South Korea goes nuts, proposes $275B Tourist City

[sharkov]

Biggest compensation effort since Dubai

[GirlySports]

I'm definitely going there!

GEE GEE GEE GEE BABY BABY BABY

[Wormius]

Originally Posted by Locke

It would cost a fortune to go there.

Also, walking through the gigantic penis would be a bit.....awkward. Would they hang signs saying: "You Are the Semen."?

I think they would make you wear white cover-alls and eject you out into the pond either by waterslide or catapult. Which method will depend on how long it was since the last people were ejaculated out.

[topfiverecords]

Originally Posted by Locke

It would cost a fortune to go there.

Also, walking through the gigantic penis would be a bit.....awkward. Would they hang signs saying: "You Are the Semen."?

I'm hearing they'll hold races inside to raise money for ovarian cancer. 5,000 men in white spandex suits on Segways.

[Clarkey]

Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch

If our pedestrian bridge would have looked like that I would have totally supported it just to see how many tourists flew into Calgary snapping pictures of Calgary's proud dong

That is the least subtle phallic symbol ever.

[Lil Pedro]

I would visit.

[JohnnyB]

I've read projection of China having 300,000,000 tourists travelling abroad each year by 2020.

If they build it, the Chinese will go.

[Sylvanfan]

Originally Posted by JohnnyB

I've read projection of China having 300,000,000 tourists travelling abroad each year by 2020.

If they build it, the Chinese will go.

But will they come enough to make the giant phallus feasible?

[JohnnyB]

Double post

[driveway]

Yeah, living in a place frequented by hordes of mainland Chinese tourists I can absolutely vouch that a facility like this would be unbelievably successful. There is nothing the Chinese love more than doing exactly the same "cool" thing that every other Chinese person does.

And example: here in Taipei there is a gondola which takes you up into the mountains to a really beautiful tea-growing area full of temples and wonderful little tea-houses. It's really quite nice and the gondola ride is similar to the ride up Sunshine, perhaps slightly longer.

The first time I went there I was stunned, the line snaked all the way down the massive terminal building, out the door, and up and around the block. I thought 'Eff this, not a chance' but the girl I was with just grabbed my hand and dragged me into the building. We paid out fee and wound our way up the escalators past several thousand people waiting calmly and patiently in line.

We get to the loading area and I realized that we were going to walk straight onto our own, private gondola because these three thousand people were all waiting for one of the two gondolas with a glass bottom. They are perfectly happy to wait for what must have been hours in line in order to ride a gondola with a glass bottom. For eleven minutes.

This Korean project will be ridiculously successful with mainland Chinese tourists.

[Thor]

I wish humanity still had the desire to build great wonders, not just this crazyness.

With all the technology and human ingenuity, we could build some spectacular wonders.

Oh well, back to Civ5!

[driveway]

All wonders are craziness.

The Pyramids were built to house dead bodies, the Great Wall of China is a defensive weapon, the Taj Mahal is a paean to a dead lover, Stonehenge is a calendar, and the Leaning Tower of Pisa is a mistake.

[Clarkey]

Originally Posted by driveway

Yeah, living in a place frequented by hordes of mainland Chinese tourists I can absolutely vouch that a facility like this would be unbelievably successful. There is nothing the Chinese love more than doing exactly the same "cool" thing that every other Chinese person does.

And example: here in Taipei there is a gondola which takes you up into the mountains to a really beautiful tea-growing area full of temples and wonderful little tea-houses. It's really quite nice and the gondola ride is similar to the ride up Sunshine, perhaps slightly longer.

The first time I went there I was stunned, the line snaked all the way down the massive terminal building, out the door, and up and around the block. I thought 'Eff this, not a chance' but the girl I was with just grabbed my hand and dragged me into the building. We paid out fee and wound our way up the escalators past several thousand people waiting calmly and patiently in line.

We get to the loading area and I realized that we were going to walk straight onto our own, private gondola because these three thousand people were all waiting for one of the two gondolas with a glass bottom. They are perfectly happy to wait for what must have been hours in line in order to ride a gondola with a glass bottom. For eleven minutes.

This Korean project will be ridiculously successful with mainland Chinese tourists.

Sheeple.

[Daradon]

Originally Posted by Clarkey

Sheeple.

It`s not as simple as that. While you may be correct there are good reasons for it. Look at the society they grow up in. The government treats everyone alike, so they end up becoming alike. Obviously this is an oversimplification, and their are outliers, but I would imagine this is how a personality develops in a communist nation. And how a society of those people would start behaving after they start to get some real money.

[Jude]

Originally Posted by Clarkey

Sheeple.

[GreenLantern2814]

It looks like Asgard.

[GreenLantern2814]

Originally Posted by sharkov

Biggest compensation effort since Dubai

I feel like they're compensating for different things. Though this does sorta explain the route Samsung has gone with its phones.

[JohnnyB]

Originally Posted by Daradon

It`s not as simple as that. While you may be correct there are good reasons for it. Look at the society they grow up in. The government treats everyone alike, so they end up becoming alike. Obviously this is an oversimplification, and their are outliers, but I would imagine this is how a personality develops in a communist nation. And how a society of those people would start behaving after they start to get some real money.

A little OT, but I wish people would stop referring to China as a communist nation. It's not communist.

[Hemi-Cuda]

Originally Posted by JohnnyB

A little OT, but I wish people would stop referring to China as a communist nation. It's not communist.

capitalist dictatorship then?

[Acey]

Alberta could build 91 ring roads around Calgary for that much money, based on the cost of the southeast leg.