Initially, The Owner Of This Home Was Adamant To Stay There Even After Being Offered $3 Million. It Wasn’t Long Before He Changed His Mind And Sold The Property For $4 Million
Salah Oudjani Refuses To Sell The Coffee House He Has Worked In For The Last 46 Years, Although His Is The Only Standing Building In What Used To Be An Old Neighborhood Of Roubaix, In Northern France

Living Under A Bridge
This Queen Anne House Which Is Now A Church, Prevented Yet Another Apartment Building From Being Constructed
A Lone Resident Holds Out Against Luxury Villas In Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, In July 2013
Developers Were Forced Into Building Around These Holdouts In Washington DC
Due To The High Asking Price The Founders Of This Hotel Couldn’t Buy These Houses, So The Hotel Was Built Around Them Instead, And They Became Souvenir Shops
One Chinese Family Refused To Move Their Relatives Ancient Graves. The Small, Bizarre Column Stood 10 Meters Above The Foundation Floor For Months, Until They Finally Accepted Compensation
A man refused to give up his farm, and now it thrives right in the middle of Tokyo Narita Airport—between taxiways and a runway
In the heart of Tokyo Narita Airport, a tiny farm stands as a testament to resilience and defiance. Amid the roar of jet engines and the bustle of taxiways, a farmer refused to relinquish his land during the airport’s expansion in the 1960s. Today, he continues to grow vegetables, his crops thriving in one of the most unconventional locations imaginable—a striking symbol of perseverance against overwhelming odds.
