Moved back to rural America. Bought one Victorian house for 12k, my mom bought the one next door for 20k (everyone thought she paid too much), bought a third across the street for 10k and a 3 story brick school for 10k. All in fine shape and fairly large and in good condition, low crime area, but its small town America.
Nice. Good for you. Someday I might want to know the city and state. Sounds pretty cool. (FReepmail if you wish to share - I’ll keep it private).
The show that they are really Luddites in the article:
“They’ve rejected the idea of using factory-made prefab parts (something that a related project in the area does), because one of the main goals is to also provide jobs. Still, whatever the final cost, it will be cheap.”
While they are at it, maybe they should require that the workmen wear homspun, only use man powered tools, and dig the foundations and sewer system/hookups by hand.
That will create low-paid, low productive jobs.
Factories are how we raised the standard of living.
“Moved back to rural America. Bought one Victorian house for 12k, my mom bought the one next door for 20k (everyone thought she paid too much), bought a third across the street for 10k and a 3 story brick school for 10k. All in fine shape and fairly large and in good condition, low crime area, but its small town America.”
Wow! Can you at least give away the state (though I wouldn’t blame you if you don’t...).
Envy envy! ;)
Sounds like the tiny rural “Plantation” where I grew up - in he north woods of Maine. I could go back in a heart beat.
That’s the smartest thing you’ve said in weeks. I wouldn’t mind doing what you did.