There's a whole bunch of derelict buildings strewn across the Pacific owned by the Nauru government. They were rich in the 70s and built hotels for themselves just to get away for the weekend. Now most of them are rotting hulks filled with Chinese immigrant squatters.
nickriel t1_j84jnab wrote
Reply to TIL the Pacific island nation of Nauru has been so damaged by phosphate mining that in 1964 Australia offered to repopulate the entire nation to Curtis Island near the Australian Coast. Nauru refused the offer in order to maintain their sovereignty and not become part of Australia. by triviafrenzy
There's a whole bunch of derelict buildings strewn across the Pacific owned by the Nauru government. They were rich in the 70s and built hotels for themselves just to get away for the weekend. Now most of them are rotting hulks filled with Chinese immigrant squatters.