https://tankie.tube/videos/watch/c61bd52d-7ccf-4824-af4d-b3c0747999b3 Over 800 million Chinese moved from rural villages to modern cities over just three decades. To provide for hundreds of millions of new homes--along with millions of new buildings for shopping centers and offices and schools and hospitals--China invented new ways to build. Most of the skilled labor for the construction is performed on factory floors, instead of on the building sites. Supply chains are shortened, and demands on local logistics are reduced. Inspections are more easily done, and errors quickly identified and remedied. The time and cost of construction in China are sharply lower, compared to builds elsewhere. Chinese factories mass-produce small homes and apartment buildings for around $38-55 per square foot ($400 - $600 / square meter). Builders using Chinese factory-built homes pull permits and pour foundations, take delivery by truck, and with experienced crew can have a home move-in ready in under 30 days, and an apartment building in under 60 days. An important caveat to remember, when making inquires: complex roof designs are very difficult to model for extreme weather, and to quote in price. Closing scene, Shanghai Resources and links: The Housing Affordability Crunch https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/fandd/issues/2024/12/the-housing-affordability-crunch-deniz-igan Wall Street Journal, The Housing Affordability Crisis Is Going Global https://www.wsj.com/economy/housing/housing-affordability-crisis-europe-global-3e0d969a Visual Capitalist, Ranked: Top Countries by Annual Electricity Production (1985–2024) https://www.visualcapitalist.com/ranked-top-countries-by-annual-electricity-production-1985-2024/ Visual Capitalist, Ranked: Countries That Have the Most Skyscrapers in 2024 https://www.visualcapitalist.com/ranked-countries-that-have-the-most-skyscrapers-in-2024/ Statista, Urbanization in China https://www.statista.com/statistics/270162/urbanization-in-china Urbanization in China, 1950-2030 https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Chinas-Urbanization-1950-2030_fig2_228403614 You want progress and development? How about this for 20 years of rapid development. https://blog.id.com.au/2011/population/demographic-trends/you-want-progress-and-development-how-about-this-for-20-years-of-rapid-development Some model home plans from https://www.coolhouseplans.com/ Post-Pandemic Square Foot Price Hikes End in 2023 https://eyeonhousing.org/2024/08/post-pandemic-square-foot-price-hikes-end-in-2023/ Thu, 09 Apr 2026 02:34:24 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://tankie.tube https://tankie.tube/lazy-static/avatars/3ba3ff73-a8b6-49c9-add8-9653ef090c7f.webp https://tankie.tube/videos/watch/c61bd52d-7ccf-4824-af4d-b3c0747999b3 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://tankie.tube/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.