If you're interested in looking at states through the lens of land use rights, check this out.
Right now... the state of confusion. ๐คฃ Moving in a few weeks, but not sure where.
Hmmm, a car that also works in water. It seems like I've seen that before. ๐ค๐
Instead of watching Ian Flemming's James Bond, we chose Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. The movie starts, "Ian Flemming's Chitty Chitty Bang Bang". ๐ฎ๐คท๐ปโโ๏ธ
I love messing with those guys when I have a spare moment.
There's one way to ensure it! Start making laps!
There is plenty of planning to be done, which you can invest in. One of the realizations I had with the group I was in was that "we're building a town". What are the town rules? How will disputes be resolved? What happens when someone wants to leave/cash-out? Not to mention planning of infrastructure, how will the land pay for itself, etc.
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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is currently allowing public comment on a proposal by NextNav Inc. that would reconfigure the 902-928 MHz band used by amateur radio and #Meshtastic, and replace it with a backup GPS system.
At the very least, this is likely to disrupt range and performance of Meshtastic devices- but the implications could be far wider.
Crichton at Meshtastic has a detailed writeup (https://meshtastic.org/blog/meshtastic-opposition-to-nextnav-proposed-changes/) at the Meshtastic blog, as well as a published opposition letter (https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0071/3772/files/Opposition_Letter.pdf) from Meshtastic President JM Casler. We encourage all to read Crichton's post to get a full understanding of the FCC proposal and the negative effects it would have on the Meshtastic community.
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Ha! I have a device that cost me about $25 that will totally disrupt their "backup GPS". The spurious emissions of my Baofeng UV-5R will be used for freedom! ๐
One concept I've considered is each parcel having shares. Or a pool of shares that applies to any property. The group would have to make a plan for each property (how many homesites, how large is a homesite/private area), then determine how many shares one needs to claim a homesite.
There are many ways to slice things up, and I think many of them will work. What's more important than "which practical solution is best" is if all parties understand and agree to their own terms.
This is somewhat similar to the original concept of condominiums from days of old.
I guess it depends on how far one is willing to travel for trade. In my area, there's plenty of land for several of these in each county. The state would fight against it.
I imagine some areas might not have as much rural space available. With enough "free states", goods could be hopped from one place to another; like how email was handled by BBS's.
Years ago, every week I drove past properties for sale in the mountains that were 100-2000 acres.
I would dream about ways to buy one of these properties with friends, since the idea of doing it alone seemed out-of-reach, or would turn into me being a landlord for people with nothing personally invested.
I looked for others with a similar desire, and found some, but they were often "all talk and no action".
I finally found a few folks that were willing to hold regular meetings, (which seemed like a miracle), and get tasks completed. I learned a lot, and it helped me fill in some gaps as to how it would all work.
The idea, for me, has grown in several ways. First, was realizing that the group would have to be an investment group first. This concept alone turns away a lot of the subculture that is attracted to the idea of sharing rural land.
The original idea was to secure a single property, now I see that a network of properties is better. Each plot specializing in what that land best provides, and trading with the others.
I see people on Nostr mentioning Citadels, and realized they may be describing this same desire. Please correct me if I'm wrong!
If I'm correct, then realize that there are enough people wanting to make a new and better reality to have multiple "Citadels" in most states.
Time to emmigrate to Netherlands! ๐
If we're going to have AI Puritans, can we have AI Amish too?