[ETCM]

Residents would be exempt from state and federal taxes but would pay property taxes along with a 6% sales tax.

Mitchell, Lockwood, and other Belle Island boosters estimate it would be home to a total population of 50,000.

50,000 people on a 982 acre island? Over 50 people per acre, almost double the population density of NYC! Enjoy living in a high rise apartment.

Too crowded for me. I'm moving to Akon City in Senegal. A modern paradise! A real world Wakanda! It's gonna be great I tell ya! /s

[freepertoo]

When I was a very little girl (I’m 70), my parents used to take me to Belle Isle on the Boblo Boat. I remember the island with a great big smile.