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rmmiller364 recommended:Jun 22nd, 2021
Loved this episode! It reminded me of nail houses in China, which are houses that owners refuse to sell to developers, despite the fact that the developer has acquired all the neighboring properties. People can be stubborn! https://www.theguardian.com/cities/gallery/2014/apr/15/china-nail-houses-in-...Show More
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traceyt recommended:Jun 12th, 2021
As someone who has a personal fantasy of building a spite house (or spite yard) next to one of my enemies, I was gratified to hear that others had successfully done so.
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epekilis recommended:Jun 1st, 2021
This was hilarious. And it reminds me of a Spite Farm situation I encountered years ago. Without disclosing identifying details, father left a property to his two sons. There was a dispute. The brothers then deliberately started farming incompatible land uses with the main purpose of interfering wit...Show More
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mm recommended:May 30th, 2021
Houses that people built in spite, aka “FU houses”. Absolutely hilarious and jaw-dropping. Super funny how many spite houses are now considered heritage that will never be torn down and persevered with all its spit forever!!!
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