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Re:Burma's capital: a super-sized slice of post-apocalypse s... by lepht on Friday March 20, 2015 @12:02PM (#9238487)
TFA claims it's 6 times the size of NYC but cost only $4 billion dollars to build. How is that possible?
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Re:Burma's capital: a super-sized slice of post-apocalypse s... by pavedwalden on Friday March 20, 2015 @01:13PM (#9238961)
I'm just speculating here, but it's probably 6x NY's footprint in square miles yet with large open areas that are not built up.
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