A small town in Sweden, (pop. 18,000) is moving itself two miles - lock, stock and barrel - even the church will be moved intact. No, not because the North Sea is encroaching on it yet. It seems a local mine owner (the Government) has been extracting iron ore and such efforts have now reached under the town so there is a fear of the entire town collapsing at some future time. On the bright side the mine owner is bearing the entire expense of moving the people into new housing two miles down the road. Can you visualize this occurring elsewhere absent a class action lawsuit? NIMBY!
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