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Self-Sufficient Scottish Island for Sale; Comes With Broadband and Post Office

posted by janrinok on Tuesday October 18 2016, @04:49AM   Printer-friendly
from the get-away-from-it-all dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

For the libertarians among us who dream of building better communities:

The 760-acre getaway is complete with a stone schoolhouse and 9 traditional cottages all for $2.3 million (or in three cheaper lots).

Stop the presses! The best escape fantasy ever is on the market and could be yours for a mere $2.3 million, or about the cost of a Manhattan condo.

Tanera Mor is the main island of the Summer Isles, an idyllic archipelago a mile and a half off the northwest coast of Scotland near Ullapool. You want seven miles of rugged cliffs, sheltered coves and beaches? Make an offer! The island is 1.6 miles long and 1.2 miles wide, has spectacular views and sustains itself with generators and wind turbines for 24-hour electricity; plus, a freshwater treatment works.

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by snufu on Tuesday October 18 2016, @05:08AM

    by snufu (5855) on Tuesday October 18 2016, @05:08AM (#415545)

    Good oceans make good neighbors.

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  • (Score: 2) by julian on Tuesday October 18 2016, @05:26AM

    by julian (6003) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday October 18 2016, @05:26AM (#415547)

    Any contingency which would necessitate an ocean barrier will necessarily preclude one.

    • (Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 18 2016, @05:40AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 18 2016, @05:40AM (#415555)

      The wording of your comment makes my theologian detector go "bing". Am I right?

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 18 2016, @03:06PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 18 2016, @03:06PM (#415695)

    A good ocean is one that's not defiled by foul wind turbines.

    • (Score: 2) by bob_super on Tuesday October 18 2016, @04:54PM

      by bob_super (1357) on Tuesday October 18 2016, @04:54PM (#415741)

      Those wind turbines will vanish quickly after the end of civilization, unlike strip mines and nuke domes.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 18 2016, @09:19PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 18 2016, @09:19PM (#415861)

        Define "quickly".