• AlfredNobel [comrade/them,any]
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      4 years ago

      They pop up in lifestyle sections with "Another Town In Italy Is Selling Houses For A Neat $1" or Instagram. Basically all the young people have left these small towns to go work in cities, so small towns with elderly populations who are dying need new people. I see a similar thing happening in the USA but because of COVID deaths but in reverse, the loss of elderly people making services and businesses unsustainable so people leave and it accelerates.

      • HntrKllr [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        Man maybe 2bed/1bath houses out here in my rural neck of the woods won't be fucking $250k anymore

        • AlfredNobel [comrade/them,any]
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          4 years ago

          Yeah they have some contract where you have to spend like 5 years there, and it costs a bunch to repair the abandoned houses.

          • wasbappin [he/him,they/them]
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            4 years ago

            Same vibe as that reddit dyi post where a couple got "tired of the rat race" and retired to the turkish country side to buy and restore a b&b.