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The previous owner acquired it through adverse possession over a period of 10+ years. Due to a quirk in the local laws, compensation is still owed to all of tho

The previous owner acquired it through adverse possession over a period of 10+ years. Due to a quirk in the local laws, compensation is still owed to all of those who descended from the original owners. In this case there are over 300 potential owners, some owning as little as one hundredth of a percent of the land. As long as there are unsettled claims no one will invest any time or money to improve the land. The quiet title action settles these claims allowing the land to either be sold or developed, and for all of the current owners to be compensated.

Arizhel 10y ago
This is Kauai, Hawaii. The land doesn't need to be "improved", it's already perfect as-is. It doesn't need investment, it just needs to be left alone for the locals to enjoy and for nature. If you want to "improve" some land, go buy some ugly desert land in the LA area or something. Or better yet buy up some urban land filled with dilapidated buildings and bulldoze it and build something newer and better.
- Inconel 10y ago
  > go buy some ugly desert land in the LA area I'm not sure if you've ever visited some of the desert areas around LA, but I wouldn't describe them as ugly or view their potential destruction so flippantly.
  - Arizhel 10y ago
    I have. Some of it is quite interesting and beautiful (like that place where they filmed all the ST:TOS scenes with the slanted rocks), others are not so much. Maybe I should have pointed to some other places. West Texas comes to mind: the area on I-40 going through the northwest part of the state (and Amarillo) is probably the ugliest natural (I guess) land I've ever seen. Just miles of flat, brown dirt. Of course, there's plenty of land marred by humans that could certainly benefit from being bulldozed and rebuilt anew, if someone is looking for land to "improve". Parts of New Jersey around Newark come to mind here, plus Detroit and lots of other places in the Rust Belt. There's also a bunch of desert north of Las Vegas NV that could use "improvement": it's marked by tons of craters from nuclear bomb testing.
local_kauai 10y ago
In good faith, I am sure, however this is one of the most pristine tracks of land on Kauai. Lack of development is a good thing here.

Arizhel 10y ago

This is Kauai, Hawaii. The land doesn't need to be "improved", it's already perfect as-is. It doesn't need investment, it just needs to be left alone for the locals to enjoy and for nature. If you want to "improve" some land, go buy some ugly desert land in the LA area or something. Or better yet buy up some urban land filled with dilapidated buildings and bulldoze it and build something newer and better.

Inconel 10y ago
> go buy some ugly desert land in the LA area I'm not sure if you've ever visited some of the desert areas around LA, but I wouldn't describe them as ugly or view their potential destruction so flippantly.
- Arizhel 10y ago
  I have. Some of it is quite interesting and beautiful (like that place where they filmed all the ST:TOS scenes with the slanted rocks), others are not so much. Maybe I should have pointed to some other places. West Texas comes to mind: the area on I-40 going through the northwest part of the state (and Amarillo) is probably the ugliest natural (I guess) land I've ever seen. Just miles of flat, brown dirt. Of course, there's plenty of land marred by humans that could certainly benefit from being bulldozed and rebuilt anew, if someone is looking for land to "improve". Parts of New Jersey around Newark come to mind here, plus Detroit and lots of other places in the Rust Belt. There's also a bunch of desert north of Las Vegas NV that could use "improvement": it's marked by tons of craters from nuclear bomb testing.

local_kauai 10y ago

In good faith, I am sure, however this is one of the most pristine tracks of land on Kauai. Lack of development is a good thing here.