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LIVING here could drive you loopy – because these flats are completely encircled by a motorway. The swirling ring road was built around the two tower blocks after some residents refused to move out to make way for bulldozers. http://img.thesun.co.uk/aidemitlum/archive/02447/01_12173939_f457ab_2447342a.jpg http://img.thesun.co.uk/aidemitlum/archive/02447/02_12173939_031679_2447340a.jpg The pictures - which show the four-lane flyover in Guangdong Province, China – have gone viral in China. The houses were set to be demolished to make space for a bridge connecting the city’s road network to a recently opened tunnel under the Pearl River. Now they are known as “nail houses” - a term given to homes in China where a resident refuses to leave in order to make way for a new construction. http://img.thesun.co.uk/aidemitlum/archive/02447/03_12173939_1eb68a_2447341a.jpg But when three homeowners refused to accept relocation compensation, the construction company decided to build around them. The construction company has promised to surround the buildings with a noise barrier for the residents. http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/6586188/Now-THATS-a-ring-road.html
