Want land? Take it — it's free

Subject: Want land? Take it — it's free Sun Mar 23, 2014 5:03 am

When the first Homestead Act became law in 1862, it let people build new lives and homes in exchange for free land. Eventually, these people settled about 10% of the U.S. Although the federal government is no longer involved in homesteading, some towns are more than happy to hand out free land to new community members.

Want land? Take it — it's free 05f9fd8e94d64db0b7017a9993cb76fc

Want land? Take it — it's free 05f9fd8e94d64db0b7017a9993cb76fc

Almost all of these towns are agricultural, tiny — with populations in the three digits — and located in the Midwest and Great Plains states. In return for land, they merely ask newcomers to build a home there. Some towns are satisfied with having a new property to tax, while others are even more pleased to welcome permanent residents to their shrinking numbers.

"I don't want to say offering free land is a last-ditch effort for a community," says Kim Preston, a research assistant for the Nebraska's nonprofit Center for Rural Affairs, which keeps a rough list of towns offering free land. "But it's getting close."

Here are several towns offering free land.

http://realestate.msn.com/land-of-the-free
_________________
Anarcho-Capitalist, AnCaps Forum, Ancapolis, OZschwitz Contraband
“The state calls its own violence law, but that of the individual, crime.”-- Max Stirner
"Remember: Evil exists because good men don't kill the government officials committing it." -- Kurt Hofmann

Want land? Take it — it's free

Want land? Take it — it's free

Anarcho-Capitalist Categorical Imperatives

AnCaps' Laissez-faire Free Trade Zone