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I wonder who owns these places.

by netsp 17y ago

TomOfTTB 17y ago
In every case I know and I suspect in every other case the answer is "The Government". I'll run down the ones I know... Gunkanjima, Japan: Owned by the city of Nagasaki but work is being done to turn it over to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization San Zhi (or the Pod City): It was originally commisioned by the Taiwanese government so it's always belonged to them. Pripyat, Ukraine: Obviously owned by the U.S.S.R. before the collapse. I have no reason to believe it wasn't turned over to the newly formed nation of Ukraine along with all the other land belonging to the ancient nation of Rus' Kadykchan, Russia: Russia evacuated the citizens which means they took control of the land. Centralia, United States: Congress provided "buy out" packages for the Residents so it's owned by the Federal Government (with the exception of the 11 people who still own their land and live there) Kowloon Walled City, Hong Kong: Though Hong Kong is self governing for the most part it's still considered part of China and there's no private land in China so it's owned by...you guessed it...China Oradour-sur-Glane, France: It's an official memorial site designated by the Government of France. Kolmanskuppe, Namibia: As the article says it's owned by the De Beers group (the diamond company) Humberstone, Chile: turned over to United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Wittenoom, Australia: No idea, I'd assume it's considered Government land but there are still 8 people living there who obviously own their own land. As the article says it's been removed from all official maps so it's not even really a place anymore. Agdam,Azerbaijan: Azerbaijan was part of the Soviet Union and the Soviet Union had no private land so it became owned by the nation of Azerbaijan after the collapse. It was destroyed in the Nagorno-Karabakh War which was raging pre-USSR collapse and ended post-USSR collapse so it wasn't in a position to be purchased by anyone else before it was destroyed. Varosha, Cyprus and the Two sites in Italy: I have no idea. They were deserted by their residents so I assume they reverted back to their respective governments but both nations allow for the ownership of private land so in theory someone could still own parts of it. Bodie State park, California: Owned by the U.S. Federal Government as a National Historic Landmark

I wonder who owns these places.

by netsp 17y ago

I wonder who owns these places.

In every case I know and I suspect in every other case the answer is "The Government". I'll run down the ones I know... Gunkanjima, Japan: Owned by the city of Nagasaki but work is being done to turn it over to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization San Zhi (or the Pod City): It was originally commisioned by the Taiwanese government so it's always belonged to them. Pripyat, Ukraine: Obviously owned by the U.S.S.R. before the collapse. I have no reason to believe it wasn't turned over to the newly formed nation of Ukraine along with all the other land belonging to the ancient nation of Rus' Kadykchan, Russia: Russia evacuated the citizens which means they took control of the land. Centralia, United States: Congress provided "buy out" packages for the Residents so it's owned by the Federal Government (with the exception of the 11 people who still own their land and live there) Kowloon Walled City, Hong Kong: Though Hong Kong is self governing for the most part it's still considered part of China and there's no private land in China so it's owned by...you guessed it...China Oradour-sur-Glane, France: It's an official memorial site designated by the Government of France. Kolmanskuppe, Namibia: As the article says it's owned by the De Beers group (the diamond company) Humberstone, Chile: turned over to United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Wittenoom, Australia: No idea, I'd assume it's considered Government land but there are still 8 people living there who obviously own their own land. As the article says it's been removed from all official maps so it's not even really a place anymore. Agdam,Azerbaijan: Azerbaijan was part of the Soviet Union and the Soviet Union had no private land so it became owned by the nation of Azerbaijan after the collapse. It was destroyed in the Nagorno-Karabakh War which was raging pre-USSR collapse and ended post-USSR collapse so it wasn't in a position to be purchased by anyone else before it was destroyed. Varosha, Cyprus and the Two sites in Italy: I have no idea. They were deserted by their residents so I assume they reverted back to their respective governments but both nations allow for the ownership of private land so in theory someone could still own parts of it. Bodie State park, California: Owned by the U.S. Federal Government as a National Historic Landmark