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nickriel t1_j84jnab wrote

There's a whole bunch of derelict buildings strewn across the Pacific owned by the Nauru government. They were rich in the 70s and built hotels for themselves just to get away for the weekend. Now most of them are rotting hulks filled with Chinese immigrant squatters.

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DeviousMelons t1_j85ykww wrote

They missed a golden opportunity because they wanted to make a name for themselves.

The mining industry brought the island so much wealth that they could set up a national stipend which would make every citizen set for life for a century but instead they pissed it away on real estate projects.

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