• spirinolas@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    Something worse happened in my city. The city hall expropriated some land from the owner with the justification it was needed for a public interest project. The project wasn’t very detailed and pretty much half-assed like it wasn’t serious. The owner was pissed since the land was sure to raise its price by a lot in a few years. The city was experiencing a major boom and the land was right where the city center was expanding to. But he loses the land and receives a “fair market price”.

    Right after the land is expropriated the city hall cancels the project and, since it was no longer needed and the land is considered useless sells it very cheaply to a known real estate entrepreneur with ties to the (very corrupt) Mayor. In a couple of years construction has started in the area (by other friends of the mayor) and the value of the land explodes. The entrepeneur sells it back for a fortune to the city hall. The city hall justifies the huge payment due to the need for a mall there. That mall never turned a profit and was bankrupt in a few years.

    The original owner sued city hall and the old mayor. The case is tied in courts for decades now. It’s ridiculous. My city is the capital of corruption in a corrupt country.

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          6 days ago

          Lol, that’s clearly Portugal. They have burrokracia over there, and they are honorary Balkan.

        • innermachine@lemmy.world
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          Lol I wasn’t expecting op to actually reply don’t need them doxxing themselves was just poking fun at how that crap happens more often than you’d think with the corruption , shits a plague everywhere

        • wia@lemmy.ca
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          6 days ago

          Not judging but curious, why did you dig into post histories? I see plenty of people doing it even if I never do, so I’m just curious why.

          • JigglySackles@lemmy.world
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            Can’t answer for them but the few times I’ve done it is to make sure I’m talking with someone that can actually hold a conversation and I’m not arguing with a shill or looney. Sometimes just to see what a person is like on average. Especially if they act like a cunt for little reason. Some do it just for curiosity sake.