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Xipe Totec

(43,890 posts)
Mon Apr 9, 2012, 09:15 AM Apr 2012

Wyoming 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

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Wyoming town - population 1 - sells for $900,000 to Vietnamese buyer (Original Post) Xipe Totec Apr 2012 OP
Looks like you got had LOL snooper2 Apr 2012 #1
Not worth $900,000? ... TeeYiYi Apr 2012 #2
Could be worth millions given some development. Zalatix Apr 2012 #3
No LOL... snooper2 Apr 2012 #4
I have to agree with you... TeeYiYi Apr 2012 #6
windiest fill up I've ever had was at the Buford Trading Post... mike_c Apr 2012 #5
 

Zalatix

(8,994 posts)
3. Could be worth millions given some development.
Mon Apr 9, 2012, 09:56 AM
Apr 2012

But if the economy collapses, good luck in enforcing your ownership of all that land.

 

snooper2

(30,151 posts)
4. No LOL...
Mon Apr 9, 2012, 10:05 AM
Apr 2012

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)
6. I have to agree with you...
Mon Apr 9, 2012, 10:38 AM
Apr 2012

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)
5. windiest fill up I've ever had was at the Buford Trading Post...
Mon Apr 9, 2012, 10:19 AM
Apr 2012

...a couple of years ago. Hold on to your hat!

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