Chris sent me a link to this ghost town in Taiwan, photographed by Craig Ferguson in File Magazine. Apparently there were so many deaths during construction in the 1950s that the Taiwanese wouldn’t inhabit it–nor tear it down, as you can’t disturb ghosts!
There is a fine line between our futures: the dymaxion future of Buckminster Fuller and the dystopian future of JG Ballard, described as ” dystopian modernity, bleak man-made landscapes and the psychological effects of technological, social or environmental developments.” This place is decidedly Ballardian. But I still want to take it over with all of my friends and live there (I’d be the one printing a local newspaper that could double as a beach towel). Ghosts or no!