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Taiwan’s cabbage-patch kings hold the keys to growth under the region’s tallest building – Times Online
Taiwan’s cabbage-patch kings hold the keys to growth under the region’s tallest buildingA woman plants vegetables in a business district in Taipei, Taiwan(Maurice Tsai/Bloomberg/Getty Images)The consensus opinion holds that a plot of land measuring 50m by 25m in the heart of Taipei’s financial district will be worth about $150 million
This story is well worth reading. I know the patch of land quite well, and it’s one of several you can see dotted around the capital city. I had NO idea the land was worth this much, though. But the farmers may well understand the value, the trouble is – they love their job, it’s been part of their life for decades, so it may be hard for them to visualize another way of life, even with all the money that the land is worth. Recommend reading the story.