Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2002 02:07:11 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Re: 'Squatters Rights?
From: "Kristopher Barrett" <kbarrett-AT-cotse.com>


> But I don't believe this.  The desirability of property is  based on
> natural geographical and climactical features (excluding the perversion
> of  cities of course).  You don't need a state to tell you that a
> fertile and  temperate valley is preferable to a desert when it comes to
> the old homestead.

That may be true for 19th century man...and there were a damned sight less
men about then. Get everyone up to 21st century tech, and that problem
will go away.

Anyone can live anwhere today. There ain't much fertile ground left on
Hong Kong Island....

As for other places... If everyone in the US simply siezed 20 acres of
state owned land, the amount of developed land in the US would increase by
ony 10%.

As long as everyone doesn't insist on grabbing land that a pre-modern
farmer can grow corn on with animal power, then there is plenty of land
for all.

-- 
Regards,
Kristopher Barrett