"A nightmarish blight on a beautiful landscape"
In this week's comments update, readers are uncomplimentary about an abandoned housing development in central Turkey that features hundreds of identical chateaux.
Abandonment issues: drone footage showing 732 identical mini chateaux that have been abandoned at the Burj Al Babas luxury housing development in central Turkey, after its developer filed for bankruptcy, has riled up readers.
"A nightmarish blight on a beautiful landscape," commented Joan.
Wyndham Williams agreed: "That just looks awful, and no space around each Barbie house" Hardly luxury".
"Looks like a wide white river of regret," added Hilton Purvis.
KLNR replied:"Looks like some dystopian Disneyland."
This reader had a very specific concern: ?
What do you think of the housing development" Join the discussion ?
People's palace: commenters aren't impressed with Opposite Office after it revealed a proposed redesign of Buckingham Palace. The Affordable Palace would enable 50,000 people to co-habit with the queen.
"Ridiculous and insulting. How does circulation and means of escape in case of fire work with this design, or is it okay for 50,000 people to be trapped because this is better than being homeless"" asked AlfredHitchCock.
Heywoodfloyd went on: "I don't see the need to politicise the palace, this proposal is primarily immature rather than far left."
"Desperate attempt to gain attention, the design is laughable, and...
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