World's Most Useless Megaprojects

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Abandoned, Delayed, and Failed Megaprojects. In this video, we go over the Most Useless Megaprojects in the World including California City, Goldin Finance 117, and Burj Al Babas! For more skyscraper & megaproject content be sure to subscribe to Top Luxury. Thanks for watching this video: The Most Useless Megaprojects in the World
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0:00 The World's Most Useless Megaprojects
0:23 California City
5:34 The Tallest Abandoned Skyscraper in the World
9:37 Burj Al Babas
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@MegaBuildsYT
@MegaBuildsYT Жыл бұрын
Do you know about similar failed projects in your country? Let us know! 😄👇
@finleylinsen7509
@finleylinsen7509 Жыл бұрын
Ok sup
@Bill_Morakis
@Bill_Morakis Жыл бұрын
You can talk about the Hellinikon Project. It isn't an abandoned project in Greece but it is a worth a try mentioning it!
@paqlallaqldifi122_7
@paqlallaqldifi122_7 Жыл бұрын
@@finleylinsen7509 🤓
@tuwdtuid5319
@tuwdtuid5319 Жыл бұрын
*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
@ICE-bv1hz
@ICE-bv1hz Жыл бұрын
johor forest city in malaysia
@nexxogen
@nexxogen Жыл бұрын
I can't imagine how anyone with a lot of money would want to live in a villa which is crammed together in a small space with a whole bunch of identical looking villas.
@johnnycoolness
@johnnycoolness Жыл бұрын
exactly, not even a garage??
@nexxogen
@nexxogen Жыл бұрын
@@SunriseLAW That's VERY different.
@completelyboringstuff204
@completelyboringstuff204 Жыл бұрын
Exactly what I thought. The (medium-) rich might want to show off as being superior, and how can you do that in identical villas?
@MyRegardsToTheDodo
@MyRegardsToTheDodo Жыл бұрын
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.
@shosc16
@shosc16 Жыл бұрын
It looks so so shit. Like they gave an intern the design pencil. Could’ve been a lot better
@imtiaz3554
@imtiaz3554 Жыл бұрын
Lesson to learn: don't make developments for the wealthy. Money dries up and they will go where they want to. Make a development for the average citizen and you'll have a community for centuries through thick and thin.
@darkangelkate3950
@darkangelkate3950 Жыл бұрын
Are you listening Hamilton Ontario?
@NawDawgTheRazor
@NawDawgTheRazor Жыл бұрын
1000%
@duMaurier15
@duMaurier15 Жыл бұрын
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.
@journeyman6752
@journeyman6752 Жыл бұрын
You sound like you've constructed many many of these projects. Thank you Babu.
@duMaurier15
@duMaurier15 Жыл бұрын
@@darkangelkate3950 what happen in Hamilton, Ontario?
@Haganu
@Haganu Жыл бұрын
I suddenly don't feel so bad now about the cities I create in Cities Skylines
@JazeebAbdul97
@JazeebAbdul97 Жыл бұрын
Buhahhah 😂😂😂 creativity be bold
@chocomojo9552
@chocomojo9552 Жыл бұрын
I have a neglected colony on Mars.....I m sorry for the colons I put there.
@idkimlikereallybored9533
@idkimlikereallybored9533 Жыл бұрын
​@@chocomojo9552 they must be shitting themselves
@jkbaseer
@jkbaseer 8 ай бұрын
😂😂😂😂
@KITOMERO
@KITOMERO 8 ай бұрын
Cities Skylines, but when you place down plots, nobody moves in...
@Borgforce
@Borgforce Жыл бұрын
Not even kidding - that neighbourhood with all the Turkish villas is genuinely creepy, it would be my idea of hell to drive around that place.
@dorogundam
@dorogundam Жыл бұрын
Do it at night in the middle with no GPS /phone reception >:3
@matfax
@matfax Жыл бұрын
It really is. Who wants to live in a city where every house looks the same?
@dimi9215
@dimi9215 Жыл бұрын
Maybe adding a few strip malls like california city will lighten the mood
@chewchewonglass
@chewchewonglass Жыл бұрын
@@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.
@MyRegardsToTheDodo
@MyRegardsToTheDodo Жыл бұрын
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?"
@Dmhlcmb
@Dmhlcmb Жыл бұрын
Why make the villas identical? That just looks insane.
@icykev_0168
@icykev_0168 Жыл бұрын
Thats what im saying. Architecture should never be identical
@axxxonn
@axxxonn Жыл бұрын
Wait until you visit Irvine CA or any new development in California really...
@GSimpsonOAM
@GSimpsonOAM Жыл бұрын
While not to my taste some people crave the conformity
@MyRegardsToTheDodo
@MyRegardsToTheDodo Жыл бұрын
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.
@Spillerrec
@Spillerrec Жыл бұрын
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.
@bonzillafilmsgamingsreviews
@bonzillafilmsgamingsreviews Жыл бұрын
I had an Abandoned project in my city, Niagara Falls, Canada. There's supposed to be a 30 story hotel, It's called "The Crowne Plaza Hotel", construction began in the 1990's, during 9/11, the project has to be delayed, after few weeks, they continue to construct, at 2005, they left the project abandoned for only a decade, leaving the abandoned parking lot behind. But in November 12th 2019, there's a proposal of a 72 story hotel and it's been approved a day later. Till this day, we'll never know when the construction will actually begin.
@Gamefruitpulp
@Gamefruitpulp Жыл бұрын
Zappi's across the street has good Italian food though 😂
@bonzillafilmsgamingsreviews
@bonzillafilmsgamingsreviews Жыл бұрын
@@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.
@Gamefruitpulp
@Gamefruitpulp Жыл бұрын
@@bonzillafilmsgamingsreviews noooo!
@thehealingryms...9405
@thehealingryms...9405 Жыл бұрын
me too
@cityskylines11
@cityskylines11 Жыл бұрын
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. kzbin.info/aero/PLE6cVwezqMRGix4FOcV7iiNGiErOA5t_W This is the one that it's in.
@JimboShogun0686
@JimboShogun0686 Жыл бұрын
As a citizen of Kern County, I always wondered why an inhospitable place like California City existed. Thank you, Top Luxury
@johnslugger
@johnslugger Жыл бұрын
How is life in Bakersfield? The weather seems sub tropical.
@irongoatrocky2343
@irongoatrocky2343 9 ай бұрын
To me California City looks like a giant Rattle Snake Ranch!
@willman85
@willman85 4 ай бұрын
I never even heard of it until this video.
@wc4109
@wc4109 Жыл бұрын
First time I hear about California City... Guess Mendelson wanted to create a similar New York City, but failed miserably.... Hard to attract residents when the main attraction/ employer is a Prison institution....
@michaelg4931
@michaelg4931 Жыл бұрын
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.
@citisoccer
@citisoccer Жыл бұрын
The prison came after the city had already failed and he'd long since left the effort. It was never part of the "plan".
@johnr797
@johnr797 Жыл бұрын
Yeah building a giant city in the desert is not exactly sustainable
@JohnRay1969
@JohnRay1969 Жыл бұрын
The prison is extremely new and wasn't part of Mendelssohn's plan. That is a recent attempt to bring jobs.
@doingstuff76
@doingstuff76 Жыл бұрын
@@johnr797 Las Vegas?
@gman1003
@gman1003 Жыл бұрын
Having a city of the same weird Disney looking houses was just a strange idea.
@MyRegardsToTheDodo
@MyRegardsToTheDodo Жыл бұрын
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.
@rickhughesprints
@rickhughesprints 9 ай бұрын
@@MyRegardsToTheDodo It also just looks ugly.
@susiedupuy9532
@susiedupuy9532 8 ай бұрын
@@rickhughesprints at first glance it looks like a cemetery.
@Cuestrupaster
@Cuestrupaster 7 ай бұрын
@@MyRegardsToTheDodo I've seen Storror playing hidden and seek on it hahaha
@W0lfenstrike
@W0lfenstrike Жыл бұрын
The Turkey one looks like somebody enabled a cheat code in Age of Empires 2 to build rows upon rows of identical castles.
@petrmaly9087
@petrmaly9087 Жыл бұрын
Castles in AoE 2 are not that ugly. This gives more of AoE 3 vibes.
@fernandocordinador
@fernandocordinador Жыл бұрын
AEGIS
@thevikingbear2343
@thevikingbear2343 Жыл бұрын
Why would millionaire want to live on a carbon copy of 700 other identical houses in the same block?
@robertagren9360
@robertagren9360 Жыл бұрын
Why do the rich live in the same block.
@r0cketplumber
@r0cketplumber Жыл бұрын
I worked in Mojave for almost 20 years- it was the fashionable place for rocket companies- and Cal City was always this kinda creepy mess just over the horizon. We did set a world record when Dick Rutan flew the XCOR Ez-Rocket from Mojave to Cal City, and he boasted that he holds the longest and shortest distance records.
@Borgforce
@Borgforce Жыл бұрын
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!
@journeyman6752
@journeyman6752 Жыл бұрын
His rocket was not able to fit in Maccas drive thru and hence the downward spiral..
@linusspacehead
@linusspacehead Жыл бұрын
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.
@stillnotspicy
@stillnotspicy Жыл бұрын
imagine wanting to construct a whole city from scratch just so it could be a suburb filled with single family homes and everything useful being far away from walking distance.
@bengagnon2894
@bengagnon2894 Жыл бұрын
The American Dream. Being able to access everything by walking... What, are you a communist? ......
@michaelplunkett8059
@michaelplunkett8059 9 ай бұрын
Because that is what Los Angeles was and it was booming.
@bonusatbrissy
@bonusatbrissy Жыл бұрын
Burj Al babas look like a setting for a zombie apocalypse movie
@kroepkroep
@kroepkroep 7 ай бұрын
I love how they show in California City how they prioritize utilities. Park, airport, prison
@pennyjpie
@pennyjpie Жыл бұрын
Cities are built by people. Not on person. A community of people who all live somewhere (usually by water because we need water to live) and THEY build the community. Ultra rich megalomaniacs never seem to understand this. Everyone keeps saying they want to be the next LA or London or Tokyo, but all these places weren’t built all in one go with everything in place. They were built over hundreds of YEARS by people building communities. How do you build a city? Have it be near water, preferably on an ocean coastline for easy trade access with other countries and wait hundreds of years as the community builds itself. There.
@sudkhetlehmann857
@sudkhetlehmann857 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video. In my opinion, these mega projects were not about the buildings itself but a way for the corrupt wealthy people to wash their money, because even though it was not finished, a lot of cash was flowing somewhere so someone was profiting from it. The big question is who. Like I always say, follow the money.
@RebeccaWorters
@RebeccaWorters 5 ай бұрын
Yeah, these are meant to fail. It's just a way to launder money.
@WarpRulez
@WarpRulez Жыл бұрын
If that skyscraper were ever condemned to be demolished, I can only imagine how laborious and expensive it would be to dismantle it (after all, they can't just have it come down crumbling, it's too big for that).
@janparchanski9242
@janparchanski9242 10 ай бұрын
9/11
@kennixox262
@kennixox262 7 ай бұрын
They would like like they did in Manhattan with the old Union Carbide building. Dismantle floor by floor.
@martinpalousek4370
@martinpalousek4370 7 ай бұрын
I had exactly the same thought at first moment .
@realitytak7258
@realitytak7258 Жыл бұрын
These series should never stop 😊
@MegaBuildsYT
@MegaBuildsYT Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@somebodyirrelevant141
@somebodyirrelevant141 Жыл бұрын
I know right? This is awesome to watch.
@luism7248
@luism7248 Жыл бұрын
really well done
@megacities
@megacities Жыл бұрын
If you liked this one, we just uploaded another 5 most useless megaprojects video 🤓
@everythingsalright1121
@everythingsalright1121 Жыл бұрын
With the way businessmen invest and build shit, we'll never run out of useless crap for episode topics x.x
@seanwilliams480
@seanwilliams480 Жыл бұрын
A decent percentage of residents of Cal City were military and retired military from Edwards AFB. Went there once with the First Sargent of our unit and was amazed to see the miles and miles of streets carved into the desert with one house here, another house a half mile away over there. Before we went, he said, "You want to see the second largest city in California? Come on, I'll show you where I live! Cal City!"
@feeberizer
@feeberizer Жыл бұрын
You confirmed my guess that Edwards employed many of the residents of Cal City.
@oldsesalt8496
@oldsesalt8496 Жыл бұрын
I would imagine that every Olympic Village and FIFA stadium would qualify.
@princessmarlena1359
@princessmarlena1359 Жыл бұрын
My town has the Monorail, the giant magnifying glass, the skyscraper made of popsicles, and that escalator to nowhere. D’oh!
@fritobuggers834
@fritobuggers834 Жыл бұрын
Springfield?
@cricketandgraham8644
@cricketandgraham8644 Жыл бұрын
Underrated channel. Thank you for your great editing, quality, and general research. 10/10.
@adrianjones4812
@adrianjones4812 Жыл бұрын
That skyscraper will become a safety issue with bits falling off. The demolition costs will be immense.
@samuela-aegisdottir
@samuela-aegisdottir Жыл бұрын
I was thinking about possible demolition during the video. How to do that and not put in danger those living under it?
@darthutah6649
@darthutah6649 Жыл бұрын
It would probably be cheaper to just finish it than to demolish it.
@robertagren9360
@robertagren9360 Жыл бұрын
It's north korea over again.
@megamihestia4049
@megamihestia4049 Жыл бұрын
In fact, goldin tower was such a failure that soon after its abandoning, government essentially banned all construction of super tall skyscrapers. Anything taller than 200 meters requires special approval from government to proceed.
@realitytak7258
@realitytak7258 Жыл бұрын
Now please useful biggest projects 🤗
@CokeCheese
@CokeCheese Жыл бұрын
The project in Turkey is insane. So much waste. At least California City was more or less just land and some infrastructure. Even with a massive underground aquifer, I wonder if a full blown LA-like city in the Mojave would be able to exist with all the water/drought issues in California? I'm guessing the tower in China will be completed in time. It may take a definite economic upswing for the Chinese and Turkey projects to ever be completed and occupied. With the war, that feels like it could be years away. It's too bad the homes in Turkey cannot be cannibalized, moved and reconstructed more modestly elsewhere.
@johnvannewhouse
@johnvannewhouse Жыл бұрын
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....
@davidburnett5049
@davidburnett5049 Жыл бұрын
@@johnvannewhouse agreed. Combine with their economic downturn, real estate bubble burst, and shrinking population, its a no go
@othgmark1
@othgmark1 Жыл бұрын
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.
@MyRegardsToTheDodo
@MyRegardsToTheDodo Жыл бұрын
@@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.
@johnvannewhouse
@johnvannewhouse Жыл бұрын
@@MyRegardsToTheDodo All good points. Thanks!
@andyt8216
@andyt8216 Жыл бұрын
All the billions wasted on these projects. Imagine how many people that could have helped, or even how much necessary infrastructure built, or architectural beauties renovated, restored or even rebuilt.
@mr.boomguy
@mr.boomguy Жыл бұрын
My thoughts excacly!
@philipmurphy2
@philipmurphy2 Жыл бұрын
This series is always one of the highlights of KZbin when it gets uploaded for sure.
@luism7248
@luism7248 Жыл бұрын
Love this series, always new and interesting projects😍
@aserfuller377
@aserfuller377 Жыл бұрын
"remains a useless mega project in the Middle of the desert " I have the slight feeling that we're gona hear that from the line
@dfo990
@dfo990 Жыл бұрын
it is even ironic that this video comes in the side of youtube in every video about the saudi arabia the line, lol
@kieronparr3403
@kieronparr3403 Жыл бұрын
We won't because it won't get beyond those renderings
@BostonMark
@BostonMark Жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing that California City never herd of this before and I studied architecture in California
@KozKalanndok
@KozKalanndok Жыл бұрын
In Germany there are two such projects but I'm not sure if they really qualify as Megaprojects. One is the Transrapid (a train powered by magnetic levitation). It failed because there was no one was interested in building the required infrastructure. However it was technically working. The other was the Cargolifter (a large blimp supposed to carry cargo). It failed due to investors bailing but the hangar still remains (as a large Spa called Tropical Island). The hangar itself was the largest freestanding steel-dome construction at it's time (and maybe even now). It's large enough to fit the Eiffel Tower on its side.
@MyRegardsToTheDodo
@MyRegardsToTheDodo Жыл бұрын
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).
@KozKalanndok
@KozKalanndok Жыл бұрын
@@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.
@MyRegardsToTheDodo
@MyRegardsToTheDodo Жыл бұрын
@@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.
@Ferdrew-fj6xv
@Ferdrew-fj6xv 10 ай бұрын
😲😲😲😁
@meberg500
@meberg500 Жыл бұрын
$500k for a trophy property is a joke! Burj Al Babas might have taken off if they'd charged $10M.
@alm5992
@alm5992 Жыл бұрын
Burj al Babas would be an epic airsoft/ paintball field if those were even popular there.
@dwdei8815
@dwdei8815 Жыл бұрын
Wow, imagine having the spare cash to be able to choose what house you'd like - and buying something as sh*t as one pretend castle (out of 500 identical ones) in Burj Al Babas.
@pahom2
@pahom2 7 ай бұрын
A great way to hide from paparazzi
@NewPaulActs17
@NewPaulActs17 Жыл бұрын
hundreds of identical fairy tale style manors is just plain creepy. they look like american mcmansions, but even those monstrosities sometimes have yards...
@sergeishabunin9469
@sergeishabunin9469 Жыл бұрын
Really cool video...by the way: you could make a serie of the never build towers in Dubai...but I think it would be an immense job. As nearly every second building in Dubai is cancelled.
@megacities
@megacities Жыл бұрын
Love your work!
@garry_taylor
@garry_taylor Жыл бұрын
These are the best series
@oliviaortiz5157
@oliviaortiz5157 Жыл бұрын
SADLY 😭 to see so many humans on the street without a home and this hundreds of homes almost finished and rotting away! 😲🥺🤔
@SheepWaveMeByeBye
@SheepWaveMeByeBye Жыл бұрын
Imagine building a city based on a non-renewable water source.
@rwh777
@rwh777 Жыл бұрын
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.
@colbystearns5238
@colbystearns5238 11 ай бұрын
They could've maybe recycled the water like where I live in Orange County, which also has a massive aquifer under my feet.
@andrewwoodgate3769
@andrewwoodgate3769 Жыл бұрын
The environmental damage caused by these oligarchs' greed is unbelievable!
@rajabel334
@rajabel334 Жыл бұрын
U should include port city , Colombo Sri Lanka
@91pp898
@91pp898 Жыл бұрын
Heartly Appreciate your research and hardwork with top notch video making. Keep uploading keep growing. I would be waiting for your next upcoming videos. ☺️👍
@MegaBuildsYT
@MegaBuildsYT Жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot!
@BADBRYZ
@BADBRYZ Жыл бұрын
9:57 turn it into a paintball arena. Or a test site for MOABs.
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@stevenhudson6354 Жыл бұрын
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@maryperry2460 Жыл бұрын
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Victoria has changed my financial status for the best.!
@bbd121
@bbd121 Жыл бұрын
The Golden Finance 117 in China took me by surprise. I thought I was all caught up, but how did I not know about the Guinness world record winner for tallest unoccupied tower? I'm slightly ashamed of myself now. *(Sad)*
@megacities
@megacities Жыл бұрын
test your knowledge of the most useless megaprojects with our latest video 🤓
@seanmcdirmid
@seanmcdirmid Жыл бұрын
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.
@azmiteena3918
@azmiteena3918 Жыл бұрын
I have an abandoned project in my country, Plaza Rakyat or People's Plaza, Kuala Lumpur. There was supposed to be a 382 meter tall skyscraper.
@JoseELeon
@JoseELeon Жыл бұрын
Building a bunch of suburban roads in the middle of the desert is such an american mood
@perryholley6005
@perryholley6005 Жыл бұрын
I would love to get a copy of the proposed map of what they thought California City would actually look like if everything had been built as it had been envisioned.
@angryzombie8088
@angryzombie8088 Жыл бұрын
Burj Al Babas is creepy, the big building is so close together it looks like a cemetery from above. The housing is arranged like a slum & the villa looks like a tombstone.
@Mumbo_Jumbo_Kiwi.1
@Mumbo_Jumbo_Kiwi.1 Жыл бұрын
I can't impart your opinion to modern urban environments elsewhere.
@MykolaDolgalov
@MykolaDolgalov Жыл бұрын
Very interesting to learn about California City
@infacted2932
@infacted2932 Жыл бұрын
Was waiting for this part 3
@HepCatJack
@HepCatJack Жыл бұрын
These empty castle-like structures in Turkey could potentially find some use as temp. housing given how many buildings collapsed in the recent Earthquake in Turkey.
@robertagren9360
@robertagren9360 Жыл бұрын
They weren't homes and resort to rich people. You need to solve survival.
@shanac5536
@shanac5536 5 ай бұрын
I would definitely just move into an abandoned mini castle!
@drchowder4605
@drchowder4605 Жыл бұрын
Please stop making high-quality, entertaining videos on weekends so I can just go back to sleep. P.S.: don’t
@CorvoFG
@CorvoFG Жыл бұрын
Those Turkish houses remind me of the McMansions you see in the USA. Utterly hideous.
@ahmetekrem7704
@ahmetekrem7704 Жыл бұрын
I am living in Turkey and I didn't hear that project before. Thank you for useful informations :)
@chaosbringer82
@chaosbringer82 Жыл бұрын
whenever I see these abandoned luxury properties I get so frustrated imagining how much affordable housing could be built in their place
@ericdew2021
@ericdew2021 Жыл бұрын
They should convert the Burj Al Baba into an affordable housing commune.
@trossk
@trossk Жыл бұрын
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!!"
@Swizzlerz
@Swizzlerz Жыл бұрын
Some of these buildings are going to make great movie sets
@d-emprahexpects849
@d-emprahexpects849 Жыл бұрын
Speaking of megaprojects left abandoned. I forgot to flush the number 2! Thanks for the reminder, running upstairs now
@maxis2k
@maxis2k Жыл бұрын
Why would someone want to live in a mini castle, even if you call it a "villa"? Kind of defeats the purpose of having a castle. Then, there's 500 other ones that look identical. And they block each others view! Who designed this?
@sydhsydh1084
@sydhsydh1084 Жыл бұрын
Burj al babas is so ridiculous. Their target is rich oil executives, but there is not even a backyard and frontyard for each villa. Which rich people would want to live in a cramped looking houses like that
@MsRotorwings
@MsRotorwings Жыл бұрын
Hundreds of identical looking villas? That was never going to work. I’m no developer but wouldn’t it have made more sense if he built and sold a handful at a time?
@rafianurramadhani7512
@rafianurramadhani7512 Жыл бұрын
Burj Al Babas is great, but not all wealthy people want the identical house as they owned and so close to each others :)
@stonefox2546
@stonefox2546 Жыл бұрын
Anybody who'd want to live in a castle wouldn't want to live in knockout castle with thousand identical castles all around.
@darthutah6649
@darthutah6649 Жыл бұрын
Where I was growing up, there was supposed to be a 10 story hotel which got put on hold due to the 2008 financial crisis. It remained unfinished for several years before getting demolished. A new hotel of similar size was built in its place though.
@irongoatrocky2343
@irongoatrocky2343 9 ай бұрын
where was this at?
@darthutah6649
@darthutah6649 9 ай бұрын
@@irongoatrocky2343 Chandler, Arizona
@stormryder4305
@stormryder4305 Жыл бұрын
A good wake up called for greedy developers who think the world is mainly populated by wealthy residents.
@HOPEfullBoi01
@HOPEfullBoi01 Жыл бұрын
To add context to the Turkish castle town project; "Burj al Babas" is not a Turkish name. It's Arabic; and not even Arabic romanized into Turkish style of spelling, but Arabic standard romanized into English. So it's safe to assume it was meant to be sold to oil rich Arabs only. In that case I'm glad it failed.
@ryananderson8511
@ryananderson8511 Жыл бұрын
I’m pleasantly surprised figured it would be another story of an abandoned town in California
@hoomanAdnan
@hoomanAdnan Жыл бұрын
Depressing 🙌🏼🔥
@midnightkitty8172
@midnightkitty8172 Жыл бұрын
So much for 'If you build it, they will come.'
@dmfraser1444
@dmfraser1444 Жыл бұрын
When you spend that sort of money for a house, even a supposed mini-villa, you do not want to be in a place with hundreds of them exactly the same. What were they thinking?
@rolandwheeler4842
@rolandwheeler4842 3 ай бұрын
I grew up in Los Angeles in the 60s and I remember the hype around California City. I've driven by the offramp off of I14 where signs still point to California City, but I never got off. Guess I will next time I'm in the area. Great video by the way.
@rickeyferguson6904
@rickeyferguson6904 Жыл бұрын
I live a few miles from California City. I watched them build roads with no houses. It's a place for criminals to go unnoticed. A few years ago they built a new freeway that bypassed the town of Mojave. It's to far from anything. It's got a desert Tortoise sanctuary.
@Korexbvdman
@Korexbvdman 7 ай бұрын
Awesome
@thesciguy4823
@thesciguy4823 Жыл бұрын
"Luxury Housing" is the bane of existence. We don't need more LuXuRy housing, we need more affordable, sustainable, sensible housing.
@SWSimpson
@SWSimpson Жыл бұрын
It wasn't a good idea to make them looks so similar. But, I like the fairytale appearance of the houses. I have seen video of people exploring these houses and it's pretty haunting at times. I would mind owning one if the place was at least 1/2 occupied. Tear down the rest or make them into duplexes and provide them to poor families... perhaps.
@rogerfroud300
@rogerfroud300 Жыл бұрын
People with money aren't going to want exactly the same house as their neighbours. These developers don't think it through.
@KaffeineGaming
@KaffeineGaming Жыл бұрын
I grew up in Cal City, so seeing this (and other people covering it) is always weird to me 😅
@LordGertz
@LordGertz Жыл бұрын
If Superman hadn't prevented Lex Luther's earthquake, California City would be thriving.
@avrinrose5457
@avrinrose5457 8 ай бұрын
In my fictional world, All projects in this video already finished and successful
@ghostmanlemagnifique9110
@ghostmanlemagnifique9110 Жыл бұрын
Burj Al Babas could be a nice place for Syrian refugees, in two years that megaproject would turn into an awesome win win situation for everyone. Better than living in tents and faster to rebuild since most houses are half way or almost completed. At this point, EU could not deny Turkey as a member any longer.
@pahom2
@pahom2 7 ай бұрын
Not all refugees can pay 500k for the house but we can easily pack those houses with 6-8 families
@geografisica
@geografisica Жыл бұрын
Please add “Torre de David” the tallest slum in Latin America that happens to be an abandoned skyscraper. Located in Caracas, Venezuela.
@hebneh
@hebneh Жыл бұрын
I thought everyone was forced to leave this building.
@hgman3920
@hgman3920 Жыл бұрын
I've heard that Fontainbleu is looking at Goldin Finance 117, after their success in Vegas
@cricketandgraham8644
@cricketandgraham8644 Жыл бұрын
It'd be so cool if California City was successful. I would wanna go there
@nicoleglenn8101
@nicoleglenn8101 Жыл бұрын
It’s quite popular for off road vehicle riding and camping. Kinda a neat little spot to see what could have been.
@k-dramagoodmorningseoul
@k-dramagoodmorningseoul Жыл бұрын
Hi! How are you? It's the start of a new week again. I wish you good health and good things this week as well. Thank you very much.
@adamantman3200
@adamantman3200 Жыл бұрын
You describe the Turkish villas as 'crumbling' after only three years sitting vacant. It sounds like it won't take much effort for nature to totally reclaim the land.
@winstonsmith935
@winstonsmith935 8 ай бұрын
A good idea at the time.
@aroma1620
@aroma1620 Жыл бұрын
Burj Al Babas is giving liminal space vibes.
@SDRIFTERAbdlmounaim
@SDRIFTERAbdlmounaim Жыл бұрын
Oily middle easterners : yah Habibi... hold my tallest pen looking office skyscraper 👀
@DrRestezi
@DrRestezi Жыл бұрын
Actually, all of these projects did see the light of day, which is the problem.
@gaoxiaen1
@gaoxiaen1 8 ай бұрын
LOL!
@Vanitycraft
@Vanitycraft Жыл бұрын
9:38 love this zoom in
@raoullaskin9083
@raoullaskin9083 Жыл бұрын
"Turning Saudi Arabia into a touristic hub." Whoever came up with this idea clearly has no clue what the rest of the world associate SA with. I'd choose to do tourism in an abandoned slaughterhouse before I decide to go there.
@eezeedoesit
@eezeedoesit Жыл бұрын
bravo por el burj babazaled!!
@sierachannel4045
@sierachannel4045 4 ай бұрын
Good
@muhammadfarooq7794
@muhammadfarooq7794 Жыл бұрын
Turkey's location was elite but they did so many mistakes
@gaoxiaen1
@gaoxiaen1 8 ай бұрын
California City was a fun place for motorcycle racing a few decades ago.
@cd0u50c9
@cd0u50c9 Жыл бұрын
Yes because the uber rich want a house exactly the same as 178 others in the immediate context, and they want to be so close to their neighbours that they could smell their breath...
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