> to make way for a mega factory they have lots of land they can build on. they do buy houses or small building to make big ones but they do pay a lot. look at this guy he rejected $200k and 3 houses to stay in his shitty house in the middle of nowhere (well, in the middle of the highway now) people who are originally from shanghai are rich because they kept doing that a few decades ago. sell you shit house for more than it's worth and get a few apartments on top? you won't see that in the west. they might pay you the price it's worth (but it's already worth less because they're gonna build whatever they're gonna build there) and tell you to fuck off and that's it.
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