This was the street that our hotel was on in Brno. They were in the middle of completely ripping it up. The most bizarre part was that the street was completely open to walk through. They did have some fencing off but there were large gaps between the fences so they were completely ineffective. For example in the picture below, the hole is blocked off but there is a four foot gap in between the fences so that anyone can go through. In Prague too, they don't bother to block off construction sites. We once walked by a newly built structure, the inside was wide open, i'm sure there were tons of squatters inside. A little bit of light was shed on this odd bit of culture by one of the RA's who explained to us that in the Czech Republic people are not sue-crazy and there are hardly any lawsuits, very much unlike the culture I am used to in NYC where people sue for splinters and hangnails.
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