Rural Unincorporated Areas within 3 hr commute of Dallas

[1957TabbyCat]

Originally Posted by ggolf

I played golf at Texas Star, one of the best courses in DFW, in Euless.
Next to the tee box on, I think 13, there is a large property adjacent to the course, with old Nash cars, old wringer washing machines, all sitting out in the yard, rusting for no good reason. Our regular group would get there and yell out, "hey buddy, do you have a bumper for a 52 Studebaker?"

"I have a pond, and a pool. The pond would be good for you."-Caddyshack

It looks like the owner of the old cars and ringer washing machines may themselves date back to before the rise of the Nanny State. People often just kept things. A man showed me some sparkplugs dating back to the teens still in boxes in a dilapadated barn. They looked like they were made by hand. Pre internet there was not much of market for them. The car was long gone.

The soft solution is the owner sells out eventually. I wonder if the Golf Pro assured players the old cars and such were not part of Americana put there for the course and the people were not on the payroll?

The wringer washing machine brings back pleasant memories of undergraduate school. Many students had to live in a crowded dorms with strict regulations. I had two story brick house in a rough area near the school but no fellow students. A female student who I wound up spending alot of enjoyable times with family; had an auto salvage yard of about 20 acres. I had recently moved into the house and she gave me an old wringer washing machine at a nominal price, and showed me how it worked. The house cost me no more then living in a dorm.

Incredible fun, a tomcat that insisted on eating at the table, putting his back legs on a chair and front paws on the table. A ramp for riding a motorcyle into the house from when a handicapped person lived there.
A spacious well furnished private residence...From time to time a
medieval party with roast in the center of the table where eveyone is provided with a fork and knife and just hacks pieces of eats them.

There were abandoned houses and blight in the area, criminals as well.
I had no real problems at all.

I would rather not have people living it up on my tax dollars via food stamps, fake disablities and section 8, along TSA sorts of people on the public payroll. And it can be fun upsetting women with often mean faces and clipped hair, as well as rodent faced men with nasel voices.

In my way there is more money for the tax paying people for greens fees and other things.

[Johnhw2]

If you really want some land and freedom to do as you wish by and large, I suggest you look in Southern Oklahoma. Less than 3 hrs from DFW and more land than man will ever need. Tell us where you finally end up

[1957TabbyCat]

Originally Posted by Johnhw2

If you really want some land and freedom to do as you wish by and large, I suggest you look in Southern Oklahoma. Less than 3 hrs from DFW and more land than man will ever need. Tell us where you finally end up

thanks,
Tabbycat

[Twincam666]

If you look around Rhome, Justin, Ponder and maybe Haslet you will find what you want.
There are 1 and 2 acre places, some even with newer doublewides for under $30k at times.
Lots of people have shops out there. But keeping the yard junked up with cars may not fly.
Keep them in your shop building or behind a fence and nobody can say anything.....

I have a place in Aubrey, I have a shop and I always have 4-10 cars around, nobody even cares. I also help my neighbors out with some of their needs...Nobody has ever complained once

[MckinneyOwnr]

Didn't read the entire thread, but recently I was in Canton and saw quite a few properties with dilapidated cars and junkers sitting around. Still not sure you'd be able to get property for $35k though...

[1957TabbyCat]

Originally Posted by MckinneyOwnr

Didn't read the entire thread, but recently I was in Canton and saw quite a few properties with dilapidated cars and junkers sitting around. Still not sure you'd be able to get property for $35k though...

Canton seemed more expensive. I likely will wind up paying more. Not being local. We will likely have to pay far closer to retail.

In Urban areas alot property of can be found a fraction of retail. There can be title issues. But being an outsider and not knowing every road, and subtlety of and area could require paying much more.

Something interesting not all the courthouses are on line. I have researched urban properties by having to call or go in person before the net became popular. I have suspected some realtors do just that, and have their own knowledge.


The old cars and lack of aggressive code enforcement tends to suggest people just beiing left alone, as well. Found some interesting possibilties in East Texas near the OK border. Even saw frogs swarming around a creek. Looked like plenty of deer and hogs were around.

One option may even be to buy an inexpenive property, then get to know and area very well keeping and eye out for more of and end game property.

Ok is really a rather quick drive from North Dallas. It is possiible to get from OK to north Dallas faster then crossing Dallas at the wrong time.

We have even seen properties that would be acceptable. The place I wrote about in Penna has completely changed since growing up. Barns and other buildings forced to be torn down by local officials in less then one generation. Very little small farming going on and very few cars in sight for collectors to look at or attempt to by. No more pigsties in and area wild pigs don't run loose.

It annoying to deal with Soviet Style controls.

In only one generation in many places it has gone from laughing at busy bodies to having more and more rules. I am planning some sustainable food production. I don't care that much how anyone else lives so long as the don't steal anything or otherwise bother me.

[1957TabbyCat]

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To a great extent it already has.

But consider the example of Colonias in Texas, mostly along the South Border but in many other areas as well, largely left alone or given help doing what the people in CA are getting in deep trouble for.
Some people are targeted more then others.