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**Wyody** · 01-14-2007, 11:07 PM

Well, the land-lock thing is nothing new. As the early settlers fought in the early war (Rev/F&I) some received large parcels of land as rewards and you've probably seen this system, i.e., Dad gets land, kids grow and one-by-one they get a little piece 'til dad & mom are gone - then the cycle repeats on a fractionary scale and they all buy another piece of land and the process repeats. Some of that disappeared when the American traditional farmer was brought down - but out here, largely due to and near the Mormon area of influence, the process continues and has since the mid-1800's as they are totally family-oriented - and large families too - just like the old days. It's not so much that they don't like outsiders ... they just don't want any and so, for example, Woodruff Utah is 25 miles north. There are about 35 houses in the town. About 15 stand empty and have for years. They aren't for sale - they're for family ... at some point. Some come for 2 weeks a year to hunt or visit. There is little new construction in these smaller towns - unless it's "family" buying and building a new place. In my town, there's always construction going on - but there's a large portion of the pop. that is transient, i.e., transferred in--transferred out, move-in but can't earn the wage and move-out, etc. Plenty of realtors and plenty for sale. Now, up in Jackson it's hard to find a decent place for less than 2mil. Powell and Lovell might be similar as there's a large retirement-age trend that's been around there for years - with large properties. There's a boom/bust cycle out here too associated with fossil-fuels so, a boom comes, there's a big shortage, a lot of shoddily built but good-looking homes go up, sell for big $$, the boom stops-the bust hits, the house stands foreclosed and empty for a long time and sells at a loss. There's not much viable farm-land around and what there is doesn't get sectioned and sold off. Same with ranches - lots of cows - not much water or grazing growth so, need a lot of land for just a few cows - it doesn't get sectioned and sold either so, a lot of older homes keep changing hands. Didn't mean to ramble so - but there's a lot to everything here that isn't normal anywhere else.

01-14-2007, 11:07 PM	#5 (permalink)
Wyody arrgh, me buckoes Join Date: Jan 14th, 2007 Posts: 2,153	Re: Think and Re-think Wyoming Well, the land-lock thing is nothing new. As the early settlers fought in the early war (Rev/F&I) some received large parcels of land as rewards and you've probably seen this system, i.e., Dad gets land, kids grow and one-by-one they get a little piece 'til dad & mom are gone - then the cycle repeats on a fractionary scale and they all buy another piece of land and the process repeats. Some of that disappeared when the American traditional farmer was brought down - but out here, largely due to and near the Mormon area of influence, the process continues and has since the mid-1800's as they are totally family-oriented - and large families too - just like the old days. It's not so much that they don't like outsiders ... they just don't want any and so, for example, Woodruff Utah is 25 miles north. There are about 35 houses in the town. About 15 stand empty and have for years. They aren't for sale - they're for family ... at some point. Some come for 2 weeks a year to hunt or visit. There is little new construction in these smaller towns - unless it's "family" buying and building a new place. In my town, there's always construction going on - but there's a large portion of the pop. that is transient, i.e., transferred in--transferred out, move-in but can't earn the wage and move-out, etc. Plenty of realtors and plenty for sale. Now, up in Jackson it's hard to find a decent place for less than 2mil. Powell and Lovell might be similar as there's a large retirement-age trend that's been around there for years - with large properties. There's a boom/bust cycle out here too associated with fossil-fuels so, a boom comes, there's a big shortage, a lot of shoddily built but good-looking homes go up, sell for big $$, the boom stops-the bust hits, the house stands foreclosed and empty for a long time and sells at a loss. There's not much viable farm-land around and what there is doesn't get sectioned and sold off. Same with ranches - lots of cows - not much water or grazing growth so, need a lot of land for just a few cows - it doesn't get sectioned and sold either so, a lot of older homes keep changing hands. Didn't mean to ramble so - but there's a lot to everything here that isn't normal anywhere else.