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ya hes right you can do this in the US without much money

by chrisjarvis 7y ago

jacquesm 7y ago
And in Canada for half of whatever you'd pay in the US.
- ido 7y ago
  You don't even need to be in a big empty country like that...Even here in Germany there are plenty of depressed rural areas especially in the east. As long as it doesn't have convenient access to the rail network or an autobahn you can find a plot with a small, old house on it even 2-3 hours drive from Berlin for next to nothing in a village that had 2x today's population in 1990 (and everyone left there today are old people). EDIT: example via quick googling of the least-densely populated districts in Germany: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prignitz https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prignitz It has fewer people living in it today than it had in 1875 (earliest available data) & half as much as it had in its peak in 1950. It is about 2 hours drive from Berlin according to google maps.
  - account252 7y ago
    This is simply not true, certainly not for the example. See https://www.immowelt.de/liste/pegnitz/haeuser/kaufen?lat=49.7537&lon=11.5475&sr=10&sort=relevanz%20distance https://www.immowelt.de/liste/pegnitz/haeuser/kaufen?lat=49.... for listings of Pignitz. Standard (although well sized) row houses go from 250.000. Pieces of land where you can build go for 200k per acre (https://www.immowelt.de/liste/pegnitz/grundstuecke/kaufen?lat=49.7537&lon=11.5475&sr=10&sort=relevanz%20distance https://www.immowelt.de/liste/pegnitz/grundstuecke/kaufen?la...)
    - ido 7y ago
      You are looking at the wrong place (Pegnitz is a suburb of Bayreuth in Bavaria, Prignitz is a rural district in Brandenburg). Looking at houses for sale in the state of Brandenburg with price limit of €10k gives several results (some of them probably dubious but not all): https://www.immobilienscout24.de/Suche/de/brandenburg/haus-kaufen?price=-10000.0&enteredFrom=one_step_search https://www.immobilienscout24.de/Suche/de/brandenburg/haus-k... It will not be a comfy home for a family but for the type of stuff discussed above it would do (e.g. a formerly abandoned but still standing/stable house).
- blaser-waffle 7y ago
  In Canada though you're gonna be 1) very VERY remote, and 2) you're gonna be extremely cold. It's no surprise that the most expensive cities in Canada are also the furthest south.

ya hes right you can do this in the US without much money

jacquesm 7y ago

And in Canada for half of whatever you'd pay in the US.

ido 7y ago
You don't even need to be in a big empty country like that...Even here in Germany there are plenty of depressed rural areas especially in the east. As long as it doesn't have convenient access to the rail network or an autobahn you can find a plot with a small, old house on it even 2-3 hours drive from Berlin for next to nothing in a village that had 2x today's population in 1990 (and everyone left there today are old people). EDIT: example via quick googling of the least-densely populated districts in Germany: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prignitz https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prignitz It has fewer people living in it today than it had in 1875 (earliest available data) & half as much as it had in its peak in 1950. It is about 2 hours drive from Berlin according to google maps.
- account252 7y ago
  This is simply not true, certainly not for the example. See https://www.immowelt.de/liste/pegnitz/haeuser/kaufen?lat=49.7537&lon=11.5475&sr=10&sort=relevanz%20distance https://www.immowelt.de/liste/pegnitz/haeuser/kaufen?lat=49.... for listings of Pignitz. Standard (although well sized) row houses go from 250.000. Pieces of land where you can build go for 200k per acre (https://www.immowelt.de/liste/pegnitz/grundstuecke/kaufen?lat=49.7537&lon=11.5475&sr=10&sort=relevanz%20distance https://www.immowelt.de/liste/pegnitz/grundstuecke/kaufen?la...)
  - ido 7y ago
    You are looking at the wrong place (Pegnitz is a suburb of Bayreuth in Bavaria, Prignitz is a rural district in Brandenburg). Looking at houses for sale in the state of Brandenburg with price limit of €10k gives several results (some of them probably dubious but not all): https://www.immobilienscout24.de/Suche/de/brandenburg/haus-kaufen?price=-10000.0&enteredFrom=one_step_search https://www.immobilienscout24.de/Suche/de/brandenburg/haus-k... It will not be a comfy home for a family but for the type of stuff discussed above it would do (e.g. a formerly abandoned but still standing/stable house).
blaser-waffle 7y ago
In Canada though you're gonna be 1) very VERY remote, and 2) you're gonna be extremely cold. It's no surprise that the most expensive cities in Canada are also the furthest south.