Comments by "佐々木楓(^.^)" (@Kaede-Sasaki) on "Can You Buy A City?" video.

Buying an unincorporated area and then incorporating it into a municipal govt is self-defeating as one cannot own nor control a municipality, only each resident can. The best option would be to buy a large area of land, lay out main streets, and lease out plots of land to construction companies who then sublease or sell their lease to those lessees (residents and workers). You would be the owner and could control everything since nobody owner the land, within the law (similar to landlord in apartments). Even if you democratise and give everyone a vote on the board (city govt), you could still maintain exact ownership and thus property tax (similar to how the government does it)
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@longiusaescius2537 Didn't go into enough detail, but do the residents vote in the village council or is it a private board run by the same family?
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Buying an unincorporated area and then incorporating it into a municipal govt is self-defeating as one cannot own nor control a municipality, only each resident can. The best option would be to buy a large area of land, lay out main streets, and lease out plots of land to construction companies who then sublease or sell their lease to those lessees (residents and workers). You would be the owner and could control everything since nobody owner the land, within the law (similar to landlord in apartments). Even if you democratise and give everyone a vote on the board (city govt), you could still maintain exact ownership and thus property tax (similar to how the government does it)
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