So sorry if you thought this post was about the title. It's more a question, and how to achieve such a thing.
I grew up on about over an acre of land. We had an orchard in the back of our yard, apples mostly. I yearn for the days of my youth. I make a good living, by most standards, I'm above average. So why can I not buy a house like in my youth? The divide seems so very large. By most measures I was in poverty in my youth. Yet I cannot even afford that lifestyle. Why is that? Why is housing so damn expensive?
Not all acres are created equal - I can buy land within 1/2-hour of me for around $1000 an acre - dry plot of land, no access roads, no utilities nearby and no mineral or water rights - you can't even legally pond the rainwater on your property because you don't have the water rights. If you can buy productive farmland with water rights for $2500 an acre, please let me know where so I can buy some before Bill Gates snatches it up.
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