State funding for the project has plunged, while construction has slowed and few civil servants have been eager to move away from Jakarta

As usual, great journalism from The Guardian. ❤️

  • flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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    1 month ago

    New planned cities often have this problem. But in long term I don’t think it will stay a ghost city if the government moves there.

    That being said they could have upgraded an existing city on Borneo instead of going through the pain of building a completely new one.