Naypyidaw - Burma's super-size post-apolyptic capital city
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Cambodia moved its capital to avoid the war and invasion from the neighboring countries. The reasons that Mr Soi dog wrote make so much sense for me.phuketrichard wrote:Samouth wrote:Sorry for my ignorant about Burma. I have never read about this Southeast Asia country.
I just wonder that why Naypidaw seems to be really quite? Furthermore, what was the point of creating a new capital city instead of improving the existing one?
Cambodia moved its capital
Thailand moved its capital
not unusual
ITs easier to build than to rebuild
បើសិនធ្វើចេះ ចេះឲ្យគេកោត បើសិនធ្វើឆោត ឆោតឲ្យគេអាណិត។
If you know a lot, know enough to make them respect you, if you are stupid, be stupid enough so they can pity you.
If you know a lot, know enough to make them respect you, if you are stupid, be stupid enough so they can pity you.
Re: Naypyidaw - Burma's super-size post-apolyptic capital ci
Thanks for sharing. All these reasons make so much sense for me. Again, If Canberra and Brasilia can be succeeded, why Naypidaw and some of the cities that china built couldn't?Soi Dog wrote:Some ancient big capital cities grew so fast and without any hint of urban planning...meaning existing roads, power/water supplies and other important infrastructure are woefully insufficient. Once a place gets so over-crowded, making sufficient infrastructure improvements becomes extremely difficult without forced evictions and private property confiscations needed to widen roads, create parks, build mass-transit, etc.Samouth wrote:Sorry for my ignorant about Burma. I have never read about this Southeast Asia country.
I just wonder that why Naypidaw seems to be really quite? Furthermore, what was the point of creating a new capital city instead of improving the existing one?
So when things like traffic, transport of goods and pollution get so bad that doing business and running the government in the old capital city are next to impossible, sometimes countries try to create a new capital from scratch. Places like Canberra and Brasilia come to mind. Neither one are great examples of success, though. It doesn't sound like Naypyidaw is very successful either, so far. When cites are located and built for strictly political reasons, as opposed to natural human interactions and economic viability, it sounds like a recipe for failure.
China has built literally hundreds of brand new, mega-sized ghost cities. Seems like an economic disaster in the making, to me.
បើសិនធ្វើចេះ ចេះឲ្យគេកោត បើសិនធ្វើឆោត ឆោតឲ្យគេអាណិត។
If you know a lot, know enough to make them respect you, if you are stupid, be stupid enough so they can pity you.
If you know a lot, know enough to make them respect you, if you are stupid, be stupid enough so they can pity you.
Re: Naypyidaw - Burma's super-size post-apolyptic capital ci
Just a misunderstanding. Read my sentenced again. "Neither is very successful" means that those two cities mentioned, Canberra and Brasilia, are NOT particularly successful (in my opinion - some will disagree)...just like the Chinese cities and Naypyidaw are not successful (yet).Samouth wrote: Thanks for sharing. All these reasons make so much sense for me. Again, If Canberra and Brasilia can be succeeded, why Naypidaw and some of the cities that china built couldn't?
Re: Naypyidaw - Burma's super-size post-apolyptic capital ci
Oop. Misread. I just woke up. I do know about neither nor, either or and not only but also.Soi Dog wrote:Just a misunderstanding. Read my sentenced again. "Neither is very successful" means that those two cities mentioned, Canberra and Brasilia, are NOT particularly successful (in my opinion - some will disagree)...just like the Chinese cities and Naypyidaw are not successful (yet).Samouth wrote: Thanks for sharing. All these reasons make so much sense for me. Again, If Canberra and Brasilia can be succeeded, why Naypidaw and some of the cities that china built couldn't?
បើសិនធ្វើចេះ ចេះឲ្យគេកោត បើសិនធ្វើឆោត ឆោតឲ្យគេអាណិត។
If you know a lot, know enough to make them respect you, if you are stupid, be stupid enough so they can pity you.
If you know a lot, know enough to make them respect you, if you are stupid, be stupid enough so they can pity you.
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Great explanatory post SD.
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i would say Canberra is a partial success, cause it allowed us to put all the idiot politicians in one building so we know where to find them.
Cambodia,,,, Don't fall in love with her.
Like the spoilt child she is, she will not be happy till she destroys herself from within and breaks your heart.
Like the spoilt child she is, she will not be happy till she destroys herself from within and breaks your heart.
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Now if we could just chain the gate...Duncan wrote:i would say Canberra is a partial success, cause it allowed us to put all the idiot politicians in one building so we know where to find them.
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Re: Naypyidaw - Burma's super-size post-apolyptic capital ci
In my dreams they would move the Washington DC government/criminals to Middleton Island Alaska. (google pictures, lovely place. I've been by there on ships.)
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