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[–] TranscendentalEmpire@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

In a planned economy, it wouldn't be unexpected to over-build. In fact

I wouldn't call that over building though, and that wouldn't explain hundreds of millions of extra homes. Building that aren't being used begin to break down quite rapidly.