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I don't see why it's necessary to abandon cities and high-rises. A huge number of jobs which only exist to support the state would obviously disappear. Lawyering, much accounting. And, of course, bureaucrats would all suddenly find themselves in need of a job.

WRT all the land (and other property) the government owns, I think Harry Browne has the right idea. Sell it off and use the proceeds to pay off all the stakeholders in the government scam. Annuities for retirees. Severance pay for bureaucrats. Etc.

I'm not suggesting that cities should be 'abandoned', other than by those who would choose to abandon them. Living off the land (ranching, farming, mining, timber) has become an impossibility in these days of wildlife refuges, heritage rivers, wilderness designations and other various environazi regulations.

I agree that selling off the land the government holds is a good plan, but if government scam can be proven to be the fraud it appears to be, the people who (knowingly) participated and profited from that fraud shouldn't be awarded with severence etc., they should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law, just like anyone else would be.