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Forest City, Malaysia: The Futuristic Ghost Town Rising from the Sea

Forest City was built for 700,000 people on destroyed seagrass in Malaysia. Only 9,000 live there. The $100B ghost town's full story.

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Futuristic ghost cities rising from the sea and a jungle that has swallowed civilizations. Malaysia's dark side is modern, ambitious, and eerily empty.

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Forest City, Malaysia: The Futuristic Ghost Town Rising from the Sea

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