Most Useless Megaprojects in the World

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  • Опубліковано 9 тра 2024
  • Abandoned, Delayed, and Failed Megaprojects. In this video, we go over the Most Useless and Expensive Megaprojects in the World including Forest City, Hawaii's Interstate H3, and the Strangest City in the World! For more Construction & Megaproject content be sure to subscribe to Top Luxury. Thanks for watching this video: Most Useless Megaprojects in the World
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    0:00 World's Most Useless Megaprojects
    0:30 Interstate H-3, USA Hawaii
    3:09 Ciudad Real Central Airport, Spain
    6:14 Naypyidaw, Myanmar
    9:28 Forest City, Malaysia
    13:02 Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository
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  • @nicetroy
    @nicetroy 2 роки тому +27021

    I was being constructed for 9 months and was nurtured for 7 years and i think i can be part of this list.

    • @ashleyk9827
      @ashleyk9827 2 роки тому +526

      ouch

    • @nicetroy
      @nicetroy 2 роки тому +1911

      @@ashleyk9827 it wasn't that much of a megaproject at all

    • @SA-tr5lv
      @SA-tr5lv 2 роки тому +63

      Ha ha

    • @ofentsemusi1509
      @ofentsemusi1509 2 роки тому +606

      You are 7 years old??

    • @zzyzxzzyzx
      @zzyzxzzyzx 2 роки тому +1118

      @@ofentsemusi1509 I think the point is their parents stopped nurturing him after age 7

  • @8oh8ryan
    @8oh8ryan 2 роки тому +13400

    As someone who lives in Hawaii, I can say the H-3 is far from "useless". It's the chosen route for most people to get from one side of the island to the other.

    • @user-wp4ep8vo1x
      @user-wp4ep8vo1x 2 роки тому +467

      Really hahaha I have minimal knowledge of Hawaii but that’s what I thought seeing the route it takes. Is it frowned upon even with that

    • @YukarioMashimato
      @YukarioMashimato 2 роки тому +1012

      It is the best route to get to other side of the island. Takes way to long to go east than north or west than north to do the same thing. The speaker sounds like he never drove on this highway.

    • @user-wp4ep8vo1x
      @user-wp4ep8vo1x 2 роки тому +44

      @@YukarioMashimato I’m dead 💀

    • @cdorman11
      @cdorman11 2 роки тому +301

      It's a beautiful ride. Just gorgeous. My gf pokes me to make sure I don't miss the view when she drives us through (on our way to Boots and Kimo's for macadamia nut pancakes; ah, memories).

    • @AdmiralTails
      @AdmiralTails 2 роки тому +560

      Even as someone who doesn't live there, I could straight up see in the drone footage that PLENTY of people are using that highway.

  • @godspeedthe13th
    @godspeedthe13th Рік тому +453

    As someone who lives in the Andromeda Galaxy, I can confidently tell you that the H3 highway in Hawaii is far from useless.

    • @brendonmcmahon3294
      @brendonmcmahon3294 Рік тому

      Beluga whale I'm krill dude and yeah wot an amazing feat of construction kudos

    • @Imperial_Lizardgirl
      @Imperial_Lizardgirl 8 місяців тому +3

      Can't not confirm that from the Trappist system of the milky way!!! "From space, we drop on heads"

    • @venanziadorromatagni1641
      @venanziadorromatagni1641 Місяць тому

      This sounds fine.
      I live in a city that just spent 20 years of planning, over 5 years of construction, and 500mio US$ of taxpayer money to „cover“ the stunning length of 840m (0.5 miles) of an existing highway (Not a new highway, just covering an existing one with two walls and a flat roof, and no, the bildung material is not gold, it‘s concrete)

  • @marchmaryyy
    @marchmaryyy Рік тому +108

    I had to move Nay Pyi Taw since the beginning of establishment for my mom sake . She was one of hundreds of engineers involved in that project .I found that most Burmese are not very fond of Nay Pyi Taw because it looks boring and the atmosphere is dry and spooky than former capital city . But here without any political affairs and the background situations, I can say that the structures and concepts established in the city are very well founded. Although a lot of things are still needed, especially transportation, education institudes, economic organizations from every aspects. I guess introverts would love that place for the atmosphere is really quiet and private , unless you are in the market :)

    • @jacobclooney975
      @jacobclooney975 Рік тому +4

      Î hope to live there in ten years and i hope its the same

    • @LakeofMarimo
      @LakeofMarimo Рік тому +7

      Been there before for a few months. Everything & every place is far from each other. Supermarkets are far from the housings, hospitals are in separate zone, offices are pretty far & not easily accessible from most places. Unless you have your own vehicle, it's hard to live. I mean, even introverts need to have basic necessities in daily life to function

    • @marchmaryyy
      @marchmaryyy Рік тому +3

      @@LakeofMarimo that's why they use motorcycles there. I know it's a long way to go from one place to another, but as far as I know markets have their own places according to where the residents live. Although not the VIP quarters. However, the transportation is utterly need to become well-developed public system.

  • @thantthirioo6147
    @thantthirioo6147 2 роки тому +9346

    I'm currently living in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. 80% of the small population of Naypyitaw, including me, live in the urbanized areas which were villages about 500 years ago. More than 90% of the city were teak forests before 2000. Naypyitaw is six times larger than the city of New York. Now, Myanmar is in a military coup, and more people have left the capital to hide in forests in remote mountainous areas, as we are under high risk for being arrested by the military. After we win this revolution, we warmly welcome you all to pay a visit to Myanmar.

    • @seankeaney7004
      @seankeaney7004 2 роки тому +529

      Wow! stay safe!! God Bless you ✝️

    • @lesseraespa674
      @lesseraespa674 2 роки тому +470

      The world is with the people of Myanmar! ✊🏽

    • @jamdva8176
      @jamdva8176 2 роки тому +212

      Wish you best from siberia

    • @pepepeps7263
      @pepepeps7263 2 роки тому +1

      m.ua-cam.com/video/c1au4Dc3y1Q/v-deo.html

    • @agnesyakubu2334
      @agnesyakubu2334 2 роки тому +32

      Risk management! Should apply in every trading plan before entering a position.

  • @thecornishsymmetry138
    @thecornishsymmetry138 2 роки тому +7219

    Imagine building an entire city in secret and hoping it just flourishes. What were they thinking?

    • @c-rlt730
      @c-rlt730 2 роки тому +684

      🧠...💭"we will build this, we hope this flourishes"

    • @scluzzy
      @scluzzy 2 роки тому +38

      MONKAS

    • @masterlinktechmedia1583
      @masterlinktechmedia1583 2 роки тому +50

      The best foolishness so far

    • @bryangilreath7333
      @bryangilreath7333 2 роки тому +161

      If you build it, they will come
      The mastermind behind the build clearly watched field of dreams one to many times 🤷‍♂️😂

    • @caleb7461
      @caleb7461 2 роки тому +40

      m y a n m a r

  • @ajoltre-skin8043
    @ajoltre-skin8043 Рік тому +258

    As someone who has never stepped out of my house in a decade, let alone ever been to Hawaii, I can confirm interstate H-3 is “far from useless”

  • @luca7311
    @luca7311 Рік тому +92

    as someone who has lived in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, all my life, I can tell you with absolute certainty that the H-3 is far from useless

    • @rafaelvenancio1060
      @rafaelvenancio1060 Рік тому

      Unfortunatly Brazil have some a lot, even Rio de Janeiro. The second levels of the subway stations have part of it. and then, the PUC-RIO station and the line4. Things that need on the city, and should be made, but all this constructions weren't finished.

    • @coltonkoepp655
      @coltonkoepp655 3 місяці тому

      Pretty sure he's referring to the intention the highway was built for now that the main anchorage for the Pacific fleet has been moved to San Diego and Peral Harbor isn't as major of a base as it used to be having an interstate that connects the naval base to the marine air station is pretty useless as we all know if another world war was to break out it would be faught with mainly nuclear arms

  • @doycechu6074
    @doycechu6074 2 роки тому +3301

    Hawai’i Resident and Native Hawaiian here, no idea where you got the “cursed” thing from, the only superstition we have is taking pork over that mountain for reasons relating to cultural deities. But the H-3 is definitely useful. It’s the fastest way from the east side to downtown Honolulu and the airport. Going right down the middle of the island is definitely faster than going around; that being said, the military definitely uses it. Like the video points out, it leads from MCAS K-Bay to Pearl Harbor, that’s still super useful; the national guard uses it all the time! Just recently it was used during our massive surge testing for Covid-19.

    • @jcaashby3
      @jcaashby3 2 роки тому +255

      I dont even need to live in Hawaii to know the H3 should not have been on this list. As I was watching I was waiting to see a empty highway or a reason why it was useless as in not used. But by the end all they seemed to come up with was how much it cost.

    • @MikeMikeSmith
      @MikeMikeSmith 2 роки тому +105

      Yeah, Looks like they just wanted something they thought was “Controversial” to add to their list “The Natives”, “The Environment”… You can see from the video it’s obviously used.

    • @georgewashington8620
      @georgewashington8620 2 роки тому +45

      Not a native Hawaiian but I lived on MCBH (MCAS) as a kid for 2 years - I deadass don’t understand it either. I remember the H3 being being nearly the only way my family would get to the other side of the island. We used it so much I used to wish we’d take the Likelike just so I could see more of the island. I do remember one time we went a long way all the way around the island after a BSA event over near Waimea Valley.

    • @sasquatch8268
      @sasquatch8268 2 роки тому +24

      Was just about to say this lol this guy didn't do much research

    • @dadakmj
      @dadakmj 2 роки тому +31

      They should have swapped out H-3 with our rail system 😂

  • @JadaDesiree
    @JadaDesiree 2 роки тому +3068

    I used to drive H3 every day to get to work, not sure how it’s useless it’s used every single day lol. The views even while it rains are beautiful, the mountains are so tall they make their own waterfalls. Definitely the most beautiful drive I’ve ever been on

    • @elijahcarr4137
      @elijahcarr4137 2 роки тому +75

      I think I want to swap commutes

    • @lancerouleau7323
      @lancerouleau7323 2 роки тому +92

      “Even while it rains”? The route is especially great when it rains, little waterfalls form all over the place in the ridges of the mountains, we used to drive through it in the rainy season and count all the waterfalls on the way to school

    • @ngounchantha792
      @ngounchantha792 2 роки тому +18

      because it costs too much per KM

    • @ThyPam
      @ThyPam 2 роки тому +84

      @@ngounchantha792 yeah but this list is for "useless" projects not "over budget"

    • @mediocrefloridaman
      @mediocrefloridaman 2 роки тому +17

      Useless to the locals.

  • @poppythedogofwonders
    @poppythedogofwonders Рік тому +42

    As an alien from a planet in the far off reaches of reality itself who has never set foot on Earth's crust I can absolutely assure you that the H3 is far from useless.

  • @Girl-rj3qe
    @Girl-rj3qe Рік тому +48

    As someone who studied in Laie but sometimes stays in her aunt in Kapolei (I’m originally from the Philippines), interstate H3 is actually useful as it provides an alternate way for me and my aunt to go to Laie without passing through Honolulu

  • @tsukikage3941
    @tsukikage3941 2 роки тому +4710

    These gigantic, nearly empty roads would make a perfect setting for a zombie apocalypse film.

    • @amazingsupergirl7125
      @amazingsupergirl7125 2 роки тому +95

      Or AI overtaking. The foliage growing over and crumbling is on point.

    • @safsaf99
      @safsaf99 2 роки тому +15

      Nice copy paste

    • @NicholasNRG
      @NicholasNRG 2 роки тому +9

      Wym just run them over lol

    • @waterhose216
      @waterhose216 2 роки тому +32

      @@NicholasNRG like that one scene of the walking dead lmao

    • @black-ev3ko
      @black-ev3ko 2 роки тому +19

      @@safsaf99 imagine being a kid lol

  • @toast5225
    @toast5225 2 роки тому +2123

    I do like living in Naypyidaw, pure silence, solitude and tranquility, the air is fresh, the roads are always empty and well lit at night but the problem is traveling great distance to a nearest supermarket and basically a quite place vibes

    • @leileiwin8569
      @leileiwin8569 2 роки тому +193

      I have been there. It actually took two hours on the road to go to a restaurant from our hotel. Mind you that the road was empty 🙂

    • @greiginvietnam
      @greiginvietnam 2 роки тому +59

      is it a safe place to live? I mean from gangs and such?

    • @vickiesmith3021
      @vickiesmith3021 2 роки тому +10

      That's so awesome. It's good there is positive things for living there. Thank you so very much for sharing yr story.

    • @trippiencampbol6930
      @trippiencampbol6930 2 роки тому +48

      More people, more problems... the less people the better esp in these modern times

    • @trippiencampbol6930
      @trippiencampbol6930 2 роки тому +7

      More people, more problems... the less people the better esp in these modern times

  • @faulcondelacy5880
    @faulcondelacy5880 Рік тому +39

    Forest City is actually a nice project itself. It's functional and proving development on reclaimed lands totally possible. The problem is not the engineering itself but geo political struggle and the price tag. SG-Forest City trip has become the most popular roadbike event in most SG-Malaysia cycling clubs.

    • @mejust8392
      @mejust8392 Рік тому +11

      When u build a city at a strategic location focussed entirely on foreigners its much harder to convince locals to support such a project.

    • @AngelWingzzz
      @AngelWingzzz Рік тому +2

      Malaysia has a future as a tourist destination..when it stops allowing religion to stiffle its investment in prosperity for its people...religious and secular.

    • @berdigylychrejepbayev7503
      @berdigylychrejepbayev7503 4 місяці тому

      it is not related to religion at all. dont you get china wanted to do with forest city? you can learn on the internet. they wanted to built safe heaven for chinese elite in foreign country@@AngelWingzzz

  • @AmazingAwesomeAlaska
    @AmazingAwesomeAlaska Рік тому +7

    I love how all the comments are roasting this guy for not actually doing his research when it came to H3

  • @DeadWhiteButterflies
    @DeadWhiteButterflies 2 роки тому +8776

    Don't forget literally anything that the Saudi Royal family builds.

    • @ayubkazi8409
      @ayubkazi8409 2 роки тому +340

      They are asking about projects, not about home which was built by bill gates or any other billionaire

    • @megha8783
      @megha8783 2 роки тому +23

      Lol

    • @saeedalamri1975
      @saeedalamri1975 2 роки тому +227

      Jealousy kills 🤣🤣

    • @brandonmcmaster9098
      @brandonmcmaster9098 2 роки тому +557

      @@saeedalamri1975 Hunger kills

    • @Zero.7000
      @Zero.7000 2 роки тому +47

      U mad bro

  • @moonstarsOo
    @moonstarsOo 2 роки тому +4046

    As a Kānaka Maoli and someone who grew up in Hawaiʻi, the H3 is the furthest thing from being a "useless megaproject." It is such a vital route to get from the North side of the island to Central , East, and West Oahu.

    • @ghoststormlongsmartinezcha9906
      @ghoststormlongsmartinezcha9906 2 роки тому +219

      Title's a clickbait for real. 20m views now 😂

    • @olegkuvshinov5599
      @olegkuvshinov5599 2 роки тому +26

      Let alone being my fav place in TDU when I was a kid xD

    • @vernallyric8417
      @vernallyric8417 2 роки тому +86

      To add to your point: I used to live in Hawai'i for 5 years, the H3 was pretty backed up just like the rest of the state.

    • @apachecoolrider1157
      @apachecoolrider1157 2 роки тому +146

      I was literally stuck in traffic yesterday on the H3

    • @rooteddwellings
      @rooteddwellings 2 роки тому +50

      My buddy moved to Oahu and rented a convertible. My favorite memories are coming down off acid and riding the H3 until it started sprinkling out of nowhere. Still great highway but the traffic was awful

  • @EdwardHwang-wy1ix
    @EdwardHwang-wy1ix Рік тому +13

    As somebody who has never set foot on the Hawaian soil I can definitely assure you that the H3 is far from useless.

  • @Taxi_for_takeoff
    @Taxi_for_takeoff 2 роки тому +4912

    I lived in Hawaii. The H3 is an extremely busy highway, often bumper to bumper during rush hour. I never heard of anyone not using it that lived there. And it is the fastest way from the east side to Honolulu (H3 to H1) unless the Pali is empty. Far from useless.

  • @BellicV
    @BellicV Рік тому +4362

    As someone who doesn’t live in Hawaii, I can tell you by the comments that H3 is far from useless.

    • @aureliaandris8240
      @aureliaandris8240 Рік тому +38

      😄

    • @NittoNba44
      @NittoNba44 Рік тому +1

      As someone who doesn't read the comments, I can assure you that the H3 is a ghost town

    • @shreyamurthy8250
      @shreyamurthy8250 Рік тому +35

      🤣🤣

    • @clementhaa
      @clementhaa Рік тому +10

      @@shreyamurthy8250 ur pretty

    • @FeCyrineu
      @FeCyrineu Рік тому +145

      You can tell from just looking at the image the video shows. That highway is filled with cars.

  • @CosmicCreeper99
    @CosmicCreeper99 Рік тому +12

    As someone who hasn’t even watched this video yet, yes I’m sure the H3 in Hawaii isn’t useless

  • @deanyoung696
    @deanyoung696 Рік тому +25

    As someone who lives on Oahu, I think that the H3 is a vital part of the island. It is definitely useful

    • @Imperial_Lizardgirl
      @Imperial_Lizardgirl 8 місяців тому

      Now say that in Hawaiian and everyone will believe you Internet translator in your disposal.

  • @alejandroml756
    @alejandroml756 2 роки тому +3661

    In Spain we also have more semi-abandoned airports such as Castellón, the most expensive roundabout in Europe that was open for 3 months and a formula 1 track ​that is now used to walk the dog

    • @alejandroml756
      @alejandroml756 2 роки тому +11

      @haris 318ti hahahahha

    • @gato69evo
      @gato69evo 2 роки тому +13

      What track are you talking about!?

    • @hanswurst6712
      @hanswurst6712 2 роки тому +91

      @@gato69evo Valencia Street \ Harbour circuit i would guess

    • @alejandroml756
      @alejandroml756 2 роки тому +62

      @@gato69evo Valencia Street Circuit

    • @JAILFOOD
      @JAILFOOD 2 роки тому +29

      Max max max super super max max

  • @whyiseverysinglehandletaken2
    @whyiseverysinglehandletaken2 2 роки тому +4918

    The problem with Naypyidaw is that it was mostly built in secret in the middle of nowhere. If they hadn't done that then more companies would have tried to invest and stuff. Building your capital in secrecy is idiocy.

    • @amazingandy007yt3
      @amazingandy007yt3 2 роки тому +336

      As a pesorn who is from Myanmar i can confirm that naypyitaw is stlill empty and not that populated.

    • @gianlucapietro14
      @gianlucapietro14 2 роки тому +138

      Myanmar Policies 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡

    • @syamil30
      @syamil30 2 роки тому +2

      105

    • @zypA13510
      @zypA13510 2 роки тому +63

      Or maybe they just didn't want to share the "profit" with those companies and businessmen?

    • @syamil30
      @syamil30 2 роки тому +13

      @@zypA13510 come on lets be real would you even invest in that

  • @coleozaeta6344
    @coleozaeta6344 Рік тому +75

    I went through H3 to Pearl Harbor and other sites on a long bus tour. This was 10 years ago. A lot of cars were there, but not anything to slow the tour down. Hawaii brings in a hell of a lot of revenue of of tourists like my mom and I. I don’t think H3 is useless. Neither does basically anyone in the comments, or the people that say they live on Oahu, where I went. They even filmed part of Jurassic Park 1 near there. It’s not useless or forgotten.

    • @dancingbird
      @dancingbird Рік тому +3

      You conributed to colonization. Native Hawaiians have been saying for years not to go

  • @dgdave2673
    @dgdave2673 7 місяців тому +14

    As someone who lives in Betelgeuse, I can vouch for H3 highway being far from useless. I have used it a countless times from Salt Lake, Pear Harbor area to quickly go the North Shore. It’s one of the most scenic highways in the whole of USA.

  • @CraftySouthpaw
    @CraftySouthpaw 2 роки тому +3232

    "Most Useless Megaprojects in the World"
    *Shows a bridge with numerous cars driving back and forth across it.*

    • @josephg.1.130
      @josephg.1.130 2 роки тому +197

      Cant expect much from these type of youtube videos

    • @rozanfaust2967
      @rozanfaust2967 2 роки тому +88

      You really cant expect much when this kind of videos is similar to top 10 slow cars video that just shows the fastest car in the world.

    • @frankdatank7751
      @frankdatank7751 2 роки тому +1

      Lol

    • @opx4real
      @opx4real 2 роки тому +46

      Narrator was pretty clear who it's useless for. I'd say being useless for your native population certainly qualifies.

    • @josephg.1.130
      @josephg.1.130 2 роки тому +29

      @@opx4real not really, if it has uses... Not useless... Are cars useless since so many people cant drive?

  • @RandomGuy37
    @RandomGuy37 2 роки тому +1923

    If I had $1 every time Top Gear has featured a useless megaproject, I'd have $2. It's not a lot, but it's weird that it has happened twice.

    • @loganbobrow9333
      @loganbobrow9333 2 роки тому +42

      Parry the platypus?!!

    • @cookiecola5852
      @cookiecola5852 2 роки тому +1

      Lol

    • @arundarani509
      @arundarani509 2 роки тому +29

      My exact thought when I saw these, oh the top gear nostalgia

    • @tsubadaikhan6332
      @tsubadaikhan6332 2 роки тому +5

      You just need to charge more per useless Megaproject.
      They all appear to have $Billions spare....

    • @muthiang7085
      @muthiang7085 2 роки тому +1

      @@tsubadaikhan6332 ll.

  • @entertainmentlover609
    @entertainmentlover609 Рік тому +3

    It is a disaster how ineptly resources are wasted. It's just incredible. The main thing is that people learn from this and do not repeat it again.

  • @JusticeExplorer
    @JusticeExplorer Рік тому +5

    As someone who doesn’t live in Hawaii, I can tell you by the comments that H3 is far from useless. It's the chosen route for most people to get from one side of the island to the other.

  • @arxfortis7481
    @arxfortis7481 2 роки тому +4159

    "H3 is the most useless highway ever built." (Shows hundreds of cars driving on it in a matter of seconds)

    • @pepepeps7263
      @pepepeps7263 2 роки тому +1

      m.ua-cam.com/video/c1au4Dc3y1Q/v-deo.html

    • @blogengeezer4507
      @blogengeezer4507 2 роки тому +69

      .. Everything in Hawaii is 'very expensive.. Everything..
      US 'fiat, printed and hosed around by the Liberal Left, as if an endlessly flowing ocean of currency, is what is dropping in value..;}

    • @kendalldobich2409
      @kendalldobich2409 2 роки тому +25

      I enjoy driving on it.

    • @peternystrom921
      @peternystrom921 2 роки тому +41

      More like, as useless as this video.

    • @varadero5337
      @varadero5337 2 роки тому +82

      @@blogengeezer4507 Trump lost . get over it . and the H3 is used A LOT

  • @dizzy8175
    @dizzy8175 2 роки тому +2335

    "this highway is useless" *shows highway with a ton of cars driving on it*

    • @rayndawg7181
      @rayndawg7181 2 роки тому +137

      One car can weigh over a ton.🙂

    • @goofyduder2604
      @goofyduder2604 2 роки тому +178

      @@artisticyeti22 He understood it well enough to make a joke about it.

    • @stayade5551
      @stayade5551 2 роки тому +2

      Exactly

    • @berzerkboy5112
      @berzerkboy5112 2 роки тому

      Tons of cars

    • @alansach8437
      @alansach8437 2 роки тому +5

      A "s#itload" of cars driving on it!

  • @chalice3571
    @chalice3571 Рік тому +1

    Thank you for these little unwanted gems. I would like to see two of them work out... I live in USA and am too old to travel but in my heart I can envision: Naypyidaw, Myanmar and Forest City Malaysia to progress into viable cities... their plans are beautiful... God bless!

  • @andrewzimmerman2115
    @andrewzimmerman2115 2 роки тому +2581

    I'm Hawaiian, have never once heard of H3 being cursed. But not only is the H3 used often, you can literally see plenty of cars using it in the video. How is it useless?

    • @sullya6967
      @sullya6967 2 роки тому +238

      I think they just wanted to add a mega project for the sake of it

    • @user-wn6a232aWqc
      @user-wn6a232aWqc 2 роки тому +122

      @@sullya6967 precisely, but coming up with things makes the rest of the list questionable lol

    • @Kuypers125
      @Kuypers125 2 роки тому +22

      They answer that question right in the video
      Right before they moved on to the next useless thing

    • @umeshverma7494
      @umeshverma7494 2 роки тому +10

      For views he makes such video

    • @domingofung
      @domingofung 2 роки тому +18

      Person that post is just a person without knowledge. He/she probably just read it online and post it. Dumb people believing anything online.

  • @ChristineWaters
    @ChristineWaters 2 роки тому +2601

    The H3 is incredibly useful. Even though it doesn't connect to downtown Honolulu, it is one of the most efficient (and scenic) ways to cross from mid-southern to northeastern Oahu.

    • @701delbronx8
      @701delbronx8 2 роки тому +150

      Yeah but it’s a racist highway

    • @got.motion
      @got.motion 2 роки тому +5

      Stop holding

    • @itsourlife
      @itsourlife 2 роки тому +55

      @@701delbronx8 yes and cursed.

    • @FrVitoBe
      @FrVitoBe 2 роки тому +53

      Yea I think the natives preferd it being build on the ground clearing more forest

    • @dannyarchives
      @dannyarchives 2 роки тому +36

      @@701delbronx8 i feel like its not racist, the ppl who made it dont have hearts and have so much money they just want revenue

  • @hlidskjalf4966
    @hlidskjalf4966 7 місяців тому +2

    as someone who's seen a highway before and cannot imagine a deserted highway, i can confirm that the H3 highway in Hawaii is far from useless and is actually very busy.

  • @adityadhongade5520
    @adityadhongade5520 Рік тому +4

    As someone who never visited Hawaii, I can confirm that H3 is "far from useless"

  • @LiveFreeOrDie2A
    @LiveFreeOrDie2A Рік тому +15

    What’s incredible about the Myanmar capital is that it seems like it was ACTUALLY FINISHED?!? For a project like that, in a country like that, with zero promised fruit currently beared from the project.. I find it almost an inspiring miracle it was actually pulled off, seen through to completion, and is just sitting there waiting for the rest of the country to catch up with it, and not like 99% of mega projects where the country is waiting for IT and will be for eternity.

  • @BDUF
    @BDUF 2 роки тому +1507

    Pretty sure I drove that highway plenty of times in Test Drive Unlimited, so it definitely got some use.

    • @garythecyclingnerd6219
      @garythecyclingnerd6219 2 роки тому +25

      I would drive on it all the time! I would love to drive it in real life one day

    • @Guitar-Dog
      @Guitar-Dog 2 роки тому +11

      Your not on the island of Hawaii in TD:U
      It begins with an O, it's in the Hawaiian group of islands tho

    • @NASAsKILLZ
      @NASAsKILLZ 2 роки тому +12

      That game was legendary

    • @Michael-kv9bg
      @Michael-kv9bg 2 роки тому +3

      Frankly, when I started watching I was like: Mmhh we should have a racing game in Hawaii, then I realized we had TDU, amazing game!

    • @Shellcool
      @Shellcool 2 роки тому +2

      @@Guitar-Dog I think he means Test drive unlimited 2, you start on Ibiza and the second island in the game is Hawaii

  • @carterjones4709
    @carterjones4709 2 роки тому +566

    I live in Hawaii and I just took the H3 Interstate just a couple hours ago. It actually is useful because it cuts time by an hour to get from Honolulu to the other side of the island. That interstate is packed everyday.

    • @zeffery101
      @zeffery101 2 роки тому +3

      why wouldn't you take the 61 or 63?

    • @TurdFurgeson275
      @TurdFurgeson275 2 роки тому +4

      H3 better

    • @carterjones4709
      @carterjones4709 2 роки тому +19

      @@zeffery101 Because H3 is closer to people who live on the west side or north west part of the island

    • @BoCaine
      @BoCaine 2 роки тому +2

      not the reasoning behind it being deemed useless... open your mind lol

    • @russellgxy2905
      @russellgxy2905 2 роки тому +20

      Still don’t know why it’s called an interstate. Call me pedantic, but it’s an intrastate

  • @ELvisivytech
    @ELvisivytech Рік тому +7

    As someone that used to love watching Hawaii 5-0, with Jack Lord as Steve Mcgarrett, I can honestly say that the H-3 is far from useless.

  • @tilo4548
    @tilo4548 Рік тому +5

    The H3 is very useful, what you should’ve included instead is the railway they constructed from west side to downtown Honolulu that has costed billions over budget and has been worked on for decades which still has not been opened.

  • @jiejie7jie
    @jiejie7jie 2 роки тому +1674

    Watching this makes me feel better when I do projects for school that I dont intend to be useless

    • @samuelsarzaba9388
      @samuelsarzaba9388 2 роки тому +7

      Love ur pfp

    • @gm6041
      @gm6041 2 роки тому +2

      Kokoro yabe!

    • @Neatram1
      @Neatram1 2 роки тому +14

      Stop thinking like that,you are useless

    • @_Edit4u_
      @_Edit4u_ 2 роки тому +1

      peace🚫

    • @GandhiSaaahab
      @GandhiSaaahab 2 роки тому +10

      My last 3 years projects now are in garbage😀

  • @sergiomoreno6861
    @sergiomoreno6861 2 роки тому +1553

    According to my parents I'm their most useless megaproject.

  • @maiiiali
    @maiiiali Рік тому +2

    As someone who's never set foot outside Africa, I can tell you with confidence that H-3 is far from useless

  • @steveanthony5530
    @steveanthony5530 Рік тому +21

    As someone born in the New Jersey Turnpike’s Sara Barton rest area I have watched Hawaii 5-0 since I made my grand appearance in this world and I can tell you the Hawaii H-3 is far from useless.

    • @jbone4119
      @jbone4119 Рік тому +2

      Not as useless as your bloodline

    • @VashtiPerry
      @VashtiPerry Рік тому

      😂😂😂😂😂

    • @steveanthony5530
      @steveanthony5530 Рік тому

      @@jbone4119 Your mother and sister would disagree.

  • @BeautifullyGrace90
    @BeautifullyGrace90 2 роки тому +1895

    I can attest to the first mega project (H-3 Hawaii) actually being very useful ! People in Hawaii always use that interstate Highway and the cutoffs lead to places quicker than the other Highways we have. Especially if you live in the windward side.

    • @callaghanbrakepads6823
      @callaghanbrakepads6823 2 роки тому +58

      Why is there an "interstate" in Hawaii?

    • @BeautifullyGrace90
      @BeautifullyGrace90 2 роки тому +101

      @@callaghanbrakepads6823 yeah that I’m not even sure why … but addressing the persons claim about it not being useful is not true. As far as it being an interstate does not make sense 🤷🏻‍♀️

    • @Hummin_Along
      @Hummin_Along 2 роки тому +75

      I lived there from 2004 to 2007 and the H3 was crazy busy. I knew lots of locals that used it too. The people that didn't use H3 are probably the same people that don't drive to Kailua down the Pali Hwy with pork in the car. I only ever met like 2 or 3 people like that.

    • @trescatorce9497
      @trescatorce9497 2 роки тому +46

      consider how much environmental damage can be done by building the same road, not on concrete pylons, but hugging the mountain side, as it is done in most Mexican highways. You go round one side and round the other side, ad nauseam, and takes you 4 hours to go 150 miles. Not to count the amount of rock needed to be blasted off the mountainside. Watching Hawaii 5-0, I saw the road and showed to friends so they see what can be accomplished thinking outside the box

    • @myguykaikai9215
      @myguykaikai9215 2 роки тому +5

      @@callaghanbrakepads6823 it probably refers to mental states, lol. It takes you from stress to serenity. 😊

  • @frankrizan3357
    @frankrizan3357 2 роки тому +946

    I find these large out of use spaces extremely satisfying to visit. Like, you have ALL THAT SPACE just for yourself.

    • @mikewillett5076
      @mikewillett5076 2 роки тому +30

      Yes very satisfying and eerie at the same time.

    • @gargarosking9165
      @gargarosking9165 2 роки тому +56

      All that destroyed nature…

    • @mohamad2698
      @mohamad2698 2 роки тому +7

      @@gargarosking9165 agree

    • @khumokwezimashapa2245
      @khumokwezimashapa2245 2 роки тому +14

      Me in my car: *I AM SPEED*

    • @Ruzzky_Bly4t
      @Ruzzky_Bly4t 2 роки тому +18

      @@gargarosking9165 More nature gets destroyed in a month for agricultural purposes than all of these projects destroyed in total. And as the author said, the city will likely be used in the future, as the population continues to grow. So focus your attention on real problems to the environment, then a city that will be a home for people.

  • @bikalsinghthakuri6102
    @bikalsinghthakuri6102 6 місяців тому +1

    As someone who lives in Nepal (don't know even where Hawaii is), I can absolutely ensure you that the H3 is far from useless.

  • @REDMAYO
    @REDMAYO Рік тому +2

    As someone who is the H-3 I can assure you, I am far from useless.

  • @PanPuchacki
    @PanPuchacki 2 роки тому +2617

    The airport would make sense if they built a fast train straight to Madrid. Such journey could take about 45-50 minutes. Better than driving a car and parking. Something like train from London Liverpool to Stansted.

    • @hanzkaran1966
      @hanzkaran1966 2 роки тому +146

      A fast train should have been built at the same time they were building the airport. I don't understand why the group/s behind the construction of the massive airport did not have the foresight, considering the location. I understand that there is a known company in Spain who is into speed trains.
      It seemed they were just focused on how big the area and how many it will accommodate but forgot the passengers who will ride the planes and the consumers who will occupy the space, as well as the people's convenience whom they are building the project for in the first place.

    • @Aziz786hitz
      @Aziz786hitz 2 роки тому +54

      Government could have acquired this property with fair price and transform it into air force base camp or something...

    • @El-Mengu
      @El-Mengu 2 роки тому +97

      Spanish train driver here. See the railway line at 3:33? That's the Madrid-Córdoba-Sevilla AVE high-speed line, connecting these cities plus Puertollano and Ciudad Real itself at 300 km/h. The building connecting the airport terminal to the vicinity of the tracks, was planned to serve as a way for passengers to easily move between the terminal and a would-be train station. Connection time to Madrid from there is under 1 hour.

    • @Lookatme5
      @Lookatme5 2 роки тому +6

      yes your idea is for new owner who buy it in 15000 $. Anyway corona is blessing for new owner. this airport is for parking now.

    • @helbrassen4576
      @helbrassen4576 2 роки тому +5

      HSR is useless when considering that the cost of running it is much more than it would ever make from ticketsales, HSR is not the solution, its another problem in an ov itself.

  • @Endymion766
    @Endymion766 2 роки тому +647

    #6 that massive skyscraper in my Minecraft world that took me a year to build and I ended up staying in my original tiny starter base because I didn't feel like moving all my storage chests to it.

    • @randoomed3075
      @randoomed3075 2 роки тому +3

      Lol

    • @kaisersoser5918
      @kaisersoser5918 2 роки тому +19

      How do you have the patience to build a skyscraper for a year but not the patience to move your chests

    • @finismalorum9746
      @finismalorum9746 2 роки тому +43

      @@kaisersoser5918 Have you ever moved storage chests before?

    • @ngdarkboy7698
      @ngdarkboy7698 2 роки тому +4

      True its hard to move storages

    • @jonathanperry4133
      @jonathanperry4133 2 роки тому +1

      Just use shulker boxes

  • @ggqbc
    @ggqbc 9 місяців тому

    The Hawaiian highway is amazing I drove on it you really don't notice the beauty until we pulled off it at a stop. I looked back and seen it properly and my mind was blown.

  • @mundailyasmr
    @mundailyasmr Рік тому +5

    I been at forest city in Malaysia, this mega project was not fail due to covid pandemic. The project still ongoing.

    • @brandoncooke6564
      @brandoncooke6564 Рік тому +1

      Just some friendly assistance as I am assuming English is not your first language... it would be written out as "I HAVE been TO Forest City in Malaysia. This mega project DIDN'T fail BECAUSE of the pandemic. The project IS still ongoing. 🙂

  • @hardikchhasatia280
    @hardikchhasatia280 2 роки тому +584

    Thank you for showing this, now I don't feel as bad when I fail in my micro investment projects. Helped put things in perspective

    • @SidPil
      @SidPil 2 роки тому +6

      Pretty sure this does the opposite of putting things in perspective

    • @tinkovacic7787
      @tinkovacic7787 2 роки тому +1

      Few billion dollars is a micro investment for a country too.

    • @tawsifshams6648
      @tawsifshams6648 2 роки тому

      What is the background music

    • @fromtheearth7627
      @fromtheearth7627 2 роки тому

      I mean those millions were lost by country not by a single person, so this is definitely not the best way to put things into perspective

    • @brydonspencer2947
      @brydonspencer2947 2 роки тому +1

      @@SidPil 😂

  • @rodolfoherrera1409
    @rodolfoherrera1409 2 роки тому +585

    The H3 didn't have a single video scene without traffic 🤣 it's definitely used all the time, this is such a great example of how doubtful everything is in social media and media in general.

    • @CraftySouthpaw
      @CraftySouthpaw 2 роки тому +14

      I was thinking the same thing, how the fkk is it "useless"? 🤣

    • @micaelasmith9833
      @micaelasmith9833 2 роки тому +3

      Came here to say this haha

    • @nareshjamwal5690
      @nareshjamwal5690 2 роки тому +1

      Exactly

    • @eloitremols
      @eloitremols 2 роки тому

      I think they mean for the cost of every single km, it should be absolutely jammed of cars like a highway to L.A.

    • @Ryukuro
      @Ryukuro 2 роки тому +3

      @@eloitremols its mainly for the military, so the price doesn't matter to these people.

  • @pingu6338
    @pingu6338 Рік тому +1

    Top Gear will always find anything that's useless.. it's only a matter of time until they find me

  • @Woodman-Spare-that-tree
    @Woodman-Spare-that-tree Рік тому +3

    Can I add to your list, the UK’s National Health Service central database that was supposed to record the complete medical records of every citizen (about 65 million people here legally), and be accessible to any medical professional (ie every doctor, dentist, surgeon, nurse, radiographer etc) in the whole country. It cost billions of pounds, never worked, and was abandoned.

  • @geekdiggy
    @geekdiggy 2 роки тому +507

    2:41 hi, native hawaiian here. i'm curious where this information came from. initial cultural opposition to the project died out long ago, and seems to exist more at an administrative level than in the daily lives of native hawaiians. so i'm not sure where "...a majority of whom refuse to use the H3 to this day" ever came from. even activists still need to drive to work. or the beach. i'm also not sure what is meant by "certain native groups." there's only one native group.
    to the contrary, the H3 is known as a godsend to anyone on wheels. being farther from town, less prone to traffic jams, and more accessible via the main freeway than the other two tunnel routes (pali and likelike), makes it a critical alternate for anyone who needs to cross the mountain. this would be made apparent with even the most brief look at traffic behavior (or a map) on this route, but is not mentioned in this video. all military commands on the island know this as well, which is why it's also heavily used by army and marine training convoys.

    • @geekdiggy
      @geekdiggy 2 роки тому +21

      you put together some great footage though.

    • @Lilitha11
      @Lilitha11 2 роки тому +18

      Yeah I was wondering about that, since the video shows a lot of traffic on.

    • @tangterry4078
      @tangterry4078 2 роки тому +27

      @@geekdiggy I read the H-3 Wikipedia article and I think most of his information probably comes from there. The article makes a bigger deal about opposition to the H-3 than I'm currently led to believe.

    • @beastminer147
      @beastminer147 2 роки тому +26

      @@tangterry4078 Well wikipedia is incredibly biased and is only a good source for non opinionated subjects like math

    • @Sanguinarius9999
      @Sanguinarius9999 2 роки тому +4

      I think the video's argument is cost vs return on investment ....

  • @ChrisMcDonald321
    @ChrisMcDonald321 Рік тому +2

    “Do you believe the US wasted 17 billion dollars on a mega projects that was never even used?”
    Every US taxpayer: “Yes”

  • @SunnyGoodbye
    @SunnyGoodbye 2 роки тому +980

    I lived in Hawai'i for four years attending University. The university has one campus in Honolulu and another one on the Kaneohe side so I'd go back and forth sometimes multiple times a day. While it isn't used as much as it was intended to it is still by far the most used highway in Hawaii. Probably doesn't warrant the pricetag but it is definitely not useless.

    • @g0oberdm417
      @g0oberdm417 2 роки тому +18

      Nice that ye got that development tbh. I'm from Ireland and we don't usually get that type of motorways unless they're profitable.
      Edit: grammar

    • @gavbo6842
      @gavbo6842 2 роки тому +5

      I've lived in Hawaii for 14 years and I second this

    • @tropingreenhorn
      @tropingreenhorn 2 роки тому +6

      Everyone loves the H3

    • @Leon-ub8pe
      @Leon-ub8pe 2 роки тому

      @@g0oberdm417 ew

    • @skybox077
      @skybox077 2 роки тому +4

      Used H3 all the time to get from peral harbor to kbay like the video said lol

  • @thesteveoknows
    @thesteveoknows 2 роки тому +313

    I'm not sure why H3 is first on this list, I used it all the time when I lived in Hawai'i, and it has a direct route to H1 for Honolulu. In all that time, I never heard a complaint from a native Hawaiian about hating it, not once.

  • @user-el2gl5df4c
    @user-el2gl5df4c 6 місяців тому

    I remember riding down that highway in Hawaii as a young child. My stepfather was stationed on Kanyo and Marine Corps base and we used to take that highway all the time it went directly through the mountain and I don’t remember a lot of things from when I was younger but I do remember that is one of the most beautiful places to ever be. There’s even little carriage rides to go up the sides of the mountains, all the way to the top with little buggies that people ride in

  • @tonywoodroffe9017
    @tonywoodroffe9017 Рік тому +2

    The Hawaiian highway was used in a few TV shows, that in itself makes you want to travel it, I know I would if I make it to Hawaii ❤

  • @94FADE
    @94FADE 2 роки тому +1979

    I use the H-3 highway almost every week and it’s far from useless. For the ppl who live on the west side of the island that wanna go to the east side we all use the H-3 because it’s more convenient and much quicker route especially with how bad traffic can be here

    • @countertop5952
      @countertop5952 2 роки тому +11

      How fast do u drive there? 250km/h?

    • @nanannananan1553
      @nanannananan1553 2 роки тому +30

      @@countertop5952 speed limit on the H-3 showed 55mph unless that was just some extra clip

    • @94FADE
      @94FADE 2 роки тому +30

      @@countertop5952 I usually go 60mph not sure what that is in Km

    • @volcomoverall
      @volcomoverall 2 роки тому +6

      Yeah i was wondering why that’s on this

    • @davidcampbell1420
      @davidcampbell1420 2 роки тому +32

      I figured as much. In the video you see quite a bit of traffic... so it stands to reason it serves a purpose.

  • @jolenesmoove
    @jolenesmoove 2 роки тому +314

    When I lived in Hawaii, the H3 was my commute, in a convertible. Magically beautiful. Glad I've (so far) escaped the curse.

    • @StefanVeenstra
      @StefanVeenstra 2 роки тому +6

      Perhaps the commuters are the curse.

    • @callusmalus8268
      @callusmalus8268 2 роки тому +22

      An actual native Hawaiian in another comment said the curse thing is total bullshit

    • @shafo827
      @shafo827 2 роки тому +1

      yeah man, there's no doubt you made that up just to earn some likes

    • @jolenesmoove
      @jolenesmoove 2 роки тому +2

      @@shafo827 You got me! What a sad life I have.

  • @hippityhoppity7816
    @hippityhoppity7816 Рік тому +3

    as someone who has never been overseas before, it is certain that the H3 is far from useless

  • @christiancastrovinci
    @christiancastrovinci Рік тому

    WOW! This is a very informative video that I enjoyed very much!!!

  • @leonardodantas4577
    @leonardodantas4577 2 роки тому +1358

    you could make an entire series of documentaries out of the useless projects the brazilian government did during the 2014 world cup and 2016 olympics. All the projects were gigantic, grossly over budget and are now mostly abandoned.

    • @User-du7kf
      @User-du7kf 2 роки тому +70

      Brazil shouldn't have hosted those tbh

    • @legolasgreenleaf6341
      @legolasgreenleaf6341 2 роки тому +13

      This could be great idea for Johnny Harris channel

    • @mlw237
      @mlw237 2 роки тому +2

      🎯

    • @tylerpeters2820
      @tylerpeters2820 2 роки тому +129

      It's not just Brazil, that happens to nearly every Olympic park. The Olympics are a huge scam

    • @TheFili6
      @TheFili6 2 роки тому +14

      @@legolasgreenleaf6341 he already did one with Greece's failure projects of the Olympics and nailed it

  • @PopcornNinjapwn
    @PopcornNinjapwn 2 роки тому +604

    As someone who lives on O'ahu, I can tell you that the H-3 is far from useless and connects big population centers like Pearl City and Aiea to Kaneohe and Kailua and has a huge part in alleviating the already bad traffic in O'ahu

    • @bradleynoneofyourbizz5341
      @bradleynoneofyourbizz5341 2 роки тому +95

      Yeah, saw an awful lot of traffic on that "unused" road!

    • @glenishii2022
      @glenishii2022 2 роки тому +7

      No doubt…I live in PC, and I’d rather drive through Halawa to Kailua than via Likelike or Pali.

    • @samy8897
      @samy8897 2 роки тому +7

      It’s haunted stop using it

    • @deven9941
      @deven9941 2 роки тому +13

      Yeah when I went to Hawaii it was definitely not unused. But it was one of the most beautiful places I’ve ever seen

    • @jordankaopuiki-ota9175
      @jordankaopuiki-ota9175 2 роки тому +26

      same dont know what this clown is talking about

  • @anthonyalbin8884
    @anthonyalbin8884 Рік тому +1

    as a postcard who has no frame of reference about anything including islands, i can say WITH CONFIDENCE that the H3 is definitely useful

  • @Byronic19134
    @Byronic19134 Рік тому +2

    As someone smoking a Newport that has never been to Hawaii I can assure you the H3 is far from useless.

  • @mankadakkaran
    @mankadakkaran 2 роки тому +9633

    Although these are the most useless mega projects, these projects were very useful to YOU, you got 20 million views in a week because of these useless projects. ; ) XD ..

  • @christianmancini2890
    @christianmancini2890 2 роки тому +698

    I'm hawaiian was born and raised in hawaii and still live here. No body sees the H-3 as a problem and it's super useful. There's only 4 ways you can get over or around the mountain range this freeway goes through. You can go around the whole island to the east, cut through a high hill and go around on the north west side, or take H-3 or the Wilson tunnel. The latter options are like 3 times faster because your not going through the big tourist spots like North shore and you don't have to drive all the way to Hawaii Kai and back around. All the native Hawaiians I know including myself use H-3 and almost nobody complains about it.

    • @s_ame1135
      @s_ame1135 2 роки тому +83

      bitterness disappears in time when culture dissipates. That's what happens everywhere. We as a society tend to dislike any changes in our community until it starts to ease our way of life.

    • @timprescott4634
      @timprescott4634 2 роки тому +7

      Are you native Hawaiian? Meaning, we’re your great great grandparents born there?

    • @kurodo9926
      @kurodo9926 2 роки тому +70

      @@timprescott4634 does it really matter bruh?

    • @timprescott4634
      @timprescott4634 2 роки тому +31

      @@kurodo9926 When you level the claim that you were “born and raised” in Hawaii and therefore get to speak for ALL Hawaiians then , yes, I’d say it matters.

    • @kurodo9926
      @kurodo9926 2 роки тому +48

      @@timprescott4634 again, does that really matter? You don't need to be native Hawaiian to speak for generally agreed opinion. Bruh

  • @thomasdelvin3542
    @thomasdelvin3542 Рік тому +1

    Both john and Leslie managed to keep and maintain their good looks decades after this event.

  • @najibkalungi3140
    @najibkalungi3140 5 днів тому

    They may be useless mega projects on one hand,but on the other,these are life changing projects for tomorrow...watch this space...

  • @medanews2783
    @medanews2783 Рік тому +510

    I lived in Hawaii for 3 years. The H3 is an extremely busy highway, often bumper to bumper during rush hour. H3 is definitely used a lot and is very useful, I commuted on it for years.

    • @bernlin2000
      @bernlin2000 Рік тому +11

      Definitely a road to nowhere, though: it goes away from Honolulu.

    • @shadeburst
      @shadeburst Рік тому +13

      If you watched the video you would know that the time in construction and the budget blow out are what made it for 37 years a useless megaproject.

    • @rocknroll7400
      @rocknroll7400 Рік тому +5

      From Honapoopoo

    • @llywelynddraig853
      @llywelynddraig853 Рік тому

      Thank you for the 300th version of this comment.

    • @ShowercurtainU
      @ShowercurtainU Рік тому +3

      @@shadeburst I’ve you lived on Oahu you would know this is not useless on any level.

  • @xQcOW
    @xQcOW 2 роки тому +501

    No.

  • @seekerstan
    @seekerstan Рік тому +2

    I used to live at one end of H3 the fact that it avoided Downtown was part of the point. there are already routes that go there. H3 connected the 2nd business center to the bedroom communities. and connected the military bases The Hawaiian native population has some legitimate grievances and in order to be heard they will complain about anything and everything as long as there is an open mike. Admittedly it cost too much because of the viaducts required to separate it from the valley floor. You didn't show any of the rush hour shots where it was full of cars. also when it was closed on occasion for maintenance the other routes backed up for hours.

  • @andreasderycke2516
    @andreasderycke2516 Рік тому +1

    As someone who hasn't travelled more than abou 5mm, i can confirm the Hawaii H-3 Interstate is far from useless.

  • @badapple65
    @badapple65 2 роки тому +1275

    I think that the airport converted to grounded plane storage was the best save. Obviously does not justify the original price tag though.

    • @aryanv1406
      @aryanv1406 2 роки тому +19

      But for the new price tag, it'll be a gold spurting investment. From tourist, to charter jets, to vip entries it has unexplored potential.

    • @testphone7661
      @testphone7661 2 роки тому +1

      Yes

    • @minds777
      @minds777 2 роки тому +37

      guy hit the jackpot buying it for only 10K euros

    • @reaumur
      @reaumur 2 роки тому +8

      The Airport you can use it as Air Force base, at least it still can be usefull

    • @radosvetakinova1216
      @radosvetakinova1216 2 роки тому

      So what just because it's useless this automatically makes the price of construction naterials, workforce, permits, legal and others cost less?

  • @osasunaitor
    @osasunaitor 2 роки тому +466

    5:05 Fun fact: when the Ciudad Real airport went for auction, one of the bidders was a Colombian drug cartel who wanted the airport in order to ship the drug straight into Europe comfortably.
    True story!

    • @TheLobsterBurger
      @TheLobsterBurger 2 роки тому +10

      Interesting 🤔 👍🏼

    • @0therun1t21
      @0therun1t21 2 роки тому +28

      I'm not at all surprised. It's the kind of thing I expect them to do and if they can get away with it why not?

    • @D3nn1s
      @D3nn1s 2 роки тому +20

      Honestly for 10k they sure made a lot of profit with all the planes sitting there.
      Even after covid i can see it being used for dragraces and stuff. Whats in there in material and land alone is probably a couple million

    • @luisortiz8893
      @luisortiz8893 2 роки тому +2

      @@D3nn1s planes are part of the airlines not the actual airport

    • @barodrinksbeer7484
      @barodrinksbeer7484 2 роки тому +3

      Even better, they probably could have actually made the surrounding area an actual megacity.

  • @victornewman7372
    @victornewman7372 Рік тому +17

    I visited Honolulu in the '70s and needed to travel to the other side of the island to visit relatives. The trip was nice but took a long time. I am sure that the H3 will be a winner for all the people and visitors of the island. We have similar problems with ancient sites being disturbed in my country, Australia, but I am sure the sites were treated with the respect due to them. It is difficult for all races to come together even for the benefit of the majority when their beliefs are being challenged but common sense and trust that beliefs are not being trampled without good reason should be the norm for us all.

  • @duphasdan
    @duphasdan Рік тому +1

    That one capital seriously needs to add those things that are keeping people from going there if the government wants the place to succeed. And I think that, with Forest City, one of the problems about that place that was not mentioned is how China also wanted to divert shipping away from the other country's docks to the docks of Forest City. That attempt to divert shipping by way of location, and to take control of imports and exports, added to the other country's disgust with China's project.

  • @CinemaDemocratica
    @CinemaDemocratica 2 роки тому +873

    "Here's our fifth-most-useless megaproject!"
    *shows video footage of cars and trucks steadily using the highway in question.

    • @metalmike570
      @metalmike570 2 роки тому +120

      Yeah that's a screw-up, there's a Hawaiian making a comment here that it's a useful highway and he uses it all the time to go east to west and so do many thousands of others!

    • @dajam9035
      @dajam9035 2 роки тому +2

      😂

    • @gildaolsen2888
      @gildaolsen2888 2 роки тому +8

      Yup! It is useless for war. 🤷

    • @merrickhemmings
      @merrickhemmings 2 роки тому +22

      ya, this one was stupid since thousands of people use it. They should talk about the rail being built. multitrillion $ project with little to no use.

    • @M3rVsT4H
      @M3rVsT4H 2 роки тому +18

      I was just glad to see the highway. Honestly it looks magnificent. And I'm sure there was some environmental and cultural impact whilst building it. But the resulting blend of nature and human ingenuity is very impressive. And it's ongoing impact on the environment looks lower than most highways.

  • @WreckingBelles
    @WreckingBelles 2 роки тому +154

    I lived on Oahu in Kailua for two years and the H3 is absolutely breath taking. You can see what’s left of the stairway to heaven hanging from one of the mountain sides, I watched a mother boar and piglets grazing in the median by one of the tunnels, and the graffiti on the sides on the aerial roads are a marvel to both look at and to imagine how they got there. Anytime I would just go out for a drive I always seemed to wind up on the H3. Thanks for the trip down memory lane!

  • @joiscara7191
    @joiscara7191 Рік тому

    My grandfather was in his mid-20s when he joined the construction of the H3 highway. It was one of his first jobs, the only one he regretted joining.

  • @rocknroll7400
    @rocknroll7400 Рік тому +1

    Hawaii tunnel 100% built by dudes.
    The best man for the job in 2022? Still a man.

  • @Daniel-bv6be
    @Daniel-bv6be 2 роки тому +1333

    The H3 is probably the most used road in all of Hawaii, it’s used every single day and is the fastes way from East to West and vice versa. Also it is a very small minority that doesn’t use it and I’ve never heard of anybody who doesn’t use it till I watched this video

    • @KrolKaz
      @KrolKaz 2 роки тому +65

      The people that don't use it yet they'll use all the other roads and facilities that where built in Hawaii.
      Why do they use the Airport? That thing took out hundreds of acres of wildlife and natural terrain, or the hospital that sits upon a former nesting ground of the Nene bird?
      Don't go to the movie theater, it sits upon land that bats used to shit on

    • @jacobcote5528
      @jacobcote5528 2 роки тому +6

      @@KrolKaz I love this

    • @ZCasavant
      @ZCasavant 2 роки тому +29

      Yeah that was obviously a "filler" example for this video. Plenty of cars are visibly using it too haha.

    • @supernatural5354
      @supernatural5354 2 роки тому +4

      It doesn't really matter how much it's used it's still wrong to build on sacred lands. And the United States ignored the environmental rights because well their colonizers.

    • @bigboymatthew7471
      @bigboymatthew7471 2 роки тому

      @@supernatural5354 it wasn't even close to sacred it was built after hawaii became a state

  • @MrTony002
    @MrTony002 Рік тому +951

    As someone who has lived on Long Island just about my entire life, I've traveled quite a bit over the years, but never to Hawaii.
    I can now say with certainty that if I ever do visit Hawaii, I'm definitely going to drive on the H3 due to all the positive comments it has received. Having said that, the H3 is far from useless.

    • @earlp.3117
      @earlp.3117 Рік тому +28

      As someone who lived in Hawaii I can say in all honesty that I have never been to Rhode Island and I like the color green and Shihtzu dogs.

    • @HarambaeXelonmuskfans
      @HarambaeXelonmuskfans Рік тому +10

      As someone who doesn’t care I don’t care

    • @OnzagaoftheEast
      @OnzagaoftheEast Рік тому +1

      Yo! I live on LI too!

    • @chalice3571
      @chalice3571 Рік тому +1

      Amen to that! I'd love to travel on that highway... me too...

    • @alukuhito
      @alukuhito 10 місяців тому +3

      Colonizer.

  • @quamtum5619
    @quamtum5619 9 місяців тому

    As a random viewer who likes joining in on running gags, I can assure you that the H-3 is far from useless.

  • @farterd
    @farterd Рік тому +2

    as someone who has never stepped foot in hawaii, I can confirm that H3 is far from useless.

    • @jbone4119
      @jbone4119 Рік тому

      As someone who's never met you I can tell you're useless

  • @Xighor
    @Xighor 2 роки тому +669

    These abandoned cities could get residents if they weren't asking for so much money to live in a Ghost town
    They should be practically giving away homes
    Low demand should mean low price

    • @ericdeniz5413
      @ericdeniz5413 2 роки тому +31

      It's populated bro. Why did you expect people to come to a city in 3 years? It takes hundreds or atleast 20 years to make any city populated. Even New York started like this.

    • @notahotshot
      @notahotshot 2 роки тому +86

      @@ericdeniz5413
      "It takes hundreds, or least 20 years..."
      They have an overpopulated capital city, with residents who chose not to move, or can't afford to move. The people who can afford to buy in, aren't going to work there.
      There's no one in the city to sell anything to, so there's no jobs, so there's no income, so nobody is willing to move there, so there's nobody there to sell to.
      It is stupid to build complete cities, without a plan to populate it, with people who will work there, as it is being built.

    • @JariDawnchild
      @JariDawnchild 2 роки тому +7

      @@notahotshot No shit. Are the people constructing it living there? They should be, and for the remainder of the construction process, they should have no utility/mortgage/rent/etc payments, or at least those payments should be stupid-cheap.

    • @oliva1864
      @oliva1864 2 роки тому +1

      Bull shit bro.. Come and look now so much people here. This video is recorded during in process period. He made this video without knowing a single thing I guess.

    • @KingNailoh
      @KingNailoh 2 роки тому +9

      @@ericdeniz5413 you’re comparing the wilderness of New York to a large city with infrastructure already built and put in place

  • @thesenate9564
    @thesenate9564 2 роки тому +481

    As a kid growing up on Oahu I loved it when we drove through the H3. Everytime I saw us about to enter the tunnel through the Ko'olau's I would get so excited as when you exit the tunnel you we're greeted with the absolutely stunning views of the mountains and waterfalls to the right and Kaneohe Bay to the left. Man I miss Hawaii.

    • @justjutty6712
      @justjutty6712 2 роки тому +1

      Hi Sir

    • @kenlompart9905
      @kenlompart9905 2 роки тому +3

      Nice, I thought we had beautiful scenery driving the Trans Canada highway but the H3 looks even nicer.

    • @archelon64
      @archelon64 2 роки тому +3

      I thought you grew up on Naboo?

    • @MichaelJordan-uo2ke
      @MichaelJordan-uo2ke 2 роки тому

      I do admit, it is spectacular view.

    • @pepepeps7263
      @pepepeps7263 2 роки тому

      ua-cam.com/video/f_TJ9KMAGQg/v-deo.html

  • @aroundtheworld55890
    @aroundtheworld55890 Місяць тому +1

    Video full of useful information, thank you

  • @Realist616
    @Realist616 11 місяців тому +1

    As someone who lives in Malaysia, and has never visited Hawaii in my entire life, I can safely assure all readers that the H-3 in Hawaii is far from useless.

  • @diskdrive123
    @diskdrive123 2 роки тому +956

    Don't underestimate the governments ability to find uses for a large hole in the ground.

    • @HenryWeese
      @HenryWeese 2 роки тому +8

      wdym?

    • @arj-
      @arj- 2 роки тому +58

      @@HenryWeese fill with dead people

    • @bigppenergy3082
      @bigppenergy3082 2 роки тому +5

      @@arj- oof

    • @mnassif3809
      @mnassif3809 2 роки тому +15

      @@bigppenergy3082
      This proves why we think a God exists. Read on even if you believe in God it will only take 1 minute please.
      God had to of create time; and time has a beginning, middle, and end. So God has no beginning as time doesn't apply to him before he created it.
      What created the universe? This wouldn't apply to God as God teaches it always existed and God created time so God had no beginning.
      Please continue reading below, I only mean for your own good :)
      Who created stars and planets if life created itself what created black holes, stars, comets, planets, lava, water, trees, the complex human brain, dreams, hallucinations, etc.
      Some refute God with all the suffering in the world, but that is not right. God teaches for every difficulty he honors the person in the next life adequately. And every person suffering would actually prefer to suffer for what they get in the next life. Would you suffer from starvation for 5 years for a million dollars?
      Please read below.
      These points really proved a God could exist to us and the point of this message isn't to convert you but just show how a God exists and get you to believe it could and not worship it.
      I suggest you also believe in God for great reward. You don't spend / lose anything and you will get rewarded a lot.
      If you want to know more on how to worship God for more great reward in the hereafter please visit atheismisover.com and see point 4 but read the site all it will take 2 minutes. Imagine a million times the flavor of your favorite food. In paradise you get what you want so wouldn't you want to worship God to make your paradise better?
      Please share this message with family and friends for great reward as giving invitation to God has great reward in the next life. Copy this message and share it in the link below:
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    • @mnassif3809
      @mnassif3809 2 роки тому +2

      @@arj- ^^

  • @noodlez4267
    @noodlez4267 2 роки тому +831

    As someone who is from Myanmar, I can assure you that Naypyidaw was considered a ghost city(there's not even a single street dog,it's common in southeast asian countries, I think) a few years ago.The population's growing but whenever I visit there, the traffics are basically useless lmao.

    • @BhajGovindamAsheeshSharma
      @BhajGovindamAsheeshSharma 2 роки тому +29

      I have heard that majority population loves eating dog 🐕 in Myanmar🇲🇲

    • @Soupywontondish
      @Soupywontondish 2 роки тому +74

      @@BhajGovindamAsheeshSharma that’s what you have heard.

    • @thegk-verse4216
      @thegk-verse4216 2 роки тому +9

      @@phoopyaepyaelinn7173 Of course, they hide and if needed eat the witnesses too

    • @shashankshekhar46
      @shashankshekhar46 2 роки тому +8

      how is everything in mayanmar bro love from ur neighbour india

    • @austinaungkoko148
      @austinaungkoko148 2 роки тому +24

      @@BhajGovindamAsheeshSharma Nah.. u heard it all wrong.. There may be a few tribes in Chin or Kachin state (as it was very remote) but most of the cities areas and suburbs don't love to eat dog :P

  • @BigTimeBoozer
    @BigTimeBoozer Рік тому +1

    Include newly-constructed sports venues from 'Host Cities' after an Olympic Games has ended.