Naypyidaw is not really a ghost city. Grew up there & in Yangon and my family switches between the 2 constantly. The problem with Naypyidaw is that it’s too huge for the population it actually holds. There are people though. Day-to-day people live in dorm style housing, which makes the place feel even emptier.
Naypyidaw is not really a ghost city. Grew up there & in Yangon and my family switches between the 2 constantly. The problem with Naypyidaw is that it’s too huge for the population it actually holds. There are people though. Day-to-day people live in dorm style housing, which makes the place feel even emptier.
That’s what I mean by a ghost city though. Vastly overbuilt for its population, rather than completely empty.
The most prominent mental image I have of it is a few people on bikes commuting down an 8(?) lane boulevard.