Sanzhi Pod City

The Sanzhi Pod City was a town that went into construction in 1978 in Taiwan. It was meant to be resort home, that was marketed toward U.S. Military officers returning home from their posts in East Asia after Vietnam. Unfortunately the construction was not only halted because of the loss of investments that the Taiwanese government made, but also several fatal accidents occurred while building. The deaths were caused by car accidents, and were told to be the result of cutting the sculpture of a dragon outside of the city gates. There were also stories that the place where the building was happening was a Dutch burial site. it sat there abandoned and somewhat unfinished for 40 years, until 2008. Early in 2008 there was talk about deconstruction happening. It was a sad, sad day. Despite MANY people supporting online petitions, the site was being demolished by the summer of 2008, and the last of them were gone by 2010. I would have loved to visit them, but unfortunately I was too young and even now I would NEVER convince my parents to take me to another country. Next blog will be about Chernobyl. See you next time!