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The Deserted Kingdom of Burj al Babas: The luxury residential town that never was.
Ripley's Believe It or Not! ^ | February 8, 2024 | editors / unattributed

Posted on 11/10/2024 10:39:26 AM PST by SunkenCiv

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To: Verginius Rufus

The truth is, I had that in the back of my mind when I posted it. What looks like a ridiculous price tag would be tip money or one wild degenerate Hollyweed party to the entertainment industry nitwits. And you know they lurk on FR. :^)


21 posted on 11/10/2024 4:18:46 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: minnesota_bound

I doubt that it matters, everyone’s in bed somewhere and can sort it out in the morning. :^)


22 posted on 11/10/2024 4:19:30 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Ok, they were targeting wealthy muzzies. Now I get it. Even they would probably prefer fake and artificial to living on top of a sand dune. But I’m sure word would get out and their hidey-holes discovered. Can’t keep something like this a secret. So the idiot developers over extended their credit and got too many units (aka fake chateaus) started without finishing the previous ones. Not something the “Don” would do.


23 posted on 11/11/2024 3:02:23 AM PST by Omnivore-Dan
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

reminds me of The Village in The Prisoner.


24 posted on 11/11/2024 3:23:32 AM PST by MomwithHope (Forever grateful to all our patriots, past, present and future.)
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To: Omnivore-Dan

Ah, but they could rely on Erdogan’s heavily armed state and secret police to make it work. The main mystery to me is, $27 million was spent to build 500 units, none of which are finished, and Turkey’s not particularly a high-wage country.


25 posted on 11/11/2024 4:27:45 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: Omnivore-Dan

Whoops, I just woke up, $27m was the amount in the hole... $200 million was spent to build 500 units, none of which are finished, and Turkey’s not particularly a high-wage country.


26 posted on 11/11/2024 4:29:43 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Erdogan’s minions could be bought especially in a low wage country like Turkey, and it is loaded with corruption. If I was looking to hide I’d pick somewhere less conspicuous and not somewhere where the rest of the residents are also trying to lay low. I have to believe the muzzie leaders know all about this place, could have even been some of the investors. Wouldn’t that be a surprise for those new residents?


27 posted on 11/11/2024 5:55:25 AM PST by Omnivore-Dan
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To: Omnivore-Dan

I now kinda wonder if it wasn’t just the financial problems behind Greece’ decision to lift the ban on foreign ownership of Aegean Islands.


28 posted on 11/11/2024 7:05:23 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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