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Posted on 6/22/20 at 1:43 pm to OleWarSkuleAlum
Meridian, MS fits the bill for me. Godforsaken shithole wasteland of a town.
Posted on 6/22/20 at 1:43 pm to stickly
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one man can now till, plant, and harvest 1000 acres with the right machinery.
This is not even close to being true.
Maybe if your family helps you but you still are going to need 4 or 5 people at certain times of the year
Do farms need less workers per acre now? yes but no one of any size is doing it by themselves and a lot of guys grow their acres but keep same number of employees.
But the biggest problem is local people don't want to work on the farm and would rather collect a check. There are thousands of farm jobs that are filled with H2A workers
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Secondarily, the per acre productivity of land was significantly increased through science and technology meaning that the amount of farmland required to be in production decreased.
The end was you have people who live in isolated pockets around the country without the ability to really compete or get ahead using their only asset; farmland and they cannot really escape either because their family land doesn't really have much value anymore.
You actually think there is valuable farmland just sitting idle around the country? When prices are ok there are rent $ bidding wars between farmers. The value of farmland has skyrocketed in the last 15 years
Posted on 6/22/20 at 1:44 pm to kingbob
quote:Try 1890 to 1920.
The issue is that from 1870 to 1965
In the 1880s, to produce one acre of cotton in the American South took the labor of one human per year.
If you had 20 acres, it took 20 folks to make it happen for you.
By 1920 a single person was needed for every 20 acres of cotton.
Hence Black & White folks leaving the rural South in the millions.
Some went to Southern cities, some went North or West.
Posted on 6/22/20 at 1:49 pm to Pfft
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This is happening in Europe also. I have read several articles about buying houses in small Spanish and Italian towns for 1 Euro. The only catch is you have to agree to fix them up. Would be perfect for someone who can work remotely.
I would love to do this, especially if I could find a place in southern europe not far from the shore. Fix up the place, live there part time, eventually retire there. Sounds like a fun investment.
Posted on 6/22/20 at 1:52 pm to Midtiger farm
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The value of farmland has skyrocketed in the last 15 years
Open up Realtor.com and look at what was once very valuable farmland around Lumberton, NC or any of the other *remote and newly insignificant* parts of the country. Here are a few examples:
70 acres for $140k
123 acres for$225k
298 acres for $349k
It's a pretty area with good farmland but it is no longer important because it is not on an interstate and the economics of farming have changed so radically that the opportunity to make a living is unappealing.
The flip side of that argument: Imagine if every acre of farmland actually produced food. Corn would be a dollar a bushel so obviously what is happening is organic: Some farms cannot compete so they just go to seed and then get sold as a hunting property since no one in their right mind is going to plant ONLY 20 acres in soybeans because it is very hard to make a living.
How many acres of good farmland are currently growing hay if for no other reason than to get agricultural tax credits? And decent farmland in areas convenient to larger cities is being bought by people with $ as a weekend farm / gentleman's farm. I live just outside of Asheville and Mills River (a small farming community) is gradually being devoured by both big ag companies and people escaping the city to live in the country. God help us when California slides off into the pacific lol.
This post was edited on 6/22/20 at 2:44 pm
Posted on 6/22/20 at 1:56 pm to kingbob
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I would love to do this, especially if I could find a place in southern europe not far from the shore. Fix up the place, live there part time, eventually retire there. Sounds like a fun investment.
I think you can get Greek citizenship if you buy a property in excess of 150 or 250k. Lots of nice plots and houses on Crete.
Posted on 6/22/20 at 2:03 pm to OleWarSkuleAlum
frick off loser
Posted on 6/22/20 at 2:06 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
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Serious question - why are small towns in the south so much more likely to be shitty than small towns in the Midwest or New England?
Have you ever driven between Pittsburgh and East Liverpool OH through WV? The small town shitholes rival the drive through the Mississippi River Delta in Mississippi and you get the added touch of gray and cold AF during the winter.
Posted on 6/22/20 at 2:08 pm to OleWarSkuleAlum
The longest decade in my life was the year and a half that I lived in Alexandria Louisiana
Posted on 6/22/20 at 2:09 pm to OleWarSkuleAlum
Greenwood, MS
Oof
Oof
Posted on 6/22/20 at 2:13 pm to Ghost Hog
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Greenwood, MS
Oof
That entire region between Vicksburg and Memphis is, oof.
Posted on 6/22/20 at 2:13 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
You obviously don't have a clue.
Posted on 6/22/20 at 2:14 pm to OleWarSkuleAlum
Cheneyville and Bunkie,LA
Posted on 6/22/20 at 2:16 pm to OleWarSkuleAlum
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With a thriving metropolis just next door in Huntsville
Posted on 6/22/20 at 2:16 pm to Picayuner
Do this for every single local state & federal politician. The whole family/friends network. The sweet business deals, the abortions paid for, arrest records, bribes, insider trading, tax evasion, dwi. Everything exposed.
Why do we still believe politicians should be spared the full consequences of their actions?
Problem is they protect each other to the death. And they quit caring about morals & integrity a very long time ago.
Why do we still believe politicians should be spared the full consequences of their actions?
Problem is they protect each other to the death. And they quit caring about morals & integrity a very long time ago.
Posted on 6/22/20 at 2:17 pm to HempHead
Athens isn't that bad. My wife has some family in Walker County and some of those towns are downright depressing.
Posted on 6/22/20 at 2:19 pm to fallguy_1978
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Athens isn't that bad. My wife has some family in Walker County and some of those towns are downright depressing.
Lauderdale-Limestone-Madison-Morgan aren't too bad. Marshall is hit or miss (Guntersville is awesome). Colbert, Lawrence, Walker, Winston, Cullman, et. al are mostly pretty depressing.
Posted on 6/22/20 at 2:21 pm to OleWarSkuleAlum
Your post is depressing enough! 
Posted on 6/22/20 at 2:23 pm to HempHead
Explore Bessemer, Alabama and proceed to be mugged and/or killed. You are welcome! 
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