You’ll never take my land!
Boing boing have recently http://www.boingboing.net/2007/03/12/developers_dig_pit_a.html
featured http://www.boingboing.net/2007/03/12/another_homeowner_ho.html
stories about people who refuse to sell their homes to
developers, no matter what the price.
This first house in Bismark was once part of a residential
area, but as the nearby St. Alexius Medical Centre expanded they
needed more and more parking space and bought up the land of all
the adjacent houses. With the exception of one.
The house and its garden space are now directly opposite the
emergency room so the owner must be either deaf or he
really likes the sound of ambulance sirens.
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Our second homeowner in San Jose refused to sell up to the
developers of the nearby
HP Pavilion indoor arena so is now completely surrounded by
parking. I wonder if he gets free tickets on gamedays?
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Previously on Google Sightseeing:
The Man Who Lives in the Middle of the M62.
Thanks http://boingboing.net/ Boing boing and its
readers.