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Old 04-08-2017, 02:56 PM
 
Location: Michigan
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Got $1.5 million to spare? If so, tiny Reduction, a one-time company town built to house workers at a long-vanished garbage-processing plant in western Pennsylvania, could be yours for the asking.

The aptly named town is home to 60 residents, down from 400 in its heyday. They live in 19 tidy brick houses, paying rent to the Stawovy family, proprietors of the unincorporated village for the past 70 years.

Town of Reduction, population 60, up for sale in Pennsylvania | Reuters
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Old 04-12-2017, 06:02 PM
 
Location: San Antonio, Texas
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Sounds like Reduction is going to get.....reduced.
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Old 04-12-2017, 10:06 PM
 
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Western Pa, is the same as central ALA without the humidity and less employment opportunity's.

I'd give them $3.50
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Old 04-13-2017, 02:57 AM
 
Location: When you take flak it means you are on target
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So the people come with the town? Can we sell them separately?

What about a jail and courthouse? I always wanted a town where I could own the police dept and fine every driver who stumbled through. I'd be so rich!

Kind of like the next town over from us.
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Old 04-13-2017, 10:26 AM
 
Location: Richmond, VA
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So the people come with the town? Can we sell them separately?

What about a jail and courthouse? I always wanted a town where I could own the police dept and fine every driver who stumbled through. I'd be so rich!

Kind of like the next town over from us.

That's funny!

And I wonder what the closing would look like?? Would it be too pretentious to rename the town after myself? Have a throne outside of city hall (aka, my house)?

Oh, the possibilities.
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Old 04-13-2017, 01:27 PM
 
Location: Starting a walkabout
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One thing is not clear

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The aptly named town is home to 60 residents, down from 400 in its heyday. They live in 19 tidy brick houses, paying rent to the Stawovy family, proprietors of the unincorporated village for the past 70 years. The asking price includes a one-room schoolhouse that was long ago converted into a duplex residence.
Does that mean if one pays 1.5M they get to own the 19 brick houses. Who exactly are the tenants paying the rent to? and If so, why does the asking price include only a duplex residence.

Questions, Questions....
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Old 04-17-2017, 03:12 PM
 
Location: Birmingham
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Hmmm, I'll pass - let me know if Silent Hill....err Centralia, PA comes up for sale.
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Old 04-18-2017, 07:22 AM
 
Location: Grosse Ile Michigan
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If the residents could come up with $25 K each, they could just buy the town and live rent free.
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Old 04-18-2017, 08:43 AM
 
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There is so much open land in New Mexico. Build a town and ship the residents out.
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Old 04-18-2017, 09:35 AM
 
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One thing is not clear



Does that mean if one pays 1.5M they get to own the 19 brick houses. Who exactly are the tenants paying the rent to? and If so, why does the asking price include only a duplex residence.

Questions, Questions....
It includes the 19 houses plus the duplex. Tenants pay rent to the current owners and will pay the future owner.

It's kinda tempting. Looking on a map, the place doesn't look bad. That $1.5M is probably negotiable.
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