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[–] TheRtRevKaiser@beehaw.org 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

This is one of those stories that probably isn't actually all that noteworthy - the reporter doesn't have any actual idea how many people are living in the community, but estimates around 40 - but the details are all just waaaaay too good not to run with it. The original article starts out wild and only gets wilder as it goes. There's even a guest appearance from Shen Yun at one point. Just check out the first three paragraphs and you can see exactly why this story got written: