wyoming town now owned by a vietamese guy

[Lithium381]

I thought it was against the law for foreigners to directly own land here. .. . yet for under a million dollars he bought an entire town... pretty soon america will no longer be owned by americans. wonder what the eminent domain policy is here

 

[monovillage]

I like turtles.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMNry4PE93Y

 

[Capt Caveman]

I thought it was against the law for foreigners to directly own land here. .. . yet for under a million dollars he bought an entire town... pretty soon america will no longer be owned by americans. wonder what the eminent domain policy is here

Not sure if serious. When did you crawl out from under your rock?

 

[Moonbeam]

I thought it was against the law for foreigners to directly own land here. .. . yet for under a million dollars he bought an entire town... pretty soon america will no longer be owned by americans. wonder what the eminent domain policy is here

M: Maybe Americans could afford to by towns in Wyoming if they had better jobs. Town probably went bankrupt cause there's no work.

How much do you think a town in China costs?

 

[MomentsofSanity]

Town? That's laughable. Buford Wyoming, population, 1. Less than ten acres of land.

No wonder you didn't include a link with the story. The guy basically bought a trading post.

 

[monovillage]

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/business/2012/04/buford-wyoming-on-auction-block-today/

I hope the buyer is very happy now that he has achieved the American dream. I would like to welcome him to America!

Bids began at $100,000 and climbed quickly to the winning bid within around 15 minutes. The town was sold to a single buyer from Saigon, Vietnam who flew in from Vietnam specifically to attend the auction.

“Owning a piece of property in the U.S. has been my dream. When I read an article about the auction of the Buford town, I was very excited,” the highest bidder said in a press release. “So, I decided to make a trip to Wyoming, to bid on-site. It was a long journey but I made it at last. It is the American dream!”

 

[Fern]

I thought it was against the law for foreigners to directly own land here. .. .
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Nope. Never has been.

Fern

 

[bfdd]

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/business/2012/04/buford-wyoming-on-auction-block-today/

I hope the buyer is very happy now that he has achieved the American dream. I would like to welcome him to America!

Good for him, I'm super stoked he was able to accomplish his dream.

 

[monovillage]

Good for him, I'm super stoked he was able to accomplish his dream.

My next trip to S. Dakota i'll stop in and visit if his trading post is open.

 

[Svnla]

I thought it was against the law for foreigners to directly own land here. .. . yet for under a million dollars he bought an entire town... pretty soon america will no longer be owned by americans. wonder what the eminent domain policy is here

Nope. You have money, come on right in. IIRC, plenty of properties in Florida, especially Miami area, being purchased by foreigners, especially from S. America.

As a matter of fact, if you have at least 250K USD or more, you can move here, open business(es), hire US citizens, and become LEGAL immigrant. I made a thread about that a while back.

BTW, the guy is a Vietnamese =! Chinese.

 

[Moonbeam]

God Damn it. One trading post? I was almost at the Golden Gate to jump when I opened this page on my phone. The Viet Cong haven't taken a city in Wyoming? Now I'm out fucking money for gas.

 

[LagunaX]

Bison Pho in Wyoming?

 

[UberNeuman]

Lithium381 - I've made it okay - I just bought Lam Dong - at a reasonable price as well....

So any time you want to go to Dong, let me know - and I'll give you Dong...

\Lam Dong!

 

[Jhhnn]

I thought it was against the law for foreigners to directly own land here. .. . yet for under a million dollars he bought an entire town... pretty soon america will no longer be owned by americans. wonder what the eminent domain policy is here

Nativist ravings are so quaint.

I suppose the OP feels differently about Rupert Murdoch, formerly an Australian citizen, who bought up a shitpile of American newspapers & the property they occupy, created a vast empire of right wing infotainment & Faux News network in the process... I guess it's different when the furriners are white right wing reactionaries, huh?

 

[herm0016]

heh.. buford is a small gas station/store in between Cheyenne and Laramie. i have driven by it many times. not a big thing. i would not call it a town. more like a single building.

 

[stuup1dmofo]

"Dey Took Ar TOWNNNN!"

 

[yllus]

What's the fear here? That they'll chop up the land and fly it back home?

 

[Jhhnn]

What's the fear here? That they'll chop up the land and fly it back home?

Edited by request- They're afraid of anybody who doesn't look like them, anybody who might pollute the precious bodily fluids of white suburban America.

I liked it better when racism was open, when they had to defend what they really believe, but that's now avoided with coded phraseology & dog whistle politics. Everybody gets what they mean, but it's not racist if they don't use racist terms, right?

The only people they're fooling might be themselves.

 

[ciba]

Have at least 250K USD or more, you can move here, open business(es), hire US citizens, and become LEGAL immigrant. I made a thread about that a while back.

Not exactly true anymore. The EB-5 limits were raised some time ago. It's now $500,000 in a "targeted employment area" or $1 MM otherwise. This program expires this September.

 

[piasabird]

When I was doing my family history research I found an article that a branch of my ancestors had sold an entire town during the depression. Most people when they come to the USA were foreigners anyway. Buying land is like investing in America.

 

[piasabird]

These kinds of statements could be considered to be racist.

 

[FoBoT]

i welcome Vietnamese and other nationality peoples to come to the area where i live and invest their money into real estate and other assets, they are welcome as far as i am concerned. hopefully some new jerbs would then be available for my neighbors

 

[stuup1dmofo]

Clearly the OP is a white male tea party supporter.

 

[Lithium381]

Clearly the OP is a white male tea party supporter.

I wasn't trying to say he SHOULDN'T own land here, I honestly though it was against the law, not sure where I heard it but apparently I'm wrong. That's okay since I didn't have a dog in the race anyway. What is the basis for your assumption stupidmofo?

 

[Svnla]

Not exactly true anymore. The EB-5 limits were raised some time ago. It's now $500,000 in a "targeted employment area" or $1 MM otherwise. This program expires this September.

Holly smoke Batman. The price of admission surely has gone up (2X) since the last time I read about the program in the WSJ a couple years ago.

For those of you that are not sure what ciba and I are talking about, read this link = http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/us...nnel=facb83453d4a3210VgnVCM100000b92ca60aRCRD