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Its easier to upgrade a city when you can just move people out of their house. In the west its a nightmare to get anything changed because people own their spot

• cadamsdotcom 1y ago
  China moves so fast that by the time knowledge gets back to the West it’s often outdated. So my info should be checked. But as I understand it China has been famous for “nail houses” - homes from which the owner refuses to move out, causing all kinds of headaches. It isn’t a lawless place and the Party / local government doesn’t have carte blanche. There is nuance that’s worth considering before making blanket statements.
  • tokioyoyo 1y ago
    Yeah, people keep saying that Chinese build wherever they want to, whenever they want to. It's just not really true. It's correct that there are less bureaucracy (less environmental analysis, less consultation and etc.), but people still go and protest in their local areas when something happens that they don't like. There are people that don't move, but their lives become increasingly harder when they don't, because everyone else might take the money and go forward. Sometimes it's also the opposite, the local government fight for the new build ups, so they can get the money and investments in. Or block development through their areas when there is no real reason to allow it (think of rails but with no stops there).