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[-] DreamlandLividity@lemmy.world 26 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

If I search the name, half the articles say 20k, other half 30k. Honestly, I have serious doubts about both figures...

[-] rarWars 12 points 2 weeks ago

Snopes has an article on it, and even they couldn't come up with a solid number.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/china-apartment-building-residents/

[-] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 10 points 2 weeks ago
[-] DreamlandLividity@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I counted 37 floors. If there are 37 apartments per floor since the building looks square-ish (those would be some small apartments) and there are 2 rows (one on each side of the building), that is less than 3k apartments. If each had a family of four, that is less then 12k.

[-] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 weeks ago

I think the capacity is 30k, but 20k people currently live there

[-] altasshet@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I wouldn't be surprised if the numbers were off by an order of magnitude. 1500 units with on average 2 people works out to 3000. Looking at the pictures, that feels like a more realistic number.

[-] jaybone@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

That’s about 50 units per floor. Which does seem a bit low from looking at the pic. But 1000 per floor (to give you the 30k) seems way too high, unless the units are the size of broom closets.

[-] Blackmist@feddit.uk 3 points 1 week ago

30 thousand people used to live here.

Now it's a ghost town.

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