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We all love an underdog, don't we? Someone who won't be bullied, who will stand up for themselves and their rights in the face of all-powerful corporations and governments, they give us all hope that we little guys do have the power after all.

Often referred to as 'nail houses' or 'holdouts,' such as these have become high profile media sensations, particularly in China where the brave homeowners receive widespread support against the perceived bullying of the powers that be. Anyone who has seen the movie 'Up,' or Australian classic 'The Castle' will identify with this! These holdout cases most often happen when the government needs land for highway building or decides to do resident relocation of the whole village if the land that it sits on serves a purpose for mining or other heavy industries. Since selling property isn't something that can be forced, some people stand their ground, refusing to take the ridiculously small buy out cash.

Scroll down to see the astonishing examples below, and don't forget to vote for your favorite!

#1

Edith Macefield Refused To Sell Her Home Even After Being Offered More Than 1 Million Dollars For It. She Later Became The Inspiration For The Movie "Up"

Edith Macefield Refused To Sell Her Home Even After Being Offered More Than 1 Million Dollars For It. She Later Became The Inspiration For The Movie "Up"

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Adan Luna
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8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I would have honestly taken the 1 million dollars.

Paola Martz
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8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Man, maybe she's lived in there all her life! Maybe that's where she has all her.memories of her beloved ones.. I wouldn't like to think that a precious place like that would turn into a souless building...

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Patrick McKenna
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8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

resisting corporate greed. gives me faith in mankind this stuff.

Pol Macqueron
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8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I read "inspiration for the movie Up" and began to cry

Autumn
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8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

wow. So that is how they got the inspiration for Up... having a elderly person that refused to sell their house although it was going to be taken down by a big company... I wonder if she met a scout and they went on a great adventure to Paradise Falls, meeting a talking down and a giant colored bird in the process..? Good job on this because she loves her house better than the million dollars she was offered.

Undead Soldier
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8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The building is blocking the light :(

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    #2

    Mary Cook Had Refused To Sell Her Narrow, Handsome Home While All The Neighboring Homes Were Demolished. Today The House Sits Tightly Squeezed Between Its Giant Neighbors, Looking Much Like An Illustration From A Children’s Story Book

    Mary Cook Had Refused To Sell Her Narrow, Handsome Home While All The Neighboring Homes Were Demolished. Today The House Sits Tightly Squeezed Between Its Giant Neighbors, Looking Much Like An Illustration From A Children’s Story Book

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    Jeremie Guerra
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And the curve of the central building makes belive that he's compressed ^^

    Sierra Hall
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Reminds me of Number 12 Grimmauld Place.

    I'm a Bad Dog
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Just follow your feet, Stuart Little.

    Ana T.
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    harry potter secret building

    Kwihui Halliday
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Good for her. Stuck by her home and most likely a ton of family, generations, memories.👍

    Samantha Bing
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is in my neighborhood - love how the disparity looks

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    #3

    My Elderly Mother Doesn't Want To Move, She Is Now Surrounded By New Townhouses In All Directions

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    Vera Coking First Refused To Sell Her House To Bob Guccione, Who Wanted To Build His Casino Around It. Later She Refused To Sell To Donald Trump

    Vera Coking First Refused To Sell Her House To Bob Guccione, Who Wanted To Build His Casino Around It. Later She Refused To Sell To Donald Trump

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    Wanda Queen
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Anyone who refuses to be pushed around my Trump is an ace in my book!

    Echo
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Forget Trump. Anyone who stands up to a corporation who wants, and thinks they can just pay to get it, is a win in my book. Any entity human or legal, that's sole purpose is to gain profit, without regard to the impact or displacement of others, can just go to hell. Don't get me wrong there are some great cases to look at when it comes to property purchases, but the whole system of corporate government of a business has done nothing but erode the sensible compensation of the laborer, exploitation of resources, and an over decline in the stability of those who may be involved, but not sitting on the board of directors. * Incoherent Rant Finished *

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    Mark Fergel
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Seems to me that Trump Plaza ruined her property value.

    Stannous Flouride
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Especially after it went belly-up because of lousy management. Who the hell manages to go bankrupt running a casino? ...Oh yeah, THAT guy.

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    Nancy Ward
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I’ve been here.I’m from Jersey my ex-husband had a call in Atlantic City and we drove around a bit.This lady was famous in AC because she really pissed trump off.He didn’t pay his guys and he went bankrupt on all his casinos.We knew he was a jerk close to 40 years ago.

    Jon Chevalier
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    she has a for sale sign up now. and who painted it all white??

    John Edginton
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And that Ladies and Gentleman is how you really Make America Great Again.

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    #5

    An Owner That Refused To Sell His House In Melbourne, Australia

    An Owner That Refused To Sell His House In Melbourne, Australia

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    Aniket Trivedi
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Its very saddening that a lot of beautiful neighborhoods are being distroyed to make enormous claustrophobic buildings.

    scrappyrat
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    With...what are we up to? 9 billion people in the world and everyone wanting to live in the same cities, it's that or no one can live there but the *vastly* wealthy. Look what's happening in SF and NYC. They're even losing great restaurants by cutting edge new chefs and other cool places to smaller cities because no one can afford to open a restaurant there who isn't already established and making money hand-over-fist. It's build upwards or only the ones who can afford to buy into one of those beautiful old buildings get to live there, which leads to crazy traffic in and out of town with more and more cars on the road with their CO2 emissions because no one who works doing anything other than being a CEO/CFO, and the like can live anywhere near their job. It's sad to see beautiful old buildings disappear, but at the same time, building up is really the only environmentally sound choice for our overcrowded world. It's a hard reality of our overpopulation and our wealth disparity.

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    Sarah Morgan
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They didn’t refuse to sell. The house heritage protected and couldn’t be demolished so the developers incorporated it into the site. It has been extensively restored. It’s on Kings Way South Melbourne.

    Laura Lee
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is a not someone’s house it is development around a heritage listed building in South Melbourne. It is incorporated into the building, ugly or not no one was put out it use to be a restaurant.

    Denise Mirto
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    and stealing their sunshine-sad

    Ie Va
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    One question. How the hell they survived the mess of building such buildings around!

    Benj Clarke
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    excellent question. It must have been a hell of a thing to wake up each day with that construction around you, all day, for months or years!

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    Hongyan Xu
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Good God. How do you live like this??

    varwenea
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is much worse than the first photo, the Edith Macefield house, which they at least gave her privacy with solid walls around her property. These have balconies looking down on his house. Does he have a backyard that is now being hovered by all these homes and people? They even look like they cantilever over his property.

    endelbendel
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How did they get to build so close?

    Yugan Talovich
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Maybe it's just me, but even when I'm alone at home, it feels like somebody's watching me..."

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    #6

    One Resident Of A Toronto Duplex Refused To Sell, So They Cut It In Half

    One Resident Of A Toronto Duplex Refused To Sell, So They Cut It In Half

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    Luke Wright
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is on St. Patrick Street in downtown Toronto. Its not "new" exactly, back in 1950 they split this house, the apartment complex now stands on what would have been the other half of the duplex.

    Cat Gamble
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    8 years ago

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    Yeah, we can know all that by looking at the picture. Thanks.

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    Olga Vol
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    for what? I don't even see any new buildings...

    Echo
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Obviously the owners of the house wanted a deck instead of another bedroom.

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    Sandra La Madeleine
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It looks like someone eraser half of the house with Paint, and made a collage with another picture!

    Romina
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Haha I was seriously just about to typt the exact same thing.

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    John Doe
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They should make a sitcom in this house.

    Jon Chevalier
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    so it's now a half way house?? the front yard needs tending..

    Kikka io
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    what impression. it seems that the other half of the house has disappeared in some dimensional sack side by side. by itself a feeling of "other limit"

    Pi...
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In that room, there's half a bed, half a lamppost with half a lampshade, half a book shelf... basically the inspiration for w***y wonka 's Office room in the 1974 movie! Looool

    Holly Rossmaier Newingham
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    'It's the half house on the left. You CAN'T miss it!

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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Are you serious? Corporate was being very petty

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    #7

    This Slender Gothic-Inspired Townhouse, Flanked By Massive Prewar Apartment Buildings Up And Down The Block

    This Slender Gothic-Inspired Townhouse, Flanked By Massive Prewar Apartment Buildings Up And Down The Block

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    Shauday Smith
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i think i'm in love. a lovely little slice.

    Jewel Farmer
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I agree. I'd love to see that type of architecture down any street.

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    Judy Semmens
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That building has so much more style than the apartment blocks!

    Beverly Palmacci
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why have one or two families inhabit a lovely building when you can pile ten families one on top of the other in a giant box?

    FABULOUS1
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Such a beautiful home surrounded by massive ugly buildings

    RespectThePaiva
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Looks like something out of an Harry Potter book/movie. I imagine that little building receding, at will.

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    #8

    China’s Government Paved A Highway Around These Stubborn Homeowners. The Residents Eventually Moved Out But The House Had Become A Symbol Of Resistance Against Developers

    China’s Government Paved A Highway Around These Stubborn Homeowners. The Residents Eventually Moved Out But The House Had Become A Symbol Of Resistance Against Developers

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    Kara Witham
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They must not have eminent domain laws there I take it.

    Robin Jandrey
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's COMMUNIST China,I'm surprised they didn't just throw the owners in jail and forgot about them...weird.

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    Marvie Bailey
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How many vehicles have run into this building ?!

    Paulene
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    reminds me of the farm on the M62 in Yorkshire!

    Paul Makinson
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That highway does not seem to be necessary, there is no traffic on it!

    Kikka io
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    it is not that the house gives an impression of solidity. in fact, he looks ready to fall on him.

    Shray Patel
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy anyone?

    Ben Smith
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nothing like cutting your nose to spite your face

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    #9

    Randal Acker Refused To Sell His Small Queen Anne Victorian Home In Downtown Portland, So They Built A Huge Portland State University Residence Hall Around It

    Randal Acker Refused To Sell His Small Queen Anne Victorian Home In Downtown Portland, So They Built A Huge Portland State University Residence Hall Around It

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    Cheezees
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I like how this one looks actually.

    earringnut
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    at least they used the same color pallet to tie everything together.

    Sheila Weila
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What could possibly go wrong (having college kids living all around)?

    Echo
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Access to free booze and a great place for a party?

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    Jim
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He actually ran a ton of balloons through his chimney during construction, after the movie "Up" was released.

    Joe Dad
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I went there (Portland State U) and saw that house all the time. Now I see why... amazing to see this in BoredPanda!

    Willow
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The house is owned by a local lawyer and he waged a fierce legal battle against PSU when it tried to use eminent domain. The lawyer won.

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    WhiteRabbit
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A university residence? Damn, well played.

    Willow
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's a luxury apartment complex for PSU students, run by a private corporation called American Campus Communities.

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    Kevin Welsch
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm pretty sure the Dockside Saloon on Natio Parkway is a nail house too. It looks ridiculous next to all the new modern architecture.

    Willow
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I still remember when there was no Pearl District and the Dockside was next to the Portland Police horse barn.

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    Jessi
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If anything could drive them out, it would be living among dorm-students!

    Willow
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think the homeless are more of an issue at PSU campus than dorm students... I know of someone who used to live on campus for three months (not at this fancy building but another one across the street) and he moved out after one term because he was tired of being accosted by aggressive panhandlers day in and day out.

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    #10

    In Guangzhou, The Authorities Have Had To Build A Ring Road Around This Block Of Flats Because Three Families Would Not Budge

    In Guangzhou, The Authorities Have Had To Build A Ring Road Around This Block Of Flats Because Three Families Would Not Budge

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    Lana Zhao
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    These are termed in China as "nail houses", as in stubbon nails. Quite often the people in nail houses are not compensated or undercompensated for the loss of their homes and have nowhere else to go. Be stubbon or lose house, so therefore lose job and starve on the streets.

    Yuxin Xu
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Really? Everyone I know got millions Chinese yuan or a new house. As a fact my house was taken down by developer before and I got a brand new one. I doubt the reliability of your comment

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    Jeremie Guerra
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't really get why they had to make that ring... I mean, even whitout the buildings...

    just a thought !
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Fly overs are meant to reduce traffic jams. So, maybe that is the reason.

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    Echo
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This just looks intentional. I mean why would the road even need to be over where the house is.

    Eddie77
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    live surrounded by car pollution

    Benj Clarke
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Maybe the government built the ring highway around the house just to torture the people in the "nail house".

    AnonymGhost
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    they would have build that ring anyway, it's because the elevation.

    Polfsky Pol
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's lose-lose situation. They get to keep the house but imagine the constant noise and pollution they have to live with. The loop also slows down the traffic.

    Magpie
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That must be soooo noisy.

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    #11

    The House Of Austin Spriggs, Washington D.c. The Owner Was Offered $3 Million, Said No, And Later Sold It For $4 Million

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    Jeremie Guerra
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    4 million? The bread made here must be kind of expensive :)

    Sebastian Rubin
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There's a reason they spell it "Pain" on the sign, yes.

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    Rich Auntie Skeleton
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's right down the street from where I work. Soon as I saw this article I wondered if they were gonna bring up this exact place.

    Strange Potato
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    All that for everyday bread (le pain quotidien in english)

    Aish Siva
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's right! Say no until they up it to $4 Million because 2 and 3 million is too little!

    Poor unfortunate soul
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Maybe they would have made even more if they waited longer

    endelbendel
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Good going. " If we cannot wait our actions will have gathered no power."

    Fayez Bayzid
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    good for Him!!sometimes the law is on the side of the little people!

    Luc Strebler
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Seul un village gaulois résiste. ..de tous les peuples de Gaule, les belges sont les plus braves

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    #12

    Although His Is The Only Standing Building In What Used To Be An Old Neighborhood Of Roubaix, In Northern France, Salah Oudjani Refuses To Sell The Coffee House He Has Worked In For The Last 46 Years

    Although His Is The Only Standing Building In What Used To Be An Old Neighborhood Of Roubaix, In Northern France, Salah Oudjani Refuses To Sell The Coffee House He Has Worked In For The Last 46 Years

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    Judy Semmens
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think that picture is from 2011. It's still there but a road runs past and there's a sports complex opposite. I hope that brings Monsieur Oudjani plenty of trade! If you want to take a look on something like Google Maps, the address is 126 Rue de Tourcoing.

    Karen Cromarty
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I just googled it on maps their a bus stop right next to it and the building has a big blank wall he should get in touch with adverting and sell space get some income to spruce it up and put in a take-out window so people waiting for the bus can buy his coffee and snacks

    Poor unfortunate soul
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What a timely little coffee shop, wonder if the coffees good.

    Rob Gustaveson
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's like an interdimensional space portal. All the customers must be parking in some gigantic underground city.

    Judy Semmens
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I just took another look on Google Earth. There were 2 vehicles parked on the access road; there are shops and houses 1-2 blocks away and he probably gets people calling in when they walk along the canal. :-) temp5-5a12...074da2.jpg temp5-5a12015074da2.jpg

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    #13

    Now A Church, This Queen Anne House Prevented Yet Another Apartment Building From Being Constructed

    Now A Church, This Queen Anne House Prevented Yet Another Apartment Building From Being Constructed

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    Kikka io
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can understand who refuses to demolish a house that has been inhabited for years, a house that has its own spirit and which is certainly more beautiful than those huge buildings with all the same spaces where there is not a minimum of personality.

    Tee Witt
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Which Queen Anne? Nothing like British Queen Anne.

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    #14

    A Lone Resident Holds Out Against Luxury Villas In Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, In July 2013

    A Lone Resident Holds Out Against Luxury Villas In Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, In July 2013

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    Sandra La Madeleine
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I prefer this small house than those copy-paste things!!!

    Echo
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Visions of SimCity flying though my head now. Cut and paste hehhehe

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    Angel
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I would plant tall trees all around the edge of my property so that I wouldn't have to look at the cookie cutter houses and they couldn't see me lol

    Nikki Angulo
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wonder if anyone actually lives there? I saw a mini-documentary a while back, China builds and builds and builds in order to provide jobs, but no one can actually afford to buy these places.

    Hisseefit
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Smart business move. It's best to have the cheapest home in an expensive area.

    Janice Roquero
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That house has a lot more land, and the others are quads or semi-detached.

    Lisa Marie Havener
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That small house needs some really good landscaping. Just Saying.

    Lisa Catacosinos
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Geez those are ugly, ugly apartments. Ugh.

    Marvie Bailey
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Property value is just going keep going up, don't sell yet !!! LOL

    Kiahna
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The houses are identical!!

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    #15

    Developers Were Forced Into Building Around These Holdouts In Washington DC

    Developers Were Forced Into Building Around These Holdouts In Washington DC

    Forgotten New York Report

    frank0ys
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ...Did they bought the air rights for this property?

    Anne Reid
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Could be, they are museums. Air rights aren’t as crucial for them, and the money would help.

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    Anne Reid
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Those two buildings are historical landmarks & cannot be demolished.

    Anne Reid
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You're right...I was thinking of these buildings. Thanks for the correction! Seton-5a10...5ba12f.jpg Seton-5a10ed75ba12f.jpg

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    Lisa Marie Havener
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I never knew that a person's property ends where the roof of their building does. Also, why are these companies "forced" to build like this? No one is "forced" to do anything.

    Ellen Senecal
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'd love to live there right next to a museum! Yes, US real estate has air rights https://www.zillow.com/blog/do-you-own-the-air-above-your-home-143915/

    Susan Gardner
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They used to live in the country years ago.... now they have city life lol

    Xueying Han
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This isn't in NY, this is in Washington DC--I work one block over.

    Hamdhaan Hassan
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    good for them. the houses looks cool

    Jon Crane
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's in DC, not New York...

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    #16

    Living Under A Bridge

    Living Under A Bridge

    Dom Dada Report

    Aernout Bakels
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Old picture. This is Zurich, where the A3 goes into the A3W (close to exit Brunau). This house is gone already for years.

    DancingToMyself
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    8 years ago

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    So I guess that's not the same bridge under which was heroin addicts all over the place?

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    Kara Witham
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I guess the white noise of the loud traffic might lull me to sleep.

    Ed Martin
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not much Sunlight and hope they don't have earthquakes like in L.A.! Ed

    Susan Gardner
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yikes! I hope they don't have earthquakes there

    RespectThePaiva
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Word on the street is its residents only listen to Red Hot Chili Peppers.

    Dorothy Cloud
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What noise & vibrations. Hope its not a busy road at night.

    Sheila Ryan
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Would hate looking @ concrete all day long! Stupid plan!

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    #17

    The Founders Of This Hotel Couldn't Buy These Houses Due To The High Asking Price. So The Hotel Was Built Around The Two Buildings Instead, And They Are Now Souvenir Shops

    The Founders Of This Hotel Couldn't Buy These Houses Due To The High Asking Price. So The Hotel Was Built Around The Two Buildings Instead, And They Are Now Souvenir Shops

    Roeland Koning Report

    Jeremie Guerra
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's really nice :) where is it?

    Poor unfortunate soul
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I actually think it’s looks better with it, than it would without it

    Ruben de Jonge
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There's a Dutch movie based on the story of these houses. It's called 'Publieke werken'.

    Joseph Shinners
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's on the Dutch Netflix, not sure about anywhere else. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3765078/

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    Dounia Chadli
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I work not far from the victoria hotel and drive by it every day on my way to work. I never even noticed these houses!

    Joseph Shinners
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If you're driving past then it's easy to miss it - there's a dual cycle lane and a wide path and pedestrian crossing between the road you're driving on and the houses. Plus, it's really busy outside Centraal Station as you know - I'm sure you're busier watching the road and not killing tourists :p

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    Kikka io
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    really delicious, it seems almost done, rather than a choice forced by the refusal to sell. in my opinion, the hotel has also earned us.

    A dose of reality...
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not true: The owner wouldn't sell, hoping for a higher price. The hotel founders wouldn't do it and simply built the hotel around the man's house.

    Karen Cromarty
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    but did they have gardens or yards how where they able to build on them

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    #18

    One Chinese Family Refused To Move Their Relatives Ancient Graves. The Small, Bizarre Column Stood 10 Meters Above The Foundation Floor For Months, Until They Finally Accepted Compensation

    One Chinese Family Refused To Move Their Relatives Ancient Graves. The Small, Bizarre Column Stood 10 Meters Above The Foundation Floor For Months, Until They Finally Accepted Compensation

    AFP Report

    Emily Rose
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    sad that these new 'better' buildings are taking precedence over the ancient graves of our ancestors.

    Court Wooster
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    the dead need to make room for the living, its not sad it's life.

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    Kit411230
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So "rest in peace" means nothing now?

    Joe Dad
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not in China. Their government do not value their people at all.

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    Nia Loves Art
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If haunted buildings exist, this is how they happen.

    Jolo Atlantis
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The spirits of their ancestors will come back and haunt the developers who touched their final resting places...

    Akua Hope
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The graves probably existed longer than these buildings will.

    Chyppa Homer
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Whatever they're building, will, damn sure, be haunted.

    Lu
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah that's weird.

    Violaine LB
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's awful that they would have to make a decision to move their ancestors somewhere else that may have no meaning to them.

    Nanifa Ivan
    Community Member
    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    commenters and upvoters just trying to "look empathetic" cause its the hip thing.... LMAO.. its graves, our world is literally built over the graves of "our" ancestors we have forgotten. Get over it. Imagine caring for the dead when you can't even care for yourself.

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    #19

    Farmers Live Stuck In Between Three Highways. Hundreds Of Households Were Relocated But The Government Wasn't Able To Reach A Consensus With This Family

    Farmers Live Stuck In Between Three Highways. Hundreds Of Households Were Relocated But The Government Wasn't Able To Reach A Consensus With This Family

    news.sina.com Report

    Kara Witham
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Why did the chicken cross the road" jokes endless potential.

    Kelly Hartle
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This one reminds me of the Bugs Bunny cartoon where they build the highway around his rabbit hole!

    Ruth Meszaros
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sometimes it doesn’t pay to stand your ground—especially whn it doesn’t look like very nice ground.

    SarahScouse
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I worry about them having to cross the highway, that can not be safe.

    Kikka io
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We hope that sooner or later someone will not invest the lady who goes on a highway to go from field to house.

    #20

    Mrs Wu Ping Was The Only Person From 241 Properties Who Refused To Leave. She Battled With Contractors And Bids For Almost 3 Years Before Caving In April Of 2007 For Quite A Pretty Penny

    Mrs Wu Ping Was The Only Person From 241 Properties Who Refused To Leave. She Battled With Contractors And Bids For Almost 3 Years Before Caving In April Of 2007 For Quite A Pretty Penny

    venture160 Report

    Cassie
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Did Mrs. Wu Ping repel down for her grocery shopping? 0.o

    Robert Morson
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I believe the word you are looking for is rappel. Repel is something quite different.

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    Shauday Smith
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    LOL, i love Chinese contractors up ante with these huge digs like, "your move now Mrs. Wu Ping."

    Lyone Fein
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Seems like there is more opportunity for individual resistance in China than we are normally led to believe!

    Александр Аммосов
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Authoritative regimes can’t be all encompassing. So such stories are abundant in the countries like Russia, Kazakhstan or China

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    Bridgette Blumenthal
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She refused to sell, but obviously didn't refuse to move!

    Renee C Radclyffe
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It’s just such a shame that developers are so greedy!! Soon, there will be nothing, but concrete!! !

    Echo
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think it was cool someone captured this photo. Just wow.

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    #21

    This Saloon Refused To Sell Their Property To An Apartment Company And Now The Apartment Has To Build Around Them

    This Saloon Refused To Sell Their Property To An Apartment Company And Now The Apartment Has To Build Around Them

    AllCarsEatGas Report

    Melanie Ramos
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No, they absolutely shouldn't sell! Especially with all those new potential customers moving in all around them!

    John Rain
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've actually had a beer here. Charlotte, NC.

    Renee C Radclyffe
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Todd! Maybe more business for him, when it’s finished!!!!!

    AnnieLaurie Burke
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, the residents won't have to walk far to their neighborhood bar. And if they get drunk enough to have to crawl home, they will at least be able to do so safely.

    Brandi Johns
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Central ave in Charlotte NC. He's not going anywhere!

    Natasha Monzolevskaya
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is in Charlotte, NC! This place is a staple in our community, and I go in for a drink every time I'm in the area.

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    #22

    This "Nail House" Is Blocking Traffic In Shanghai

    This "Nail House" Is Blocking Traffic In Shanghai

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    Taryn Wallace
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why is "Nail House" in quotes like that???? Am I️ missing something like super obvious?? To be fair I️ spilled coffee all over me this morning and stepped in dog poo so it hasn't really been my day

    just a thought !
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It would be a really frustrating thing to drive on this road

    Shauday Smith
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Moral of the story from this and the previous home in the middle of the road photo..... Road developers in China are a******s.

    Pete Nosal
    Community Member
    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As if the Chinese government would be stopped by no.

    Lea S.
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Lol, the house is blocking nothing. The house was there first.

    Renee C Radclyffe
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It was there before the road, therefore, it is not blocking anything!!!!!

    Agnew Dellinger
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Be careful for what wish for.. does that apply here?

    Kim Lorton
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It was only blocking traffic after road went in!!

    Karen Cromarty
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    road builders should have cleaned their rubble up

    Jessica Stohr
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They actually opened that road? The house is blocking almost the whole thing!

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    #23

    The Spiegelhalter Family Refused To Sell Their Shop To The Expanding Wickhams Department Store

    The Spiegelhalter Family Refused To Sell Their Shop To The Expanding Wickhams Department Store

    Reading Tom Report

    Judy Semmens
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That really messed up the Wickhams store design, didn't it!

    Jayne DonVito
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The shop is an eyesore, imo, and could probably been reopened as a storefront like the ones next to us. However, if the family lived above the shop, that cheap housing for them may have been hard to replace.

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    Judy Semmens
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They sold out in the end, but it seems the shop front may remain. I found this BBC article from May 2015, which is *mostly* about this house: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-32900601

    Robert Pataki
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's in East London just after Whitechapel station.

    Tisa Tamima
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ohhhh no wonder there was something odd when I sketch this building for a class assignment

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    #24

    The Entire Rockefeller Plaza Complex Was Moved, Due To These Two Buildings Whose Owners Refused To Sell

    The Entire Rockefeller Plaza Complex Was Moved, Due To These Two Buildings Whose Owners Refused To Sell

    ScoutingNY Report

    Nanifa Ivan
    Community Member
    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Look at me, im so anti-establishment, im so cool

    #25

    The Tenant Of This Apartment Building In Kunming, China, Has To Cross A Moat After The Contractors Dug A Ditch To Force The Last Family Out.

    The Tenant Of This Apartment Building In Kunming, China, Has To Cross A Moat After The Contractors Dug A Ditch To Force The Last Family Out.

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    Cheezees
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Those contractors were jerks!

    Ana T.
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    well is china, corruption uses "loopholes" to enforce people out.

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    Cyndi H
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But that is so wrong....

    Echo
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You can't Build a bridge on other people's property.

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    KT Trondsen
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's b******t! Buy a boat and hold out!

    Celina
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's mean! Nobody deserves to be forced out of anywhere! If it is their home, they should be able to keep it.

    Renee C Radclyffe
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hey, this happened in the States as well. There was a family, living in the country...apple orchards, everything. They wanted to build a freeway, and his property was in the way. They dug all around his property, and he was encircled by a moat. Couldn’t drive his vehicles across. By the time they hounded him into a heart attack, they gave him pennies on a dollar for his property.

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    #26

    A Nail House Sits In The Middle Of A Road Under Construction In Nanning, China, In April 2015. The Owner Of The House Didn’t Reach An Agreement With The Local Authority About Compensation For The Demolition

    A Nail House Sits In The Middle Of A Road Under Construction In Nanning, China, In April 2015. The Owner Of The House Didn’t Reach An Agreement With The Local Authority About Compensation For The Demolition

    China Stringer Network / Reuters Report

    Sheila Weila
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why didn't they run a bridge over the house?

    Hamlets twin
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Could be air rights. In in the USA you own the air, up to 500ft or so, above your property.

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    Max
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Our house, in the middle of our street...

    Shauday Smith
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    what were the proposed terms of the compensation that the resident would rather keep living here?!? I have so many questions.

    Katie Smith
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Perhaps just a rebel spirit that refused to give in?

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    Judy Semmens
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Apparently the house was removed on May 28th 2015. There's a picture of the road in this article: http://wap.chinadaily.com.cn/2015-06/10/content_20969567.htm

    R69NiX
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is ridiculous most of em bang on about "My great great grandfather lived here we've been here many generation no I'm no selling" just want more money. You're in the way of progress you idiot

    Hamdhaan Hassan
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    that was a bad choice little Chinese house

    Char Char
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    2nd reference to "nail house". what does that mean? Like, nail shop in US?

    Oskar
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    explained in other posts; "nail houses" refers to "stubborn nails" = Nails hard to remove

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    #27

    Residents Of The Guangfuli Area Of Shanghai Have Collectively Decided Not To Leave Their Homes, Creating An Entire "Nail Neighborhood." Tao Weiren Sits In Front Of His Two-Story House, Which Is Now Surrounded By High-End Condominium Buildings

    Residents Of The Guangfuli Area Of Shanghai Have Collectively Decided Not To Leave Their Homes, Creating An Entire "Nail Neighborhood." Tao Weiren Sits In Front Of His Two-Story House, Which Is Now Surrounded By High-End Condominium Buildings

    Aly Song / Reuters Report

    Lisa Marie Havener
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What is that on the ground around the houses? It looks like green plastic. Maybe to make it look like grass? I don't know.

    Lyone Fein
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Union is a Communist concept afterall.

    Sherrie Glendening
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    At least his property value won't decline.

    Jim
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Those buildings look like future world slum blocks. ugly things.

    Bridgette Blumenthal
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    8 years ago

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    From here, (USA) it looks like a shack!

    #28

    Zheng Meiju Outside Her Nail House In Rui’an, Zhejiang Province, In July 2013. She Has Been Living In The Partially Demolished Home For Nearly A Year, Even Though The Water And Electricity Supply Were Cut

    Zheng Meiju Outside Her Nail House In Rui’an, Zhejiang Province, In July 2013. She Has Been Living In The Partially Demolished Home For Nearly A Year, Even Though The Water And Electricity Supply Were Cut

    China Stringer Network / Reuters Report

    Kiahna
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No water or electricity but she still stays? What a strong woman.

    Вера Деме
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Those who forced her to move and did all for that are real jerks!

    Lisa Panos Fullerton
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What jerks... Hope they've left her alone now!

    #29

    The Farm In The Middle Of Narita Airport. Farmers Are Refusing To Give Up Their Land In The Middle Of This Airport In Japan. The Runway Is Only Half Usable Because Of Their Refusal To Relocate. They Are Currently A Literal Stones Throw Away From The Flight Path And Must Be Living An Earth Shaking Experience.

    The Farm In The Middle Of Narita Airport. Farmers Are Refusing To Give Up Their Land In The Middle Of This Airport In Japan. The Runway Is Only Half Usable Because Of Their Refusal To Relocate. They Are Currently A Literal Stones Throw Away From The Flight Path And Must Be Living An Earth Shaking Experience.

    Google Maps Report

    Melissa J
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    All I can think of is: Jet fuel contamination!

    Anthony
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Problem is the crops polluted by plane exhaust

    Lisa Marie Havener
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh wow. Imagine the sounds and vibrations at all hours. Hmm.. I just don't know.

    Jolo Atlantis
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Is that a United Airlines plane in the background?

    Echo
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Isn't almost all land in Japan at a premium? I wouldn't want to sell either.

    Lyone Fein
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Meh. There are all kinds of low rent neighborhoods that close to airports everywhere.

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    #30

    Hard-Line Developers In China Diverted A River To Encircle Householders Who Refused To Move From Their 900-Year-Old Village

    Hard-Line Developers In China Diverted A River To Encircle Householders Who Refused To Move From Their 900-Year-Old Village

    Imaginechina/ Rex Features Report

    Cheezees
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    These developers are a******s!

    Corina Alvarez Loeblich
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    same comment in another from China: THAT IS illegal and criminal, even for China!

    DancingToMyself
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What an awful government and politics

    Morgan Brock
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Its 900 years old! Why would anyone demolish them? I mean its a miracle they are even still standing!

    Yuxin Xu
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The village are 900 years old but the house does not. But to be honestly in china almost every villages have thousands of years history. So... Meh...

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    Judy Semmens
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    According to another report I read it was done by people who had already sold up. I *thought* that sounded like a tall story!

    LP4EVER16
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I agree with the developers 110%

    LP4EVER16
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I agree with the developers

    Nanifa Ivan
    Community Member
    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    theres a difference "getting f****d over by being under-compensated" and "boomers being afraid of progress"

    Agnew Dellinger
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    900 year old village, it should be excavated.

    Kim Lorton
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This place, should’ve been saved for history, too much new isn’t good!

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    #31

    The 'Million Dollar Corner' That Macy's Had To Build Around, And Then Hide Behind A Billboard

    The 'Million Dollar Corner' That Macy's Had To Build Around, And Then Hide Behind A Billboard

    wiki Report

    DancingToMyself
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "A Million Dollar Hotel", anyone? With Milla Jovovich, by Wim Wenders movie...

    Anita Cuellar
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So do they own it know? Why is it hiding it? Do they have the rights now?

    Deborah Lockley
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Years ago, several businesses were in the same buildings but on different floors. Paul Jones & Co was carved between the 2nd and 3rd floors, and another business was above them with their name on the building also.Macy's probably covered the name so as not to distract from their building.

    #32

    The Last House In This Area Stands In Front Of A Shopping Mall In Central China's Hunan Province

    The Last House In This Area Stands In Front Of A Shopping Mall In Central China's Hunan Province

    Stringer Shanghai / Reuters Report

    Kiahna
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Poor person. Half house half store. It's tiny...

    David Kelly
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It looks like the guy in the poster has kicked the balloon.

    Mayzie B
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They are probably in prime selling territory tho

    Lisa Panos Fullerton
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sad ... I guess home is where the heart is though ,huh!

    #33

    The Last House Of An Old Neighborhood Stands Alone In A Future Shanghai World Expo 2010 Parking Lot, Under Nanpu Bridge On April 6, 2010, In Shanghai, China. The Holdout Owner Of The House Was Shi Yuji. The House Was Destroyed Days Later, And The Owner Moved Into A Workers' Dormitory

    The Last House Of An Old Neighborhood Stands Alone In A Future Shanghai World Expo 2010 Parking Lot, Under Nanpu Bridge On April 6, 2010, In Shanghai, China. The Holdout Owner Of The House Was Shi Yuji. The House Was Destroyed Days Later, And The Owner Moved Into A Workers' Dormitory

    Lucas Schifres / Getty Report

    Olga Vol
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    sad :( he had a house and now doesn't even probably own that dormitory ...

    Hamdhaan Hassan
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    look like art. i like that little house and the trees

    Leylah Eljammal
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is such a beautiful house! So sad that it was torn down. :((

    R69NiX
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They're always look like scruffy delipidated sheds lol dont they? They just want more money they are proud of THAT thing otherwise they clean it up.

    Shauday Smith
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    honestly, by judging the outside condition of this house... he didn't look like he was living in much comfort or safety. I would be surprised if that house had running water by the looks of it. I would like to see the conditions of the dorm to know if he is in a safer place or not.

    thibault bernier
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wonder in what world you live in to have those thought.

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    makki
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    8 years ago

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    Looks like a bunch of twigs and mud to me...he probably has it better in the dormitory

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    #34

    This "Nail House" House Sits On A Mound Above Ground Level Because The Developer Dug Out The Land Around It

    This "Nail House" House Sits On A Mound Above Ground Level Because The Developer Dug Out The Land Around It

    China Stringer Network / Reuters Report

    LP4EVER16
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That’s what the stubborn people deserve

    Edwin Lesperance
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But what a view! Location, Location, Location.

    makki
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What's a nail house?

    Kaylee Johnson
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A house in which the owner refuses to sell it for new construction.

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    #35

    Nail Houses Whose Owners Refused To Relocate, At The Construction Field In Taiyuan, Shanxi Province Of China

    Nail Houses Whose Owners Refused To Relocate, At The Construction Field In Taiyuan, Shanxi Province Of China

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    Margaret Harper
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A lot of these cities look really grubby and dirty. Like nobody is trying to upkeep them.

    scrappyrat
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They have very little in the way of environmental protection laws so the pollution is phenomenal. That's part of the reason goods made in China are so cheap. Manufacturers can use whatever cheap fuels and toxic paints and other chemicals to make their products, things that manufacturers in the U.S. and many other countries won't allow in an effort to protect the health of their people and the environment.

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    Lisa Catacosinos
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Boy, China is really ugly outside of the plastic, overblown, high rises and fake glamour. They sure treat their people like animals. Only the rich...

    Kim Ma
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No, the government treat us well. As you can see in this picture, developer was trying to make a better place, but those nail house owners only wanted to grab this opportunity to make themselves rich, they're selfish, not heroes. Yes, we do have ugly corners, but I'm sure every country does. And you can't deny we also have the bright side, and that's not fake. Welcome to China to have a look.

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