An elderly couple gets rid of the town in New Zealand, bought "out of pity"
A town called Otira is sold in New Zealand for 1 million Australian dollars (about 700 thousand US dollars). The settlement includes a hotel, school, railway station, city hall and 18 houses. If one hotel is purchased, the buyer will have to part with 215 thousand dollars, reports Prian.ru with reference to ABC News. The current owners of the town - the elderly spouses - bought it in 1998, because "they felt pity for him." Currently, 40 people live in Otira.