You Can Buy An Entire Town In South Dakota For The Bargain Price Of $400K

Consumerist ^ | 30 June 2014 | Mary Beth Quirk

[Personal Responsibility]

The same $400,000 will buy you half of Detroit.

[DuncanWaring]

Yeah, but in Swett you have a chance of living to see the sun rise tomorrow.

[Lorianne]

Nice looking place.
Love the sunflowers.
It has a bar/restaurant too.

I bet it’s cold in winter though.

[xone]

I bet it’s cold in winter though.

I bet you're absolutely right.

[Revel]

“Freeperville.”

But probably with no High speed internet.

[353FMG]

Can I raise the local taxes on my subjects?

[Larry Lucido]

I've named my two acres out in the desert The Wren Republic.

So are you WReepers?

[Intolerant in NJ]

Well, with a mortgage......

[bgill]

Or a cheaper option would be to get your country home granted a township.

[roadcat]

Can I raise the local taxes on my subjects?

First, you need subjects. Build a trailer park, and advertise, mostly to retirees with a little money to kick around. When younger folks come along, they'll need jobs so you create a little infrastructure and hopefully your tax base will grow. You own the land, have them build the structures. I don't know if they'll long tolerate you being king unless you're very kind to your subjects or you have good security.