Re: [papercreters] Anyone interested in an intentional community near the City of the Sun?

Wow, your devil advocacy has a real bite to it.  May I suggest that you are wrong about several things but then I don't care to be negative in return.  Your real message herein is that you yourself are not interested.  Okay fine.

 

By the way there are more than one main streets in Deming.  There is a Walmart there.  There are JOBS there, and plenty of growth planned for more JOBS with Homeland Security.  That sheriff you're talking about has the support of his constituents and I might add is concerned about keeping the county safe from the problems associated to drug trafficing.  So, in my opinion, that's not a negative at all that he looks long and hard at strangers.. that's his job!  Oh, and the number of days above 100 degrees is less than El Paso, less than Las Cruces, less than Tucson, less than Phoenix.. in fact, it is mild in comparison to any metropolitan area within 6 to 8 hours or more away.  Deming in comparison is a mild climate.  I don't squabble over the wind, that can have positives.  And lack of shade?  Well, you plant trees for that.

 

Sounds to me like you're more interested in a major metropolitan area which all of its services and its high prices that ensure that you've got to be a player in the dog eat dog slavery so prevalent in 20th-21st Century Earth.  Okay, that's fine.  But don't undercut Deming.  The general area has more agriculture there than anywhere else in the state.  That alone may prove it to be of great importance in the ensuing years ahead.

 

Anyhow, its all subjective...

 

 

On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 9:05 AM, Spaceman <Spaceman@starship-enterprises.net> wrote:

Hi Perry,

Let me play devil's advocate here. This is a very remote area in the
desert near Palomas, MX which is somewhat of a tourist attraction for
cheap pharmaceuticals and terra cotta flower pots. There is a very nice
pink restaurant there. Deming is a tiny town with one main street, not
much to offer except a couple of small grocery stores and a redneck
sheriff who doesn't like outsiders. It is about half way between El Paso
and Tucson, the closest cities of any size. Everything is expensive
because of the cost of shipping. Power poles right down the road could
take many thousands of dollars to extend to your property. The airstrip
is probably used for drug smuggling. The "seasonal creeks" are actually
arroyos that flood during the monsoon season thunderstorms and then are
dry sand the other ten months of the year. The wind blows almost all the
time. It is 110 in the shade in the summer, and the only shade is under
a rattlesnake's belly. Making decent money with 40 acres of desert is
not very likely - there is lots of desert around but nobody is making
any money from it. That $7000 is just the opening bid. If anyone is
interested in the property that could shoot up quickly. Unless you are
the only bidder you won't get it for $7k.

With all that, 40 acres is a lot of room for several houses and various
"projects". Remote may be the best thing as the economy gets worse.
There is plenty of sun and just about anything will grow here if you can
give it enough water, and shade the more sensitive plants from the
intense sun. Solar energy is plentiful and intense. Wind generators are
great. It is quiet enough to hear the tarantulas walking by, and the
coyotes yipping at the moon from miles away. The night sky is amazing. A
well already on the property is a big plus. The property taxes are very
low. The scenic Florida Mts are nearby and are great for hiking and
camping.

Spaceman

I am wrote:
> Hey everyone, I've just come across an excellent opportunity. I've
> spent hours today researching a trustee sale for a bankruptcy. It's
> a large 40 acre parcel nearby the City of the Sun in southwest New
> Mexico. It is within 5 miles of the city of Columbus and about 15 -
> 20 miles from Deming. There is good quality aquifer below the ground
> and a well already on the property! Electricity power poles are
> right down the road. There is an airstrip one mile away too. Homes
> in the area and seasonal creeks too. Let's see.. what else? Oh, and
> the sale will occur in two days. The opening bid is $7,000. I've
> got half that in cash today. Could scrounge around for more but not
> much more, in two days time. I'm looking for a partner or group of
> partners who want to build an intentional community oriented towards
> both papercrete homes as well as subsistence living. I've got some
> real good ideas on how to make decent money with a property of this
> size.
>
> Interested parties please email me directly at perryway at gmail dot
> com because I have many forums and places I am putting this
> information I may forget to check one forum, so please email me
> directly and let's see if we can't get something going for a steal of
> a deal.
>
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> Perry
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