Who wants a small town? Less than a ZR1

Sure it's in the middle of nowhere, but still!

http://edition.cnn.com/2012/04/05/us/wyoming-town-auction/index.html?eref=rss_latest&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rss%2Fcnn_latest+%28RSS%3A+Most+Recent%29

First question: If the GRM readers buy it, would we be able to annex some surrounding land and set up a track? If so, I'd be willing to chip in....

Holy E36 M3 that is the best idea EVER. You sir, are a genius.

Edit: Found a picture with most of the buildings in it.

Already has a lot of what you'd need for a track...

That is sweet! I'd love to say I own my town.

That'd be interesting. I'm actually surprised that many progressive think-tanks aren't eyeing up the purchase of small towns for the ability test different taxing/governance structures. Imagine "Google, Wyoming", where everybody has free super fast internet, all elections are handle online, taxes are high on goods and property, but there is no tax on businesses. It would be a prime breeding ground for online start-ups.

PHeller wrote: That'd be interesting. I'm actually surprised that many progressive think-tanks aren't eyeing up the purchase of small towns for the ability test different taxing/governance structures. Imagine "Google, Wyoming", where everybody has free super fast internet, all elections are handle online, taxes are high on goods and property, but there is no tax on businesses. It would be a prime breeding ground for online start-ups.

It's not that simple. A lot of groups have looked into this over the years, even setting up a "new" country on an uninhabited or artificial island is a legally shaky prospect.

PHeller wrote: That'd be interesting. I'm actually surprised that many progressive think-tanks aren't eyeing up the purchase of small towns for the ability test different taxing/governance structures. Imagine "Google, Wyoming", where everybody has free super fast internet, all elections are handle online, taxes are high on goods and property, but there is no tax on businesses. It would be a prime breeding ground for online start-ups.

So, propose this to Google and get you mo' f*@#in' royalty check!

GameboyRMH wrote: Holy E36 M3 that is the best idea EVER. You sir, are a genius. Edit: Found a picture with most of the buildings in it. Already has a lot of what you'd need for a track...

ie, a gas station and a convenience store

Cisco, UT went up for sale a while back. But it's a ghost town for a reason.

Build it and they will come.....

Don't know if anyone read the article, but it's only about 10 acres. That's gonna be a short track.

The expanding land idea is probably a good one. Land's probably dirt cheap out there.

Love Wyoming. I'm down.

Keith wrote: Don't know if anyone read the article, but it's only about 10 acres. That's gonna be a short track.

Kart track?

10 acres is a nice little chunk for private property.

Lets do this.

Keith wrote: Don't know if anyone read the article, but it's only about 10 acres. That's gonna be a short track.

Yup...that's why I'm wondering about the legal right to annex stuff....using eminent domain and such.

Damn, I have 47 acres. I could put a track on that, right?

you can probably get 10 acres of land somewhere else for less than 100k, I am just guessing but I can imagine since there are a lot of remote places in this country.

I would chip in for a GRM town track somewhere.

Whenever I see an offer like this, my first thought is: is water hard to find there? Next thought: how far from the nearest town...for gasoline, food, utilities? Living in the middle of "nowhere's"? Wouldn't bother me, but having to drive hours for food and water? That would bother me...especially if the nearest gas station is also more than 1 hour away.

In Pa. and N.Y. state there are lots of dying towns. I wouldn't mind living in one, except for the long drives to get any kind of resupplying done.

It comes with a gas station and convenience store, so there's that problem solved.

http://realestate.yahoo.com/promo/americas-tiniest-town-commands-a-big-price.html
Sold for $900,000 to a buyer from the country of Vietnam who traveled to the US for the first time to attend the auction.

Neat story. I'd watch a made for TV movie if the guy selling it was interesting enough.