# Chinese couple refuses to leave **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [November 22, 2012, 1:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/chinese-couple-refuses-to-leave/227371 "2012-11-22T13:29:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![theblue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/theblue/32/5074_2.png) [@theblue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/theblue)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2012, 1:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/chinese-couple-refuses-to-leave/227371/1 "2012-11-22T13:29:25Z")
![http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/11/22/article-2236746-1628CC77000005DC-552_964x637.jpg](http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/11/22/article-2236746-1628CC77000005DC-552_964x637.jpg) > **[Won't sell up? Enjoy living in the middle of a motorway! Road is built around...](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2236746/Road-built-building-couple-refuse-China.html)** > > An elderly couple refused to relocate from their apartment building in the city of Wenling, in Zhejiang province, China and so the road was built around the house. ---
**Author:** ![1QIKZ](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/1qikz/32/6112_2.png) [@1QIKZ](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/1QIKZ)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2012, 3:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/chinese-couple-refuses-to-leave/227371/2 "2012-11-22T15:17:57Z")
No grass to mow. ---
**Author:** ![Willybeen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/willybeen/32/7351_2.png) [@Willybeen](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Willybeen)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2012, 3:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/chinese-couple-refuses-to-leave/227371/3 "2012-11-22T15:28:21Z")
PROPS ---
**Author:** ![Gl1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/gl1/32/5471_2.png) [@Gl1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Gl1)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2012, 4:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/chinese-couple-refuses-to-leave/227371/4 "2012-11-22T16:06:34Z")
I thought in china they would just throw you out of the house onto the street if you refused to move. There were stories of that when they built the Olympic stadium. ---
**Author:** ![1QIKZ](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/1qikz/32/6112_2.png) [@1QIKZ](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/1QIKZ)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2012, 4:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/chinese-couple-refuses-to-leave/227371/5 "2012-11-22T16:18:43Z")
Yeah, you’re on your way? About 20 minutes? Yeah, ok…we’re the house on the street. It doesn’t matter what color, we’re THE house on the street. ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bing/32/7211_2.png) [@bing](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2012, 4:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/chinese-couple-refuses-to-leave/227371/6 "2012-11-22T16:53:50Z")
> [@Gl@re](#): > > I thought in china they would just throw you out of the house onto the street if you refused to move. There were stories of that when they built the Olympic stadium. i would have assumed the same ---
**Author:** ![Motocrossx23](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/motocrossx23/32/5120_2.png) [@Motocrossx23](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Motocrossx23)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2012, 5:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/chinese-couple-refuses-to-leave/227371/7 "2012-11-22T17:15:24Z")
Oh c’mon…NO ONE HAS MENTIONED IT YET??? [video][https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwIe\_sjKeAY[/video]](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwIe_sjKeAY%5B/video%5D) ---
**Author:** ![airhead](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/airhead/32/7471_2.png) [@airhead](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/airhead)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2012, 12:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/chinese-couple-refuses-to-leave/227371/8 "2012-11-23T00:14:02Z")
Wouldn’t they be forced to move in this country under eminent domain? Amazing that that would exist in this country, even for private use, but not in China. ---
**Author:** ![Jeller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bc8723/32.png) [@Jeller](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jeller)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2012, 6:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/chinese-couple-refuses-to-leave/227371/9 "2012-11-23T06:15:21Z")
> [@Motocrossx23](#): > > Oh c’mon…NO ONE HAS MENTIONED IT YET??? > > [video][https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwIe\_sjKeAY[/video]](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwIe_sjKeAY%5B/video%5D) Nicely done :tup: ---
**Author:** ![Carnut](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/carnut/32/7590_2.png) [@Carnut](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Carnut)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2012, 7:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/chinese-couple-refuses-to-leave/227371/10 "2012-11-23T07:16:35Z")
> [@Motocrossx23](#): > > Oh c’mon…NO ONE HAS MENTIONED IT YET??? > > [video][https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwIe\_sjKeAY[/video]](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwIe_sjKeAY%5B/video%5D) Love Madness! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/2X/b/b7170c8eddc0b95ece6b88172b2f416a08489a45.png) [@system](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2012, 8:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/chinese-couple-refuses-to-leave/227371/11 "2012-11-23T08:44:26Z")
That’s one sick driveway. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/baker/32/5423_2.png) [@Baker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2012, 12:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/chinese-couple-refuses-to-leave/227371/12 "2012-11-23T12:27:02Z")
> [@Gl@re](#): > > I thought in china they would just throw you out of the house onto the street if you refused to move. There were stories of that when they built the Olympic stadium. The article says that people used to be thrown out, but the law has changed. ---
**Author:** ![Spam16v](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/spam16v/32/5287_2.png) [@Spam16v](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Spam16v)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2012, 1:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/chinese-couple-refuses-to-leave/227371/13 "2012-11-23T13:08:03Z")
> [@airhead](#): > > Wouldn’t they be forced to move in this country under eminent domain? Amazing that that would exist in this country, even for private use, but not in China. That’s only in democratic countries like the US.