>They just aren't in very convenient locations (e.g. not enough jobs to sustain those areas and no one wants to commute in traffic to where their are jobs).
I wonder how will WFH affect it though. Even with cultural resistance, WFH long-term seems inevitable on so many levels.
The problem is, how many techies are there, and will you have the infrastructure to support everything else in a ghost district? And why bother? If I’m going to WFH in China, why not a nice tourist town like Lijiang or Daocheng? A dreary ghost district just for the sake of affordable housing isn’t a nice place to spend life.
I wonder how will WFH affect it though. Even with cultural resistance, WFH long-term seems inevitable on so many levels.