Wait, wait, wait. What? You can't just grow the domestic economy without immiserating local people by seizing their property or devaluing their existing assets. I was very explicitly told that Creative Destruction is the order of the day and anything else would be highly inefficient.
A good thing to remember, most of these photos are taken by people who just got off the train and hiked from the station or took a short taxi ride. There's always a station nearby. Same cannot be said of the planes I see overhead.
Lots of these villages are being moved too. The giant high rises and new buildings in the second photo are where everyone's being slowly moved to.
The village in the first photo is the old village too, the new big city projects are trying to integrate all these smaller villages into the bigger cities with those high rises in the second photo and high speed rail connections.
Oh I know, it's been pretty clear that they're avoiding just demolishing towns and replacing them. The policy right now seems to be building newer housing nearby and allowing people to move on their own time.
Those are all completely different sections of track taken by drone cameras and don't give any perspective of how far away the train station is related to the old villages.
What are we looking at, and how can we tell that it's a poverty alleviation thing?
High speed rail, which speeds up trips for the masses, helping to alleviate poverty.
Also, notice how little space it takes up and how it can pass through communities without totally destroying them
Wait, wait, wait. What? You can't just grow the domestic economy without immiserating local people by seizing their property or devaluing their existing assets. I was very explicitly told that Creative Destruction is the order of the day and anything else would be highly inefficient.
Doesn't look like there is a station for that slum...
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It's not a slum, it's a village.
Here's a closer image of a similar passing
From another angle where the station is clearly visible
A good thing to remember, most of these photos are taken by people who just got off the train and hiked from the station or took a short taxi ride. There's always a station nearby. Same cannot be said of the planes I see overhead.
Lots of these villages are being moved too. The giant high rises and new buildings in the second photo are where everyone's being slowly moved to.
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The village in the first photo is the old village too, the new big city projects are trying to integrate all these smaller villages into the bigger cities with those high rises in the second photo and high speed rail connections.
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Oh I know, it's been pretty clear that they're avoiding just demolishing towns and replacing them. The policy right now seems to be building newer housing nearby and allowing people to move on their own time.
Those are all completely different sections of track taken by drone cameras and don't give any perspective of how far away the train station is related to the old villages.
You can literally see the same building on both images.
It's also very clearly a walkable distance because there's an obvious path from the village, across the street, up the hill, and to the station.
Ah didn't see the little triangle building down in the corner.
Yeah, I checked first. Both taken by the same photographer on the same day. The rail pictures archive is incredibly detailed
How do you figure it's a slum?