұрын

ur really good at editing

@MegaBuildsYT Жыл бұрын

Thank you! :D

@56jensen Жыл бұрын

What are the sources of verification regarding the information presented?

@gundamzing Жыл бұрын

The Top Gear trio ended up playing football on that empty highway, lol!

@babaluigi Жыл бұрын

Wow I literally just watched the other video. Thank you for doing this. Very informative. Insane to think a country could do this under the nose of its own people.

@ryansoe1829 Жыл бұрын

Bro this this just a propaganda video. This city was completed in 2008 and they are expecting all people to move there all of a sudden. Actually there are over 800K people living there now. Compare to 2010 , the populatuion have grown from 200K so its not as quiet as it describe. People are just talking shit on media without being there once. By the way the housing cost is actually very cheap compare to other cities which cost around 1-2 millions on average. It only cost $5K for 60x60 land during 2010 but have gone up to $15K-20K now. The people are just talking shit because they were construct to hate the military by the western media like VOA,BBC and etc which are funded by USA to spread hate.

@trk3707 Жыл бұрын

lol, you definitely sounds like a pro Military Junta @@ryansoe1829

@minthukq3235 11 ай бұрын

@@ryansoe1829you don't have to bootlick so hard for junta. He will not give you anything unless you are affiliated with them and afraid of losing wealth you get illegally

@Samana-Recluse 11 ай бұрын

I live in this city. Many people live here. Idon't understand why western people make video like this. And how is american politicians are doing great under american citizens nose? How is Zelensky getting high on coke under ukrainian people??

@josepoika5388 10 ай бұрын

@MrReno-ij6dy 7 ай бұрын

There is something extremely unsettling about the way those highways are built and connect.

@LADYNOIR.v Жыл бұрын

i was raised in mandalay myanmar and i visted naypyidaw twice and i felt like everyone was a ghost

@josepoika5388 10 ай бұрын

@LADYNOIR.v 10 ай бұрын

im sorry and i belive in buddha @@josepoika5388

@rockesh123 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for this wonderful video

@replysoon3216 Жыл бұрын

977,000 residents isn't exactly a ghost town. That's a much bigger population than Portland, Sacramento, New Orleans, Austin, Pittsburgh, Seattle, Cincinatti, and Washington.

@omarlittle-hales8237 Жыл бұрын

@eddietran5803 Жыл бұрын

heres the problem with that take. All those cities you mentioned are way smaller in geographical size than naypydaw so those cities have a way more densed population. It is considered a ghost town bc the population density is just very low

@replysoon3216 Жыл бұрын

@@eddietran5803 That is a good point.

@sethlangston181 Жыл бұрын

Last year, I traveled to Vientiane, Laos' capital, for a few days. The city has around 1 million people, but it feels more like a small town. Naypyidaw would feel like that on steroids.

@Sawo-500 Жыл бұрын

@@omarlittle-hales8237😂 lol buddha is not mentioned prophet. Buddha is non thestic guy. Read Tripitaka. Not fake mahayana suttas.

@florencecutie23 Ай бұрын

Glad u visit Myanmar. My country❤

@stoned_kitty Жыл бұрын

Mother nature: "You plastered my skin with ultra wide roads, and you complain about climate change?"😂

@ontheway-myanmar-burma 6 ай бұрын

It's important to shed light on the reality of Naypyidaw. This city, with its vast empty highways and grand but deserted structures, represents the misguided priorities of a military regime that has long ignored the needs of its people. Instead of investing in education and healthcare, billions were spent on a city that remains largely empty. The move to Naypyidaw was less about administrative efficiency and more about consolidating military control. It's a stark reminder of the challenges we face and the resilience of those still striving for democracy and justice in Myanmar.

@MatthewBurns8 Жыл бұрын

Reminds me of Ashbagat (for the weird design/lack of people) and also Egypt's new capital (anti-riot)

@josepoika5388 10 ай бұрын

@SunnyGeorge21 4 ай бұрын

Ofcourse a Solo Girl Travelling and Vlogging is lot of Hard Work 💪💪💪💪 Am so Proud to showcase yo it videos to my buddies tooo, Good Job 👏 also the music in the background is Perfect! 👍🏼 also your English is Original to how a Chinese would express, I like your work brother ❤Keep it coming! Thanks 🙏🏽

@zainmudassir2964 Жыл бұрын

I know it's a punching bag for western KZbin channels but it's an interesting capital city. Much like old days when seat of Power was designed to keep out potential triublemakers and safety was priority

@aidenmclaughlin1076 9 ай бұрын

Sounds like an awesome place to visit! I’d love to go, cool place with zero people. Awesome!

@luckybrilliantono2954 Жыл бұрын

In Indonesia we face the same problem. Next year we should "move" our capital city (Jakarta) to Nusantara located in Borneo island and many people are sceptical about this ambitious project. The reason is almost similar with this Myanmar capital, it's no longer could accommodate the citizen needs n over populated

@furball8967 Жыл бұрын

My understanding is that the movement from Jakarta to Kalimantan isn’t for the same reasons as it is with Myanmar. The movement is 90% climate related, by 2050 Jakarta city is expected to have 45% under water. Areas like Ancol, Manga Dua etc will all be gone. That’s forward thinking in my opinion, and let’s all hope that the new capital is built with everything climate related considered in its planning. Best wishes dari Wellington Zelandia Baru.

@luckybrilliantono2954 Жыл бұрын

@@furball8967 thank you for your clear insight. No doubt about it, that in the future Jakarta will sink. But based on this video, one of the official reason they move their Yangon is due to overcrowded, population outgrowing, administrative government, and the traffic, which is almost similar problem that Jakarta now facing. Like Malaysia, they have Putrajaya (40km from Kuala Lumpur) as a capital city for government administrative area, and I can say they really build this city carefully, with a lot of great mass transportation connection, and without any political pressure, but still... Putrajaya become also lonesome town. Well, I hope Nusantara will be our a cup of tea for all Indonesian and not turn into the next mega ghost city💸💸💸 cheers from Kuala Lumpur

@defleppard8039 Жыл бұрын

@@luckybrilliantono2954IKN Nusantara, new capital city of Indonesia will be a lively city and people will go there. IKN Nusantara, new capital city of Indonesia is different with Malaysia new capital (putra jaya), India and Myanmar. There is ONE reason that make IKN Nusantara will succes as new capital of Indonesia: UNITY IN DIVERSITY. Indonesia has 700 ethnics language and 1300 tribes from all over the archipelago nation. We love to meet each other for gathering because we always curious and happy to learn other tribe's culture details. These are things that Malaysia, Myanmar, India, and other country didnt have it. 😊

@defleppard8039 Жыл бұрын

Pasti rame itu IKN Nusantara nanti ngab. Gak ada satu kota (cek saja daftar kota Indonesia) pun di Indonesia yang sepi. Tiba2 nanti Ada aja pasti nongol itu warteg, rumah makan padang, warung burjo (bubur kacang ijo), warung rokok, tukang bakso, tukang sate, STARLING (starbak keliling), dll 😂

@defleppard8039 Жыл бұрын

Gw ke Temi nabuhan, Papua aja atau Pare-pare, Sulawesi yang kota2 kecil tahun 2012 bikin kaget. Lo bisa bayangin gak di Papua sana lo jalan tembusin hutan, begitu sampe kota kecil... ehhh ada warteg sama burjo. Harga lumayan mahal karena saat tahun 2012 harga bensin per 1 liter disana saat itu gila. Gw lihat di pom kecil, sopir perusahaan gw itu beli bensin Rp.85ribu/liter 😂. Kalau sekarang mah sudah satu harga se-Indonesia. Kota kecil di tengah hutan dan gunung aja rame kok.

@MultiSciGeek 5 ай бұрын

Dubai used to be the same in the 60s. Give it some time... I mean a doubling of population in 9 years is insane! From half a million in 2015 to a million in 2024 when they're literally starting from scratch is pretty impressive! At that rate (and given no war) this city will be on the level of Bangkok by 2050... Of course many factors are at play, but there definitely are examples. Dubai like I said, Astana in Kazakhstan, Gurgaon in India, Shenzen in China, Canberra in Australia etc. Proper incentives and time. That's all it takes... I really wouldn't dismiss it right away.

@ahirboy720 Жыл бұрын

nice!

@MrSharkFIN Жыл бұрын

They purposefully made the city as unlivable as possible

@nwigchert10 Жыл бұрын

All I can think looking at those roads is, STREET RACING ANYONE!

@friendlypopo8274 5 ай бұрын

Please tell us about how that other video got 45 million views again you’re so amazing omgggg

@yohighness Жыл бұрын

Scary stuff! 😳

@yookalaylee2289 Ай бұрын

So many places in Asia seem like a fever dream

@italianlifestyle7911 Жыл бұрын

Bellissimo posto💛💖

@christianabad9982 5 ай бұрын

I swear, Naypyidaw is the epitome of what an Urban (not so urban) Hell dystopia is.

@GorillaCheeks Жыл бұрын

Can’t imagine going to the forbidden city and seeing no one. That’d be eerie af

@josepoika5388 10 ай бұрын

@Alice_11-x4l 8 ай бұрын

@@josepoika5388FOR THE LAST TIME THERE ARE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE THAT ARE BUDDHIST AND ONLY HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE ARE CHRISTIAN . DON’T FORGET THERE ARE MORE THAN ONE RELIGION 😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

@EaintHanthi 7 ай бұрын

@@Alice_11-x4l FR

@EaintHanthi 7 ай бұрын

@@josepoika5388 SHUT UP THERE IS MORE RELIGIONS I'M A BUDDHISIM

@seanthompson1197 7 ай бұрын

Work with a pair of siblings from Burma. The brother is always showing me videos of houses and business bombed/burning near his dad's house back home. I feel so bad for them and wouldn't even know about the conflict if it weren't for them.

@jayswarrow1196 5 ай бұрын

Yeh, everyone in the world talking about Ukraine and Israel. But nobody wants to mention the over two decade war up here. Imperial media doesn't like to shine the light at the places, it doesn't have the upper hand in. Otherwise _people might get the _*_real_*_ idea_ of their "peacefulness"...

@ptyxx 11 ай бұрын

This looks super fun for urbex

@amiyalifts Жыл бұрын

Really like this explanation ❤

@dudleyfoster8263 5 ай бұрын

civilian from Myanmar says that the city was built for the military but I don't think so __- I think it was built for richer residents which most can't afford and most military personnel can't afford-------I also think it was meant for FOREIGNER visit but with the US $ price tag for Hotel, approx $300us and above per night is Ludacris

@MassiveBuild Жыл бұрын

You explained it well.💥 I also mentioned this thought in the channel before

@yipmabaruya1148 Жыл бұрын

Good morning from Papua New Guinea. I enjoyed watching your contents

@pedrosmith221 Жыл бұрын

They could rent it to shoot post-apocalyptic movies.

@glenclarkchidley3637 Жыл бұрын

Sounds like a little slice of heaven on earth!

@scorech Жыл бұрын

Im one of the earliest comments to exist in this video so pls make this comment stand out

@Dialogues_about_Ukraine 10 ай бұрын

It's totally looks like my first experience at City Skylines - gorgeous and simultaneously weird

@josepoika5388 10 ай бұрын

@Skylancer727 Жыл бұрын

What's more disgusting, the wasted resources of building a city before there's people to put there, or the 20 lane highway instead of actual public transport. If there's anything I've learned from the bigger cities, adding another lane doesn't fix traffic. You'll now just have 5 more lanes backed up because of a single on ramp merging on.

@JamaalDaGreatest 11 ай бұрын

It’s not for traffic.

@josepoika5388 10 ай бұрын

@Skylancer727 10 ай бұрын

@josepoika5388 yeah to bad I don't believe in myths. Tell God to get rid of poisonous plants like poison ivy and oak and stop giving babies cancer, then maybe we'll talk. Till then I guess we'll have to grow up and accept the fact the world really wasn't made just for us. Maybe then we can at least work together for once instead of bantering about which fantasy people think is the most emotionally impactful.

@enigmax8922 Жыл бұрын

wow! super interesting video! thanks

@JayanandSupali Жыл бұрын

I got to know this place almost a decade ago all thanks to a Special episode of Top Gear. Just type Burma special top gear n I think you'll be able to find it over here. If I remember correctly, all three of them were using trucks and they played football with the police on those wide roads.