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‘I do regret it a bit’: Stubborn grandfather has motorway built around his house after refusing £180k to move (www.aol.co.uk)
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A stubborn grandfather had a motorway built around his house in China after refusing to move, despite being offered £180,000 in compensation.

Huang Ping’s two-storey home in Jinxi, China, is now surrounded by a construction site with constant dust, noisy builders and vibrating walls.

He says he now regrets not taking the Chinese government’s money and fears what living in his property will be like once the expressway opens in Spring.

“If I could turn back time, I would agree to the demolition conditions they offered. Now it feels like I lost a big bet,” he said.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Stott Hall Farm

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

That one is an urban myth.

A farmhouse in the middle of one of Britain's busiest motorways has been made the subject of a documentary. Stott Hall Farm, one of West Yorkshire's best known sights, appears cut off by the M62 motorway, with east- and westbound lanes dividing around the building.

For 10 years, it has been home to farmer Paul Thorp, who has grown used to the constant hum of the traffic. Danny Lomax, 28, a student filmmaker, said: 'I wanted to find what it was like for someone to live in the middle of one of the country's busiest roads, while living the life of a hill farmer.'

The documentary also debunks the urban myth that the motorway curves around the farmhouse because a former owner refused to move. 'It was the landscape that meant the motorway couldn't be built right through and had to be built around it,' said Lomax.