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The problem is that nowadays your land is not your land. You can't do whatever you want on it. Everything is heavily restricted by permits and regulations. Sure
by Mirioron 7y ago
The problem is that nowadays your land is not your land. You can't do whatever you want on it. Everything is heavily restricted by permits and regulations. Sure, you can farm, but you can't start a factory or mine the minerals on it. You can't build even a house on it without permission from someone else. All of this means that land is only a means of realistic production if you can navigate the arcane rules of the government. I agree that real estate is an important part of the economy, but for many it essentially is just an investment or rent generator (to lower the investment costs). Our modern economy is about making stuff and land use isn't directly related to it as much as it used to be.
- blacksmith_tb 7y agoWhile this may cramp your style, it also prevents your nextdoor neighbor from tearing down their house to start an open-pit mine... I don't think you'll encounter too many building code problems if you buy a parcel of remote land, if all you wanted was to live in a geodesic dome?
- Mirioron 7y agoI don't disagree with the regulations. I'm saying that there are enough regulations that land doesn't directly translate to means of production anymore. >I don't think you'll encounter too many building code problems if you buy a parcel of remote land, if all you wanted was to live in a geodesic dome? But you probably aren't allowed to live there. You might be fine if you're entirely alone, but your kids would probably be taken away from you if you had kids.