floofloof to offbeat@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days ago‘I do regret it a bit’: Motorway built around stubborn grandfather’s house after he refused compensationwww.independent.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up134arrow-down11
arrow-up133arrow-down1external-link‘I do regret it a bit’: Motorway built around stubborn grandfather’s house after he refused compensationwww.independent.co.ukfloofloof to offbeat@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square24fedilink
minus-squareMetz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down1·3 days agoI would have expected them to simply expropriate the house from him. That wouldn’t have surprised me for China. I mean, even here in Germany that’s not exactly unheard of if you are in the way of a large project that benefits the society.
I would have expected them to simply expropriate the house from him. That wouldn’t have surprised me for China. I mean, even here in Germany that’s not exactly unheard of if you are in the way of a large project that benefits the society.