Monday, March 21, 2011

The Rural Blog: Small towns offer free land to boost populations

 Alas, the free land in the article below is in the heartland of the US.  My grandfather came up from the US because he heard Canada had free land back at the turn of the last century.  My mom and dad still live there (but the taxes make it seem anything but free!!).....

The Rural Blog: Small towns offer free land to boost populations

"7 Towns Where Land is Free
As small towns suffer from a continuing flight from rural toward-more urban living, some economic development groups and governments in these troubled areas have chosen to stay and fight.

The Homestead Act of 1862 is no longer in effect, but free land is still available out there in the great wide open (often literally in the great wide open). In fact, the town of Beatrice, Nebraska has even enacted a Homestead Act of 2010 .

As with the homesteaders of the 1800s, the new pioneers must not be the faint of heart—they can’t be the type to shy away from the trials of building a home from the ground up, or the lack of Starbucks on every corner, or unpaved roads (extremely remote location and lack of infrastructure is probably what caused a well-publicized land giveaway in Anderson ,AK to flop). If the Google Maps overhead view of the vast open space surrounding the modest street grids of these towns doesn’t instill cabin fever, then read on—these parcels are up for land grabs. "

By Colleen Kane
CNBC 



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