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Urban Expert: Why Are There 1.9 Million Unsold Houses in Malaysia?
· 1 h 19 min
Episode Urban Expert: Why Are There 1.9 Million Unsold Houses in Malaysia?
In this episode, Peter sits down with Cha-ly, an urbanist, data scientist, and the CEO of Urbanometry , along with Sterling, the head of Urbii. Together, they pull back the curtain on Malaysia's massive 1.9 million vacant houses crisis , why our current transport spending is completely backward compared to the rest of the world , and the brutal reality of what happens when emotional biases completely blind us to hard urban and financial data.
You've been told your whole life that buying a car is the ultimate milestone of adult success and freedom. But what if that very car and the heavy fuel subsidies keeping it running is actually a psychological trap draining up to 30% of your disposable income , leaving you stuck in a city built entirely for automobiles instead of people?
Chapter Markers
00:00:00 - Teaser
00:00:33 - What is an Urbanist?
00:01:31 - Malaysia vs. Singapore: What’s Flawed With Our Urban Planning?
00:05:34 - The Last Mile Paradox: Why the Only Sustainable Transport is Your Legs
00:07:41 - Fuel Subsidies & The Psychological Trap of the Middle Class
00:11:00 - Bribing Employees to Give Up Cars: The True Cost of Car Ownership
00:13:19 - The 20% Public Transport Crisis: Why Young People Lack Liberty
00:14:34 - Why Malaysians Spend More on Cars Than Housing
00:15:43 - Why Money Decisions are Emotional, Not Logical
00:18:33 - Car Ownership vs. Real Economic Necessity
00:22:01 - Inside Urbanometry: Tracking the Hidden Movements of the City
00:25:51 - Hidden Risks: Landslides, Floods, and the 30-Year Mortgage Trap
00:31:51 - The Poverty Paradox: Why the Vulnerable Reject Data
00:34:48 - Data is Not Strategy: Balancing Instinct with Hard Numbers
00:39:39 - Defying Banking Veterans Who Said It Would Fail
00:44:44 - The Mental Model for Risk: How to Survive Your Worst-Case Failures
00:54:50 - Analysis Paralysis: Why the Younger Generation is Terrified to Fail
00:59:02 - How the Competitive Game of Real Estate Has Shifted Forever
01:02:02 - How to Optimize Big Life Decisions Using Data
01:09:42 - What is Urbii? Turning 1.9 Million Vacant Homes into Active Communities
01:13:37 - The Truth About Fractional Co-Ownership & Refurbishment
01:16:42 - Open Houses & Neighborhood Walks: How to Get Involved
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