Sunday, June 24, 2012

Ghost Town

Yesterday I had lunch with one of my coworkers from Michigan. On a whim we went to the town of Anting at the end of line 11. That part of shanghai is home of the Chinese auto industry. The train passed by "Shanghai Automobile city" and one of the subway stops was located in the infield of Shanghai's formula one racetrack.

The town of Anting is a true ghost town. We saw many residences complete & ready to move. All empty. The sales office was open and had a map of the town. While construction was complete for a huge section of it, they were also still building many parts. Perhaps nobody wants to move in until is done???







I wanted to find the statues of the German poets. But the village was simply to big, to empty and the rain was to persistent.







This was all done as part of a government 5 year plan to establish "one city, nine villages". Searching around I'm not sure how much progress they made. The British "city" is near (3km?) the end of line #9. It is supposed to be very picturesque, a popular place for wedding photos. But I cannot determine if they built all 9 of the villages or not.

One City
Songjiang, British
Nine Towns
Anting, Jiading District, German
Luodian, Baoshan District, Scandinavian
Zhujiajiao, Qingpu District, Traditional Chinese
Fengjing, Jinshan District, Canadian
Pujiang, Minhang District, Italian
Gaoqiao, Pudong District, Dutch
Zhoupu, Nanhui District, USA
Fengcheng, Fengxian District, Spanish
Chengqiao, Chongming District, Traditional Chinese

Some searching shows that the British one is showing signs of life, check out the story here:
The British city would actually be fairly close to where I work...hmmmm....

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