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There are quite a few of them in PA. Trouble is, you’re accountable to some local or regional govt which will be on you like ants. Fix this, fix that. Spend a fortune doing it. Liability issues keep you awake all night. Insurance is a nightmare. And if you get all that addressed, environmental issues crop up. Eventually you will find you can’t please everyone, they’ve more pockets than you have dollars.
If it’s worth saving/restoring, it’s probably on the radar of some historical society anyway. And they’re worse than HOA’s.

Cheaper by far to buy some vacant land and build your own ghost town.

9 posted on 05/17/2021 5:45:25 AM PDT by Buttons12 ( )

11 posted on 05/17/2021 5:47:15 AM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)

I heard Centralia is a bargain....

21 posted on 05/17/2021 5:59:45 AM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s^2)

Back in the late 80’s upstate New York was like that. Whole little towns either abandoned or close to it.

58 posted on 05/17/2021 8:56:25 AM PDT by jmacusa (America. Founded by geniuses . Now governed by idiots.)

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