Why is this land (almost 500 acres) so cheap?

[The patriot]

Can you spare some room for two more?



I am trying to get the boss to retire to Wyoming, she keeps saying Idaho.



steve

I'd take the Idaho offer and run.

I'm stuck in NJ. :{ :{

Eric

 

[PRyker]

Well,



I have 4 piddly little acres now... My wife and I want about 20 acres to retire on and so we always have our eyes open. I was not serious about the land but could not believe it was so cheap. Then I found out: YOU CANNOT FARM IT. soil is trash and not enough rain. Little rain there is goes straight through the soil.



I have 20 years to find the right deal so I will keep looking... I want to hurry though as they aren't "making" anymore land and it gets more expensive every year!



We will find something in the next 5 years or so and will probably just lease it out for hay to someone until we get ready to build.



Thanks guys.



Phil

 

[drewRoberts]

$126K is about the same price as someone would pay for a 2500-3000sq-ft house with less than half an acre of land in the Atlanta area. #@$%!

 

[PRyker]

Do people actually live out there like that?? I know it can be done but do people actually do it?



Thanks



Phil

 

[Ol'TrailDog]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ol'TrailDog

And let's keep it that way!!!







Can you spare some room for two more?



I am trying to get the boss to retire to Wyoming, she keeps saying Idaho.



steve

OMG! We have been discovered WYOMING the latest retirement mecca :-laf



I can only tout the virtues of this oasis amid the fetid festering teeming masses of say, Oh, wherever. Perhaps, the little lady would be interested in an outstanding locale aptedly named Baggs, Wamsutter (which I believe is Norweign for Warm Sitting - a veritable banana belt, for sure), Hell's Half Acre, Bill, Never Sweat (now Dubois - pronounced DoBoyz just to flame the surveyor who put his name there, and not some faggy french nasal name), Home on the Range (now thriving Jeffery City), Devil's Tower, Bitter Creek, Lusk, Chugwater, Eden (yeh, sure thing), Gas Hills (probably PC for fart), Red Desert, Muddy Gap, Popo Agie (nope, try again), Stinkingwater, Poison Creek, Rattlesnake Mountains (yep, sure are. . aplenty), or Casper the Friendly Ghost town Did I mention the winds?



Perhaps, she would find the skyline dotted by new and abandoned oil derricks, drilling rigs, compressor pumping stations to her liking. Or better yet the D9 re-contoured uranium reclamation sites - somewhat reminicent of a cat scratchings in a giant litter box. Of course, the kitty litter brings to mind the open pit bentonite mines, coal mines, throna mines, and abandoned uranium digs - entrepreneur ATV dreamland amusement parks waiting to happen! Oo. Or tour the "Jim Bridger" coal fired power plant. Ol' mountain man Jim would roll over in grave. Fortunately, the winds quickly disperse the particulates to SD, NB, and eastward. Did I mention the winds?



I've wondered why the non-boom town thriving metropolises are clustered either in the very SE corner or in the very NW corner??? Sort of like some lost and bedraggled miner dying of thirst trying to crawl off the WY map seeking refuge in the more hospitable climes of neighboring CO, ID, or MT. Probably just my imagination, though. Did I mention the winds?



One might wonder why the westward seeking pioneers quickly scuttled like stowaway brown rats across this utopia, bound toward OR, CA, or WA? Scuttled in a hurry I might add. Before winter's icy maw slammed shut trapping the less wise in Martin's Cove. Or left their carcasses to festoon the sagebrush landscape in quickly scratched graves soon plundered by scavenging wolves, coyotes, ravens and golden eagles.



Got to wonder how many of the 498,794 faithful are dwelling in the small burgs that line I80 or I25. Hawking their wares to the stranded, broken down, hapless, or those still scuttling through nowadays(factoid: I80 traffic is 56% tractor trailers - a shear pleasure to drive in the winter. Or perhaps a new winter sport, not that we are desperate for amusement. )



Why take Ten Sleep (probably cheaply too) for example. Even, the aboriginal americans counted this place as ten sleeps from more hospitable climes in the north and ten sleeps from more hospitable climes in the south. A stop over on their WAY OUT OF HERE. ONLY ten more days to GO... sigh. Perhaps, it was the winds, neh?



Of course, there is always the sly ones naming their chosen idyllic spots with such names as Pinedale or Big Piney to attract the unwary. One small problem, only thing I can figure is they must have burnt the last pines around there many moons ago... just to keep warm. Or maybe Alpine would be more to one's suiting. Just watch out for the numerous young and enthusiastic mormon missionaries clothed in white shirts and red ties careening about on bicycles. Not unlike the jackrabbits one might encounter blitzing across a Nevada two-lane on some moonless night. Not much wind here though! At least not until you are out of the canyon.



Undoubtedly there are advantages too. For instance housing prices can run the gamet from... well, like Jackson where I know an individual who just bought a house two months ago. He hasn't moved in yet because he needs to jack it up, repair the foundation, and level the floor (fussy that way, humph) - for a mere $320K. An investment, a realtor's "charming bungaloo" for sure. Too much? Well how about some one of the dessicated carcasses of the "instant quality living" aluminum boxes which adorn the landscape in a variety of former boom towns. For instance, one of those select spots on the eastside between Muddy Gap just before the drop into Rawlins (where the prisoners beg to be let back in)? Maybe a FIY Special with the aluminum siding flailing in the wind like a coyote seeking to free itself from a #2 Victor. Yep, it's those darn winds again.



I know! How about an entire town - Jeffrey City. You could have you pick of the abandoned store fronts to revive this soon-to-be retirement mecca. Oo. One thing you can count on... a little windswept.



Well, maybe on second thought. If you plan on the "Boss" letting you enjoy your retirement for any reasonable length of time, say a year or two, perhaps you might reconsider ID. I hear tell the Snake River plains are beautiful this time of year. :-laf



Wild Wonderful Windy Wyoming - Got'a love it. :-laf

 

[The patriot]

$126K is about the same price as someone would pay for a 2500-3000sq-ft house with less than half an acre of land in the Atlanta area. #@$%!

I bought my house for 70K about 13 years ago.

Now it's worth over 275K going on what theyre selling for around here.

I'm on a 100' X 100' lot.

It's a 1600 sq ft ranch with a one car garage. Nothing special.

Eric :{

 

[mberry]

$126K is about the same price as someone would pay for a 2500-3000sq-ft house with less than half an acre of land in the Atlanta area. #@$%!

$126K will barely buy you a lot here. The house I want is around $280K with no upgrades and does not include the lot. Yes I need a raise.



FYI, I sold my 1300 sq ft house in august last year. Lot size was around 6500 sq ft. I sold it for $228,900. How long did it take to sell at that price you ask? Less than 2 full days on the market. I sold it almost 3 years to the day that I moved in. I bought it brand new for $124,900. Yes I made some mooney on it. Used the money to get myself as far out of debt as I could and put a sizeable down payment on the new truck.



It's windy here too so WY doesn't sound too bad!

 

[mgoncalves]

Why take Ten Sleep (probably cheaply too) for example. Even, the aboriginal americans counted this place as ten sleeps from more hospitable climes in the north and ten sleeps from more hospitable climes in the south. A stop over on their WAY OUT OF HERE. ONLY ten more days to GO... sigh. Perhaps, it was the winds, neh?

Come on man, Ten sleep rocks!!. I'm getting married there this summer at the Fiance's godparents golf course. It's some of the best country in the US, I feel I've seen enough of the US to say that.



As for the main topic, when we were ranching in Wyoming, we had a deeded section (roughly 640 acres) that we never laid eyes on. My old man would have sold it to you for $1000 any day.



Matt

 

[drewRoberts]

goodness patriot and mberry. . . I thought ATL was bad. . . yeeesh

 

[Ol'TrailDog]

mgoncalves proclaimed:

Come on man, Ten sleep rocks!!

Yep, you bet. Big ones, little ones, and medium sized ones. :-laf



I have to agree with you and the aboriginals, Ten Sleep is a sweet spot.

God's best on your impending marriage.

 

[barbwire]

I was looking at land on ebay and found this:



http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=15841&item=4353906211&rd=1



So whi is land is SOuth Dakota so cheap? I know that it does not have road access, utilities and nearby town but there has to be another catch? Is this land acceptable for farming? Anyone know their rainfall amounts? temps? snowfall?



What is the catch?



Phil

If you drive there and look at it you will know why it is cheap. Do not let those pictures fool you. They look like they were taken from some other part of the country. Although it probably looks like that for a few weeks a year. Otherwise, it is baron land with almost nothing but sagebrush. As far as the no road part goes, can you say "gumbo"? you would need a dozer to get around on rainy days.

However, if this particular piece of land had a creek running thru it with trees lining the creek, it would be worth every penny.