@jimmybuffettfanaccount @monsterislandcolonizer @nugger @Paultron @Griffith @Ariovistus @IAMAL_PHARIUS there is also the problem of sustaining these places economically (let's pretend taxes don't play a huge role here and think only bare minimum), and more importantly, making it a place where young people want to stay and settle down.

The cachet of "away from ZOG" will wear off sooner than we think once we populate these places, and kids will want the cultural and economic pull that other, bigger cities offer.

Personally, I think that creating a complex small scale manufacturing business which can be dropped into these dead towns to revitalize them should be a prerequisite to even considering migration. Something like small town RISC-V manufacturing, with a healthy apprenticeship culture so all sorts of interests can find a place to make an impact on the folk who live there.