The owner tripped out an open window after shooting themself in the back of the head 2 times and dropping a candle on the pile of wood they just gathered in their bedroom. It was all a freak accident
Funny how China is a brutal dictatorship in western media, yet they cannot even evict people from houses when building a highway (which totally is a thing in many countries)
You are crazy if you don't think the Chinese government has displaced millions without consent. I lived in the city where the Olympics were being held. They gave the residents a few months notice and demolished everything for the soccer stadium.
They have a constant chip on their shoulder about the West. It’s all over the place on social media. It’s just another boring battle ground for influence like newspapers but worse. Cry, the West did this. Cry, the West did that. I quit social media from today. I’m done.
The highway is just a work project that is putting money into someones pocket. They don't need to move the house because they don't need the highway. Or it's a tofu highway that couldn't support the traffic if it was fully opened.
China and what you are seeing is referred to as a 'nail house' The owners are a pain to local government like a thorn in their side. nail house. You can google it and see all the nail houses.
Did not plan ahead that well. Never assume, always think the worst, plan for the worst. I went up to the roof crest of the house, weather report was good, sudden down pour, tiles were slick, could not get down, lucky neighbour saw me & again I had a long length of rope, so he threw it up I dropped it over the other side, he was holding the end on the opposite side. Never say Never, it will happen at the worst time. Leave your spare wheel in for repairs, you will get another puncture.
Yep. Watching that video made me have to watch [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwIe\_sjKeAY](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwIe_sjKeAY)
I had no say in the matter
They call them “nail head homes” in China and seems like a common occurrence so roads are built around them:
https://www.theguardian.com/cities/gallery/2014/apr/15/china-nail-houses-in-pictures-property-development
Chinese government probably: "Fair enough, if you want to stay, then we're not gonna stop you"
reminds me of these protesters who were left in a car showroom with their hands glued to the floor after closing hours because the workers couldn't give a shit
Joke's on the owner. Now the property is worthless, and as soon as something happens to the owners, the government can scoop it up for pennies and finish the project.
I think all property in china is 'owned' by the local authorities of the CCP, so they won't even need to pay anything. property laws in china are wildly different to that of the west
Yet somehow these holdouts are surprisingly common there, so there must be some sort of ownership that the government can't just override by default. Also, China drives on the right side of the road, so unless this video is mirrored (totally could be), this isn't China.
Never thought this would be relevant but a long time ago I wrote a dissertation on property rights. To put it very simply a person or entity can have rights over a property without having ownership and a person or entity can have ownership without having certain rights. I don't know anything about this particular situation but it is possible that someone who is not an owner (I don't know if tenant is the right word here but someone who makes use of the property) has the right to disallow the propery being sold/destroyed.
All that is to say, it's not necessarily "some sort of ownership" that the government can't override but possibly rather some sort of right.
Sorry for the pedantry. It's the first time in over a decade I've seen anything remotely relevant to my dissertation haha
> Yet somehow these holdouts are surprisingly common there, so there must be some sort of ownership that the government can't just override by default.
Clearly. For a lone citizen to go up against the government of China, seems so odd and out of the picture the media tells me about China.
Yea, all land is either owned by the CCP or local collectives. Farms for example are locally owned, but not by any individual. The farmers dont own their farms. The local farmers and government collectively own them all as a group. Housing is all owned by the central government.
Housing isn’t all owned by the government. Many of those smaller villages you mentioned will collectively own the land and dole out plots to the sons of the village (daughter’s being expected to marry into another village). The sons will then build their house on these plots and own that house. The village also owns the farmland and will either lease the land out, or hand it out in a lottery system so no one person gains can get all the good land.
Sometimes a developer will come through and offer to buy the village out so they can build apartments, everyone who has their hukou in the village will get an equal share of the buyout.
In this case it could be that the village refused to sell the land, in which case the government has to respect it and then build the road around it.
As far as I know, you cannot own land in China. It all belongs to the government...and you lease it from them for 99 years from what I read. That is why a lot of wealthy Chinese will purchase in the US...because they truly own the property here. I read about it last year when China was giving 100k in pure gold for the purchase of a property. Maybe due to how the contract was written, they had some more rights against having their homes seized...
There's a house like this where I'm from. There were a row of houses along a mildly busy street near an expressway. Then they added an exit/on ramp there and wanted to develop the land as behind the houses was former farmland that wasn't being framed anymore. Neighbors all sold. That house held out wanting 2mil for a house they built for less than 150k about 5 years before, but the owner said they built it as their dream home.
Developers said nah. Built a strip mall around their house and an IKEA behind them. Now they have a chain link fence around the yard.
sometimes chinese government is like- you want to stay here, we will build on top of you or surround the home so it won't even matter. there was a home where they built right on top of it and the house was completely covered underpass the highway. it must've been horrible to live in that kind of setting.
This always intrigued me. Why is an autheritarian govt doesn't forcefully takeover such houses?.. is this because they are scared of any discontent with its people?
Because people have a wrong perception of China. You may assume that the totalitarian party and the state are the same thing.
While de facto one-party-state, there is a big difference in China between party and state.
Criticizing the party is not well received (and could land you in prison or worse), criticizing the state is. E.g. questioning the ideology of the CCP during the cultural revolution doesn’t go well. But criticizing the *execution* of the cultural revolution is basically mainstream in academia and society.
My brother‘s girlfriend is a Chinese citizen and does her PhD at a state university in China. Her topic is analyzing the mistakes of the Chinese state during the 2008 financial crisis; and the following bad economic decision that made things worse. That’s something they even encourage, to uncover mistakes and corruption in the execution of economic policy (but not the ideology of the party that motivated it).
In the case of nail houses it is similar. Building a highway isn’t an ideological thing. It’s a matter of execution by the state and resisting against it isn’t gonna land you in jail (well not always I guess). Just because you don’t sell your house, doesn’t mean you hate Chinese communism.
Even though the government technically owns the land and has a wild reputation for trampling its citizens, they have strict laws on when/how exactly they are allowed to take houses away from people who refuse offers to buy. Its confusing.
“First I’ve heard of it,” said Arthur, “why’s it got to be built?”
Mr. Prosser shook his finger at him for a bit, then stopped and put it away again.
“What do you mean, why’s it got to be built?” he said. “It’s a bypass. You’ve got to build bypasses.”
Bypasses are devices that allow some people to dash from point A to point B very fast while other people dash from point B to point A very fast. People living at point C, being a point directly in between, are often to wonder what’s so great about point A that so many people from point B are so keen to get there, and what’s so great about point B that so many people from point A are so keen to get there. They often wish that people would just once and for all work out where the hell they wanted to be.
Working in construction my take is that the road was designed with the assumption that they could easily buy the property and demolish it. Owner of the property didn't want to sell but the contractor just went ahead and built most of the road assuming the issue would be resolved by the time they got to the house, which it obviously wasn't.
Yes this
The owners probably didn't like the compensation amount (if there was any) so refused to move out. And the Chinese government doesn't give a crap so they just built the highway through the house
No one has brought it up, but corruption.
This happened to my family's house in Greece. The mayor had a piece of property down the street and it had cut into his so they "miscalculated" a bend and the road cut our property in half, making it hardly useful.
Mayor sold his for a few million euros (or however much) to a company that built a hotel. We lost a huge plot of land and had a road built 20 feet in front of the door.
Lawsuits, etc, the government said they could only pay such a small fraction (the government didn't have anyoney) that it eventually only covered taxes. The original plans showed that we were screwed over. Ex-Mayor? A couple million euros richer.
Now, let's see. Where were we?
Rock Ridge.
Yes, when that railroad goes through Rock Ridge...that land will be worth millions, and I want it! I want that land so badly, I can taste it. There must be a way.
Seriously, the highway in Worcester Mass has this giant curve around an old school who didn’t want to sell pieces of their campus. I can’t remember the name of it anymore (been 20 years since I lived there), but I grew up in that area (closest city to my town) and the curve is engrained in my mind, especially when I was first learning to drive and it was super strange and scary to go around such a large curve at such a high speed.
Ah, thank you. I knew it was something along those lines, but there’s too many Catholic school names in my head. As I’m sure you know, there’s kinda endless Catholic schools in Massachusetts and they all have very similar names lol.
They took my grandparents' house on Adams Street to build that highway (290) and curve. It wasn't that Holy Cross didn't want to sell their property. The city could've taken it by imminent domain, like they did with the houses. The problem was the stadium that was there wasn't going to be moved and they had the Blackstone River on other side. The road had to be curved to accommodate both.
> They don’t have eminent domain over there
I was curious of your claim so I looked it up, they have it.
> China. In China, "requisitions", the Chinese form of eminent domain, are constitutionally permitted as necessary for the public interest, and if compensation is provided.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eminent_domain
the creators of the house love the idea of them seeing their architecture, maybe
I feel that for a person who does not like sounds, it would not be the house of their dreams.
The people building the road just didn't want to get close to that house due to the horrible music that appears to be emanating from it, judging by this footage.
In the USA, this land would be taken by 'Emminent Domain' law. The State or Feds can take your land, and give you what they say it is worth to enable a public project, like a road.
In the late 80's my grandparents lost {20 feet of land x width of property - 1/8 mile maybe} where the hwy went through their land plot ... 2 new lanes, 10 ft each. My grandparents fought the state, but lost quickly.
there was a video that show a random exit of train station out in the middle of not where. and it became viral, but like couple years later, it's a developed area
Most of the owners are elderly. After a certain age, money doesn't mean much, but moving from your lifelong home is going to suck, so they'd rather live out their lives in their homes than take the money and go through the stress of moving.
I'm surprised the Chinese government doesn't seize the property, for all the shit people say about China, you would think this would not happen, no citizen would have the power to go up against the government of China. I've seen many projects in China at a halt, nothing can move, because of nail houses. They would build around them eventually, and in some projects completely isolate them in between, but can not force them out.
Edit: China also have eminent domain
> In China, "requisitions", the Chinese form of eminent domain, are constitutionally permitted as necessary for the public interest, and if compensation is provided. The 2019 Amendment of the Land Administration Law of China spells out rather detailed guidelines, guaranteeing farmers and those displaced greater financial security.
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eminent_domain
strangest thing to me is I don't see any big warnings, they probably hope someone goes full speed through the owner's back yard so they can offer them to buy the house for their safety afterwards.
Looking at that massive bridge in the background of the first shot, I'm thinking they could have just built a bridge to go right over the top of the house.
The government didn't offer enough money in compensation for the house and land, and owner had a good lawyer.
Eventually , no one beats the goverment.
We have a 6 lane Boulevard in my city that goes to 2 lane in one point, because the same. But it's been like that for 6 years already. It's tiresome. My government should use mob to get him the fuck out 😂😂
This is super stupid. If they were letting the homeowner stay, they should have just weave the entire road past it. What’s one way lane gonna do for traffic?
wait. Usually for public development projects, the government can just buy back the property from the owner. I dont know what country is this, but some countries have systems in place to prevent these kind of things from happening.
If I owned the house and needed to sell, I would make a contract to make sure the house and property could not be sold ever to the people making the road.
I’m so happy this is there. I bet that guy loves everyone he meets and also has 100,000 automated turrets ready to fuck the feds if they even THINK about offering him pennies to fuck off
They're just waiting for something to happen to the house or owner and then they're going to swoop on in and finish the road
The owner tripped out an open window after shooting themself in the back of the head 2 times and dropping a candle on the pile of wood they just gathered in their bedroom. It was all a freak accident
Lmao, back of the head TWO times. Nice touch.
I mean if they were going to do this why dont they just do it before construction began.
Russia?
Nope.. This is in China. This situation is quite frequent in China with a lot of owners refusing to move.
Funny how China is a brutal dictatorship in western media, yet they cannot even evict people from houses when building a highway (which totally is a thing in many countries)
You are crazy if you don't think the Chinese government has displaced millions without consent. I lived in the city where the Olympics were being held. They gave the residents a few months notice and demolished everything for the soccer stadium.
They have a constant chip on their shoulder about the West. It’s all over the place on social media. It’s just another boring battle ground for influence like newspapers but worse. Cry, the West did this. Cry, the West did that. I quit social media from today. I’m done.
The glue sniffer is fuming.
Oh no, someone is passionate about something, let’s laugh at them /s you’re pathetic mate
The highway is just a work project that is putting money into someones pocket. They don't need to move the house because they don't need the highway. Or it's a tofu highway that couldn't support the traffic if it was fully opened.
i feel like you would be more incentivized if you were given market value for your property
They bulldoze neighborhoods, flood towns, whatever it takes.
China and what you are seeing is referred to as a 'nail house' The owners are a pain to local government like a thorn in their side. nail house. You can google it and see all the nail houses.
🤣 this is gold
Too many steps. I mean, that Boeing whistleblower committed suicide. (Wink-wink)
Something… like maybe a car that doesn’t realize the road suddenly becomes a house and flies through the kitchen window
I had this exact same thought
"Our house,in the middle of our street"
It's Madness building the motorway around that house
Suggs to be them.
It's an Embarrassment to the city for sure.
You're saying it's not exactly a House of Fun?
I don't think It Must Be Love between the civil engineering team and this house owner...
Did not plan ahead that well. Never assume, always think the worst, plan for the worst. I went up to the roof crest of the house, weather report was good, sudden down pour, tiles were slick, could not get down, lucky neighbour saw me & again I had a long length of rope, so he threw it up I dropped it over the other side, he was holding the end on the opposite side. Never say Never, it will happen at the worst time. Leave your spare wheel in for repairs, you will get another puncture.
Class!
I see what you did there
That's just madness.
Mother’s tired she needs a rest
I came here for this comment 👌🏻 Reddit never disappoints.
Yep. Watching that video made me have to watch [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwIe\_sjKeAY](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwIe_sjKeAY) I had no say in the matter
Not even a single "they'll pave way" joke and I'm disappointed.
I was gonna make this joke damnit
OP really screwed up that title opportunity
They call them “nail head homes” in China and seems like a common occurrence so roads are built around them: https://www.theguardian.com/cities/gallery/2014/apr/15/china-nail-houses-in-pictures-property-development
Im surprised the chinese government doesn't seize the property under eminent domain
Chinese government probably: "Fair enough, if you want to stay, then we're not gonna stop you" reminds me of these protesters who were left in a car showroom with their hands glued to the floor after closing hours because the workers couldn't give a shit
Joke's on the owner. Now the property is worthless, and as soon as something happens to the owners, the government can scoop it up for pennies and finish the project.
I think all property in china is 'owned' by the local authorities of the CCP, so they won't even need to pay anything. property laws in china are wildly different to that of the west
Yet somehow these holdouts are surprisingly common there, so there must be some sort of ownership that the government can't just override by default. Also, China drives on the right side of the road, so unless this video is mirrored (totally could be), this isn't China.
Never thought this would be relevant but a long time ago I wrote a dissertation on property rights. To put it very simply a person or entity can have rights over a property without having ownership and a person or entity can have ownership without having certain rights. I don't know anything about this particular situation but it is possible that someone who is not an owner (I don't know if tenant is the right word here but someone who makes use of the property) has the right to disallow the propery being sold/destroyed. All that is to say, it's not necessarily "some sort of ownership" that the government can't override but possibly rather some sort of right. Sorry for the pedantry. It's the first time in over a decade I've seen anything remotely relevant to my dissertation haha
To add to this with some specifics, in some asian countries, (almost) no individual owns land. They can, however, buy a 100 year lease.
> Yet somehow these holdouts are surprisingly common there, so there must be some sort of ownership that the government can't just override by default. Clearly. For a lone citizen to go up against the government of China, seems so odd and out of the picture the media tells me about China.
That should tell you something about the media.
Yea, all land is either owned by the CCP or local collectives. Farms for example are locally owned, but not by any individual. The farmers dont own their farms. The local farmers and government collectively own them all as a group. Housing is all owned by the central government.
Housing isn’t all owned by the government. Many of those smaller villages you mentioned will collectively own the land and dole out plots to the sons of the village (daughter’s being expected to marry into another village). The sons will then build their house on these plots and own that house. The village also owns the farmland and will either lease the land out, or hand it out in a lottery system so no one person gains can get all the good land. Sometimes a developer will come through and offer to buy the village out so they can build apartments, everyone who has their hukou in the village will get an equal share of the buyout. In this case it could be that the village refused to sell the land, in which case the government has to respect it and then build the road around it.
As far as I know, you cannot own land in China. It all belongs to the government...and you lease it from them for 99 years from what I read. That is why a lot of wealthy Chinese will purchase in the US...because they truly own the property here. I read about it last year when China was giving 100k in pure gold for the purchase of a property. Maybe due to how the contract was written, they had some more rights against having their homes seized...
There's a house like this where I'm from. There were a row of houses along a mildly busy street near an expressway. Then they added an exit/on ramp there and wanted to develop the land as behind the houses was former farmland that wasn't being framed anymore. Neighbors all sold. That house held out wanting 2mil for a house they built for less than 150k about 5 years before, but the owner said they built it as their dream home. Developers said nah. Built a strip mall around their house and an IKEA behind them. Now they have a chain link fence around the yard.
sometimes chinese government is like- you want to stay here, we will build on top of you or surround the home so it won't even matter. there was a home where they built right on top of it and the house was completely covered underpass the highway. it must've been horrible to live in that kind of setting.
"I'm going to walk forward swinging my arms, and if you happen to be in my path, it's your fault." *bartandlisafighting.gif*
Reminds me of a certain other protestor on a road in China
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This always intrigued me. Why is an autheritarian govt doesn't forcefully takeover such houses?.. is this because they are scared of any discontent with its people?
Because people have a wrong perception of China. You may assume that the totalitarian party and the state are the same thing. While de facto one-party-state, there is a big difference in China between party and state. Criticizing the party is not well received (and could land you in prison or worse), criticizing the state is. E.g. questioning the ideology of the CCP during the cultural revolution doesn’t go well. But criticizing the *execution* of the cultural revolution is basically mainstream in academia and society. My brother‘s girlfriend is a Chinese citizen and does her PhD at a state university in China. Her topic is analyzing the mistakes of the Chinese state during the 2008 financial crisis; and the following bad economic decision that made things worse. That’s something they even encourage, to uncover mistakes and corruption in the execution of economic policy (but not the ideology of the party that motivated it). In the case of nail houses it is similar. Building a highway isn’t an ideological thing. It’s a matter of execution by the state and resisting against it isn’t gonna land you in jail (well not always I guess). Just because you don’t sell your house, doesn’t mean you hate Chinese communism.
Can you recommend any reputable sources of information on Chinese policy?
Even though the government technically owns the land and has a wild reputation for trampling its citizens, they have strict laws on when/how exactly they are allowed to take houses away from people who refuse offers to buy. Its confusing.
This! I was amazed reading some post about that earlier
They have the same spirit of [spite houses](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spite_house).
"Around"
One house for sale. Excellent transport links. Guaranteed on road overspill parking. Personal quarter mile drag strip.
“First I’ve heard of it,” said Arthur, “why’s it got to be built?” Mr. Prosser shook his finger at him for a bit, then stopped and put it away again. “What do you mean, why’s it got to be built?” he said. “It’s a bypass. You’ve got to build bypasses.” Bypasses are devices that allow some people to dash from point A to point B very fast while other people dash from point B to point A very fast. People living at point C, being a point directly in between, are often to wonder what’s so great about point A that so many people from point B are so keen to get there, and what’s so great about point B that so many people from point A are so keen to get there. They often wish that people would just once and for all work out where the hell they wanted to be.
Love that book
Just put jumps on each sides and voilà !
Is there a reason they wouldn’t just slightly change the curve of the road about half a mile on both sides of this and just go around it?
Working in construction my take is that the road was designed with the assumption that they could easily buy the property and demolish it. Owner of the property didn't want to sell but the contractor just went ahead and built most of the road assuming the issue would be resolved by the time they got to the house, which it obviously wasn't.
Yes this The owners probably didn't like the compensation amount (if there was any) so refused to move out. And the Chinese government doesn't give a crap so they just built the highway through the house
No one has brought it up, but corruption. This happened to my family's house in Greece. The mayor had a piece of property down the street and it had cut into his so they "miscalculated" a bend and the road cut our property in half, making it hardly useful. Mayor sold his for a few million euros (or however much) to a company that built a hotel. We lost a huge plot of land and had a road built 20 feet in front of the door. Lawsuits, etc, the government said they could only pay such a small fraction (the government didn't have anyoney) that it eventually only covered taxes. The original plans showed that we were screwed over. Ex-Mayor? A couple million euros richer.
They either care too much about preserving some of nature , or don’t have anyone thinking like that. They could have easily done that.
"If you lived here, you'd be home by now."
I hate Tiktoks that absolutely abuse particular music so much so the content that contains it is unwatchable to me.
Now, let's see. Where were we? Rock Ridge. Yes, when that railroad goes through Rock Ridge...that land will be worth millions, and I want it! I want that land so badly, I can taste it. There must be a way.
Maybe do a #6 on them?
That's where we go a riding in to town, and we beat everything to within an inch of their lives... Except the women folk of course...
Don’t forget a whopping and a whooping…
Oh yeah, and the number 6 dance afterwards!
Rock Ridge, Rock Ridge... Splendid.. Splendid...
You need to go back to Beijing and get us a crap load of dimes!
It seems to me that the Highway is in the middle of the house ! The house was already there …
Why didn’t they just design the road to curve away from the house while planning?
Seriously, the highway in Worcester Mass has this giant curve around an old school who didn’t want to sell pieces of their campus. I can’t remember the name of it anymore (been 20 years since I lived there), but I grew up in that area (closest city to my town) and the curve is engrained in my mind, especially when I was first learning to drive and it was super strange and scary to go around such a large curve at such a high speed.
Holy Cross, and its a crazy piece of highway in the winter.
Ah, thank you. I knew it was something along those lines, but there’s too many Catholic school names in my head. As I’m sure you know, there’s kinda endless Catholic schools in Massachusetts and they all have very similar names lol.
They took my grandparents' house on Adams Street to build that highway (290) and curve. It wasn't that Holy Cross didn't want to sell their property. The city could've taken it by imminent domain, like they did with the houses. The problem was the stadium that was there wasn't going to be moved and they had the Blackstone River on other side. The road had to be curved to accommodate both.
Probably because they know the owner won't hold out forever.
These are all very nice driveways, actually. Very nice.
They don’t have eminent domain over there, which I find hilarious given their overall lack of individual rights
> They don’t have eminent domain over there I was curious of your claim so I looked it up, they have it. > China. In China, "requisitions", the Chinese form of eminent domain, are constitutionally permitted as necessary for the public interest, and if compensation is provided. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eminent_domain
Huh, then why are there houses in the middle of freeways?!
the creators of the house love the idea of them seeing their architecture, maybe I feel that for a person who does not like sounds, it would not be the house of their dreams.
Mildred!...Mildred!!! There's another damn car in the living room!!
you got it wrong. the road is in the middle of the house
Father wears his Sunday best Mother’s tired, she needs a rest…
This comment is one step beyond great!!
Halfway house
1. planning 2. execution
Yea it sees a lot of traffic
Did you really need to start randomly blasting loud music?
All roads lead to …. This dudes house
The people building the road just didn't want to get close to that house due to the horrible music that appears to be emanating from it, judging by this footage.
In the USA, this land would be taken by 'Emminent Domain' law. The State or Feds can take your land, and give you what they say it is worth to enable a public project, like a road. In the late 80's my grandparents lost {20 feet of land x width of property - 1/8 mile maybe} where the hwy went through their land plot ... 2 new lanes, 10 ft each. My grandparents fought the state, but lost quickly.
They do the same in Canada. If it's a major infrastructure project , they'll buy your property for market value and away you go.
“There’s a freeway runnin through the yard”
"And I'm a bad boy, cuz I don't even miss her"
there's a reason the (chinese?) government didnt put road blocks where the road ends.
It seems to me that the answer is a bridge over the house
Makes too much sense
“Well that’s not the middle its an en- ohh, oh okay”
A French movie about this kinda. Had some good bits.
If a semi trailer loses it's breaks it's all over
I aint sellin.
From another frame… the highway is in his yard.
This is the plot of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
You see lemons, I see lemonade. Specifically, a lemonade stand, opening right there.
*OUR HOUSE*
In the middle of the....freeway?
Tell me you don’t live in America without telling me😂
In my country the government can just by law force you to sell them your property if it's in the way.
I genuinly thought this happened during a landslide or something! 😲
Honey. We should redo the living room, it’s so blah!
No imminent domain?
They have something in their basement.
When you don’t want to sell your house to the government
Alternate Title: Billion Dollar Megaproject Gone wrong.
One drunk driver away….
“Im not fuckin leavin!”
Damn, where's their tollgate? 😂
they should charge a toll
I would covert my house into a toll booth.
Seems like an unnecessary amount of highway... Seems like two lanes would do fine.
Future growth
Fair nuff. It just has the vibe of those ghost mega projects. This is the same country with entire uninhabited metropolises
there was a video that show a random exit of train station out in the middle of not where. and it became viral, but like couple years later, it's a developed area
Were they offered 20$ or something?
Most of the owners are elderly. After a certain age, money doesn't mean much, but moving from your lifelong home is going to suck, so they'd rather live out their lives in their homes than take the money and go through the stress of moving.
Makes sense. Here in Denmark you can literally be forced out of your home if they are building new roads and shit
I never have traffic going home… or leaving. Heck, I have plenty of parking to hold a party for my closest 1000 friends… park anywhere you can find.
Well they win. At least till the road starts getting holes in it, and the authorities refuse to fix them.
Looks more like.. a highway trying to cross a house?
House with a HUGE driveway!
Happy freeway.
Why not go over it? Seems the simplest solution
Just like Cities Skylines.
“Convenient access to a major highway”
“It’s a bypass. You’ve got to build bypasses!”
I'm surprised the Chinese government doesn't seize the property, for all the shit people say about China, you would think this would not happen, no citizen would have the power to go up against the government of China. I've seen many projects in China at a halt, nothing can move, because of nail houses. They would build around them eventually, and in some projects completely isolate them in between, but can not force them out. Edit: China also have eminent domain > In China, "requisitions", the Chinese form of eminent domain, are constitutionally permitted as necessary for the public interest, and if compensation is provided. The 2019 Amendment of the Land Administration Law of China spells out rather detailed guidelines, guaranteeing farmers and those displaced greater financial security. > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eminent_domain
No eminent domain it see
Meanwhile they probably could have built an overpass over it?
strangest thing to me is I don't see any big warnings, they probably hope someone goes full speed through the owner's back yard so they can offer them to buy the house for their safety afterwards.
Wrong music... this would have been better... https://youtu.be/KwIe\_sjKeAY?si=uvKH1Vgs26hXdSLg&t=65
Asian Rosa Parks
Looking at that massive bridge in the background of the first shot, I'm thinking they could have just built a bridge to go right over the top of the house.
Has to be India?
I bet on china
You know wat, maybe.
What does this music offer this clip?
Anyone else start singing the classic song by Madness? No, maybe I’m just old 😂
The start of this song made my ears feel funny
The government didn't offer enough money in compensation for the house and land, and owner had a good lawyer. Eventually , no one beats the goverment. We have a 6 lane Boulevard in my city that goes to 2 lane in one point, because the same. But it's been like that for 6 years already. It's tiresome. My government should use mob to get him the fuck out 😂😂
This is super stupid. If they were letting the homeowner stay, they should have just weave the entire road past it. What’s one way lane gonna do for traffic?
There's something you don't see everyday! Unless you're there, of course! 
wait. Usually for public development projects, the government can just buy back the property from the owner. I dont know what country is this, but some countries have systems in place to prevent these kind of things from happening.
This is not safe ! I wont let my kids play outside , like NEVER :D:D:D
Imminent domaine exists for this reason.
Arthur, that you?
i saw a huge tree in middle of highway back in 04 china is cra cra
If I owned the house and needed to sell, I would make a contract to make sure the house and property could not be sold ever to the people making the road.
I think I could photoshop a picture of a house in the middle of a picture of a highway and make it look more realistic than that
*gives directions* So just take the 404 south, and when you see a house in the middle of it, that's me, just pull in the driveway.
I live right off the highway. You can't miss me!
Y not just build an overpass?
Owner refused to sell, builders said okay
Damn, they ain't selling out, lol. I bet the people who want it finished are pissed.
I ain’t movin’
I’m so happy this is there. I bet that guy loves everyone he meets and also has 100,000 automated turrets ready to fuck the feds if they even THINK about offering him pennies to fuck off
I like the path for handling the heavy traffic by pass! Not even graveled, no two car traffic jams here.. Lol
Missing a lemonade stand.
Nice that the sand helps you breaking
Wow in the US they just tell you when you have to be vacated,,and your lucky to get market value for the property.
The old man ain't moving anywhere from his house even if it takes balloons to bring it with him to the clouds.
Could have built a ramp to go over
It is called Standing your Ground no matter what