I think half the success of this approach is due to culture as well. I know in my home country, an approach like this would definitely not work and you'd be stu

I think half the success of this approach is due to culture as well. I know in my home country, an approach like this would definitely not work and you'd be stuck with unemployed squatters with slow legal recourse to get rid of them (and if you have to get rid of them are you really successful in the first place?).