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

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: 2) by LoRdTAW on Tuesday October 18 2016, @04:42PM

    by LoRdTAW (3755) on Tuesday October 18 2016, @04:42PM (#415734) Journal

    I won't ever understand the drug culture among the rich and famous though. You're rich, famous, able to afford and do anything - climb everest, go into space, make your own movies, own your own island, fill it with entertainers, get personal concerts from other celebritries. And all you can think of to do with the money is melt your own brain or become alcoholic?

    Some of that is a pearls before swine type of deal. MAy stars and celebs are nobod Take some random dumb ass and make them a millionaire performing in TV, Movies, music or sports, etc. But no matter how much money they make, they are still the same dumb ass. They don't have thoughts of space, travel, culture or whatever. They just buy stupid shit, burn themselves out and go back to being poor nobodies.

    Then you have the has-beens. Take any celebrity who was famous in the past and now they cant get work. They had everything, money fame, (wo)men, luxury, the world. They they get cast aside for the next hot new star/player/etc. They must feel devastated, worthless and insignificant. How do they pay the taxes on their $10M estate? Drugs and booze are great for suppressing those thoughts if only for a short time. Next thing you know they are a wasted has-been who cant even get a bit part or celeb spokesperson/promotional gig.

    Then you have people who cant cope with the sudden rocket ride to the spotlight. You go from joe blow to Johnny Depp, the man everyone wants to see! Cameras everywhere, paparazzi following you everywhere. You cant even do regular stuff like grab a slice of pizza or go shopping without people harassing you for photos or autographs and again the fucking paparazzi in tow. You make one mistake or date some star and its national news. Go to the beach and your dick or tit falls out, OMG the world must see your private bits, it wants to see, it MUST see those things you want kept private. Your mug is on the TV, Newspaper, magazines. Then people print vicious stuff about you. Again, booze and drugs are a great escape from a total loss of privacy.

    And then you have the Richard Bransons and Elon Musks who are non stop doers and keep themselves busy and ignore all the bullshit.

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