{"id":25998,"date":"2023-03-09T04:59:29","date_gmt":"2023-03-09T04:59:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/03\/09\/luxurious-city-where-nobody-lives-why-its-abandoned-photos\/"},"modified":"2023-03-09T04:59:29","modified_gmt":"2023-03-09T04:59:29","slug":"luxurious-city-where-nobody-lives-why-its-abandoned-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/03\/09\/luxurious-city-where-nobody-lives-why-its-abandoned-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"Luxurious City Where Nobody Lives &#038; Why It\u2019s Abandoned [PHOTOS]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<article>\n<p>Built as a huge luxury housing development, Tianducheng emulates the famous French city of lights.<\/p>\n<p>photo courtesy; the abandoned city in china which is one of the biggest in the world<\/p>\n<p>Known as the \u201cParis of the East\u201d, the luxury real estate development in Zhejiang province was designed to evoke classical European charm.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/59de2e85f2314f6cb62ce639f8815573\"\/><\/p>\n<p>However according to the insider, the city that could hold\u00a010000 residents has remained mostly abandoned save for employees of a nearby French-themed amusement park.<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cd17c1ab5990449cbaff70b73bef0765\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1dc099723b2748bb85e7bd2b06cbc3bc\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/463c0752332f4eeea368a0304d11737d\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/d9e4c8d8eedf44a18b2883ab6fa652b6\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Now, the ghost town mainly attracts urban decay tourists and the occasional wedding couple who come to pose for photographs in front of the Eiffel tower.\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/3e06a0ab16394e0fa661e41473572915\"\/><\/p>\n<p>But experts warn that the Paris of the East hasn\u2019t lost its shot at becoming a bustling city of light and love quite yet.<\/p>\n<p>Why is the town abandoned?<\/p>\n<p>The lack of people is mostly attributed to its odd location. Tianducheng is surrounded mostly by farmland and odd dead-end roads that snake throughout the countryside.<\/p>\n<p>Content created and supplied by: KokiNews (via  Opera<br \/>News )<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<p class=\"copyright hide\">\n<span class=\"content\">    ,  .   ,     .       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