Thursday, February 10, 2005
[Land for sale] Free land
Think housing prices in NYC are ridiculous? Think millions of dollars for a cottage in Connecticut is silly? Find it astonishing that you can't find anything in move-in condition anywhere on the east coast for less than a quarter of a million dollars even if you're willing to commute for three hours? Well, have I got a deal for you. Of course you'll have to live without an ocean and probably drive about half an hour to work. But the land is free and all you have to do is agree to build a house. The town is Ellsworth, Kansas and USA Today featured the offer on the front page Wednesday (click here to read the article). Ellsworth is near Salinas and Marquette. Several other Kansas towns have made the same offer, with a degree of success. And, by the way, children in school equates to money toward a downpayment for the house. There are super museums, bookstores and coffee shops in Kansas City and Lawrence, not to mention restaurants and historical sites, so it's not at all the cultural wasteland that northeasterners tend to think. Might be worth considering.
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