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Maybe China is on to something.

Lifting 800 Million People Out of Poverty – New Report Looks at Lessons from China’s Experience

https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2022/04/01/l...

90% of families in China own their own home

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7546956/

I'd actually consider moving to a "ghost city" if the US built one, especially if the housing was more affordable. I only need a basic job to get by.

Will never happen here though.

Sure. Common Chinese factory workers live in 6-12 people dormitory. Homeless people get evicted from the capital city. Major city have rule in place to prevent non local people buying property, Let’s do that.

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