[Jason00S2000]

In one Chinese province, the government literally paves a highway around homeowners who refuse to move | World | News | National Post (http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/11/22/in-one-chinese-province-the-government-literally-paves-a-highway-around-homeowners-who-refuse-to-move/)

Damn

[InvisibleSoul]

LoL

[Fappin]

China... :fuckthatshit:

[j604]

:rukidding::fulloffuck::seriously::facepalm:

[Greenstoner]

That's awesome lol
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[Matsuda]

drift around the house!

[Jason00S2000]

I've always had this admiration for certain qualities of the different races, chinese people I've known in life seemed to have this strong, silent determination that I've been learning to emulate. Imagine the mental strength you'd need to look out your window, see the road, see your neighbors gone, and be like, "I made the right choice."

Wow.

[melloman]

^^ Sure. Until they ever try to leave that place in the middle of a highway and get NOTHING for it.

IMHO there are times when that tenacity will pay off, and other times (like the house in the highway) where if the government doesn't pay them out (which by looks they won't) they don't get a dime for anything.

[Dragon-88]

Id use the hwy as my own personal drag strip... Would make a good track/autox course at night.. LOL

[T4RAWR]

wait till a shitty driver plows into the side of the house :lawl:

[jpark]

holy fuck LOL

[Redlines_Daily]

My god, some of the decisions made by the Chinese government really boggle my mind. They really don't respect their citizens. They are notorious for forcing people out of old buildings without proper compensation, if the family was paid a fair price I'm sure they would have moved, but instead they get low balled and screwed over by their own government.

When I was living in Kunming, I had a bunch of locals approach me on the street, they asked me to take pictures and help them because the government was demolishing their apartment building to make room for a new luxury tower. The compensation offered wasn't even close to enough to buy a new home, so these people really didn't know how they were going to live. It was so sad for me to hear their story..unfortunately as a foreigner there was really little I could do for risk of being kicked out of the country(government really doesn't take kindly to foreigners sticking their noses in their business..or even local citizens for that matter).

[drunkrussian]

I've always had this admiration for certain qualities of the different races, chinese people I've known in life seemed to have this strong, silent determination that I've been learning to emulate. Imagine the mental strength you'd need to look out your window, see the road, see your neighbors gone, and be like, "I made the right choice."

Wow.

i have always both admired and facepalmed at older generations of chinese people (actualy older generations in general) for being on that fine line between amazing discipline/valuing of tradition and plain stubbornness

[yray]

:fuckyea: unlimited parking

[shenmecar]

How is he going to go out and buy groceries when hes stranded in the middle of a highway? He doesnt look like he can Frogger very well.

[SumAznGuy]

Bureaucratic bungling leaves hydro pole planted smack in the middle of a Quebec highway | Photos | National Post (http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/11/19/dangerous-driving-power-pole-appears-smack-in-the-middle-of-quebec-highway/)

http://nationalpostnews.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/right-middle-of-the-road.jpg?w=940

[Nlkko]

Must be intense living on the ground floor.

[Coren]

An update. House has been demolished.
Chinese nail house demolished from highway after $41,000 payoff | Photos | National Post (http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/12/03/chinese-nail-house-finally-demolished-from-middle-of-highway-after-duck-farmer-agrees-41000-payoff/)

[SolidPenguin]

Bureaucratic bungling leaves hydro pole planted smack in the middle of a Quebec highway | Photos | National Post (http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/11/19/dangerous-driving-power-pole-appears-smack-in-the-middle-of-quebec-highway/)

http://nationalpostnews.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/right-middle-of-the-road.jpg?w=940

So no one that was paving that road thought "Hey wait, this isnt right. Maybe we should tell someone" :fulloffuck:

[rocksforsale]

i bet it costed more for the gov't to pave around the house than to just add enough dough to convince the couple to move; and now its gonna cost more to demolish and rebuild the road... this is what happens when they stay hard-headed

[Ulic Qel-Droma]

everyone has a price.

[Ronin]

wait till a shitty driver plows into the side of the house :lawl:

...which is inevitable...since everyone's a Chinese driver in China. :troll:

[Great68]

So no one that was paving that road thought "Hey wait, this isnt right. Maybe we should tell someone" :fulloffuck:

It was likely a case of Hydro Quebec and Bell dragging their asses on moving their lines and the paving contractor getting fed up with the delays and saying "Fuck it, lets just do the fucking job and let them sort it out".

[murd0c]

You can't explain why the actual French people in Quebec do things. You just have to shake your head sometimes.

[AWDTurboLuvr]

http://www.simpsoncrazy.com/content/pictures/regulars/fat-tony-3.png
That's because this guy influences the transportation infrastructure here in QC.

[european]

Damn thats nuts

[Volvo-brickster]

http://nationalpostnews.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/jeffisgr8t-9103245.jpg?w=940&h=344

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=xsbJ43Kmlyk

[ilvtofu]

lmao I love this one
http://nationalpostnews.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/china-property-dispute-rights.jpg?w=940&h=1220

[SkinnyPupp]

Enjoy stories like these while you can; once this guy's generation is gone, you won't be seeing any more like them.

[Majestic12]

Madness - Our House - YouTube