This Is Probably,

the best lit street in the world,

 if of course they all worked! street lights are usually installed 30 to 50 meters apart from each other, but in the village of Taojia, in China’s Shaanxi Province, extra safety it seemed was called for, so in just a 3km stretch of narrow road it has been lit with over 1,000 light posts lining it on both sides, some of them are just 3 meters away from each other, so close in fact that drivers say they have to be extra careful not to crash into one, 

 and it’s not like the village road is thick with traffic anyway, in fact, a team of reporters recently visited the village to investigate this famous road and reported that no cars passed through during their hour-long stay, it all started like this, in 2016, when it was announced that the land it traverses would be requisitioned by the local government for the expanding Xi’an International Trade & Logistics Park, in such cases, people’s properties are usually demolished and they receive compensation from the state, so people started raising money for street lights so they could demand a higher compensation, 

 HSW News reports that according to data provided by the Taojia village committee, in 2018 there were over 1,000 street lights in place on both sides of the now famous 3km road, each priced at around $1,000, however, over half of them don’t even work, which is considered further proof that the farmers were trying to rip off the government, 

authorities issued a statement to Chinese media outlets informing them that the street lights are not included in the compensation plan are only trying to rip off the government, the people who installed the 1,000+ street lights had until April 5th to dismantle them themselves, or risk seeing them bulldozed without receiving any compensation,

as an aside, sources from the local government have acknowledged that better inspection and supervision are required to prevent such problems from arising in the future, the people trying to rip off the government, who would of thought it?