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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWyoming town - population 1 - sells for $900,000 to Vietnamese buyer
The town of Buford, Wyoming - population 1 - was sold for $900,000 to an unidentified buyer from Vietnam on Thursday after an 11-minute Internet auction that attracted worldwide interest.
The tiny Western town garnered online viewers and bidders from 46 countries for the sale of 10-plus acres with a convenience store, gas station and modular home located in southeastern Wyoming between Cheyenne and Laramie.
The buyer, who wished to remain anonymous, flew to Wyoming from Vietnam for a purchase he likened to "the American dream," according to a statement released by Williams & Williams, the Oklahoma auction house handling the sale.
"Owning a piece of property in the U.S. has been my dream," the buyer said in the statement.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/09/us-usa-town-auction-idUSBRE83802Q20120409?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews&rpc=69
snooper2
(30,151 posts)Google maps works dude
TeeYiYi
(8,028 posts)TYY
Zalatix
(8,994 posts)But if the economy collapses, good luck in enforcing your ownership of all that land.
Google Map it then zoom out and look at the vast area around it. Maybe it's a good place for folks to stop who are coming down 80, I'd see about getting a White Castle put in
TeeYiYi
(8,028 posts)It's only 10 acres.
My family just bought a small 2 acre farm in Utah for $60,000 cash. Lots of trees, grass, irrigation, water rights, lush pastures,... a garden,... a few neighbors...
My google maps streetview isn't working for Buford, but I saw the pics. It might be worth half of what they paid...maybe. Not to me, but possibly to someone who learned about the wild west on tv.... It looks a little dry and desolate.
TYY
mike_c
(36,281 posts)...a couple of years ago. Hold on to your hat!