Chinese farmers have moved into a cluster of abandoned villas in China to grow crops and rear cattle. Jade Gao/AFP via Getty ImagesThe half-built villas are now overrun by local farmers, who plow the land and plant crops on the overgrown lawns of abandoned villas. Local farmers now plow the land of the abandoned development. Jade Gao/AFP via Getty ImagesThe insides of the buildings look post-apocalyptic too, like shots straight out of "The Last of Us." Shenyang's ghost villas are just one of many "rotten" real estate projects across China's urban landscapeThe interior of a deserted housing sales building.

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