Italian village offers USD2200 to move there. (17)
They have similar schemes here, you rent a farm house for one dollar a week. But they're not interested in single people because the idea is to get enough school enrolments to keep the school open.
While it sounds great, the reality is not many people can live in the country here. And what you save in rent you spend on fuel anyway.
While it sounds great, the reality is not many people can live in the country here. And what you save in rent you spend on fuel anyway.
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pat8lanips: They have similar schemes here, you rent a farm house for one dollar a week. But they're not interested in single people because the idea is to get enough school enrolments to keep the school open.
While it sounds great, the reality is not many people can live in the country here. And what you save in rent you spend on fuel anyway.
While it sounds great, the reality is not many people can live in the country here. And what you save in rent you spend on fuel anyway.
That might be true coz Australia is such a vast country but in this case, almost all the basic things you need would be pretty much accessible and available within the village itself?
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Yes, the basics are usually available in a village. The village shop would also be struggling and prices a little high, so people drive to a bigger town with supermarkets, village shop goes broke then there's no choice.
A lot of towns now have serious social problems, due to the drug ice. There are towns of around 500 people, where 280 of them are drug addicts. Very limited opportunities, and very high risk of social problems, the kind of person attracted is probably on the last roll of the dice.
Maybe its completely different in Italy, but my guess is under the surface it might be a similar story. If they could get market rate rents, and attract professionals to live there, there would be no cheap rent or cash bonus.
A lot of towns now have serious social problems, due to the drug ice. There are towns of around 500 people, where 280 of them are drug addicts. Very limited opportunities, and very high risk of social problems, the kind of person attracted is probably on the last roll of the dice.
Maybe its completely different in Italy, but my guess is under the surface it might be a similar story. If they could get market rate rents, and attract professionals to live there, there would be no cheap rent or cash bonus.
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pat8lanips:
A lot of towns now have serious social problems, due to the drug ice. There are towns of around 500 people, where 280 of them are drug addicts. Very limited opportunities, and very high risk of social problems, the kind of person attracted is probably on the last roll of the dice.
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A lot of towns now have serious social problems, due to the drug ice. There are towns of around 500 people, where 280 of them are drug addicts. Very limited opportunities, and very high risk of social problems, the kind of person attracted is probably on the last roll of the dice.
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I remember pulling my canoe into tiny unpopulated towns far from anything in the middle of the night, and meeting people who'd ask...
"Are you lookin?"
I thought that was just Florida.
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MimiArt7348: The mayor of a remote mountain village in Italy is offering to pay €2,000 (£1,700) to anyone who moves there, in an attempt to save it from becoming a ghost town.
Those who take up residence in Bormida, which sits 420 metres above sea level in the north-west Liguria region and is home to 394 people, will pay as little as €50 a month in rent.
The enticing initiative is Mayor Daniele Galliano’s way of breathing life into a village whose population has dwindled in recent decades as young people leave to find work in the closest big city of Savona or beyond.
The finer details of the cash offer still needed to be ironed out and approved by the local council, Galliano wrote on his Facebook page. But if all goes ahead, from next year anyone who transfers their residence to Bormida and either rents or buys a property there will be gifted €2,000.
And under the low rent scheme, which should be in place within the next two months, a small property will cost just €50 a month while a more spacious one will be no more than €120.
“We’re still working out the plan, but anyone is welcome to come and live here,” said a local councillor, who asked not to be named. “We’re a small community but very welcoming. We’re high up in a mountain area but also not far from the sea – it’s a healthy lifestyle, the air is very clean.”
Galliano’s Facebook post was met with a flurry of responses from potential new inhabitants, with some saying they would renounce the cash gift in return for a job in the town.
“Mr Mayor, I’m available to move and give up the €2,000, but I can’t live off air. I have a family with two small children, if you can guarantee a job, even the most humble one, it wouldn’t be a problem,” wrote Amedeo Alloca.
But what is life like in Bormida? The manager of Oddone Giuseppe, one of the town’s four restaurants, said: “There is nothing much to do here. But life is so simple and natural, we have forests, goats, the church, and plenty of good food. Life would definitely be free of stress.”
A report last year by Legambiente, an Italian environmental association, found that 2,500 villages across the country risked being abandoned owing to depopulation.
In January the culture ministry named 2017 the “year of the village” as part of an attempt to promote tourism in places at risk of becoming deserted.
-Sources from the internet
I can make the move with everything included
Now, the question is, would you? Would you pack up and make a new life there?
Those who take up residence in Bormida, which sits 420 metres above sea level in the north-west Liguria region and is home to 394 people, will pay as little as €50 a month in rent.
The enticing initiative is Mayor Daniele Galliano’s way of breathing life into a village whose population has dwindled in recent decades as young people leave to find work in the closest big city of Savona or beyond.
The finer details of the cash offer still needed to be ironed out and approved by the local council, Galliano wrote on his Facebook page. But if all goes ahead, from next year anyone who transfers their residence to Bormida and either rents or buys a property there will be gifted €2,000.
And under the low rent scheme, which should be in place within the next two months, a small property will cost just €50 a month while a more spacious one will be no more than €120.
“We’re still working out the plan, but anyone is welcome to come and live here,” said a local councillor, who asked not to be named. “We’re a small community but very welcoming. We’re high up in a mountain area but also not far from the sea – it’s a healthy lifestyle, the air is very clean.”
Galliano’s Facebook post was met with a flurry of responses from potential new inhabitants, with some saying they would renounce the cash gift in return for a job in the town.
“Mr Mayor, I’m available to move and give up the €2,000, but I can’t live off air. I have a family with two small children, if you can guarantee a job, even the most humble one, it wouldn’t be a problem,” wrote Amedeo Alloca.
But what is life like in Bormida? The manager of Oddone Giuseppe, one of the town’s four restaurants, said: “There is nothing much to do here. But life is so simple and natural, we have forests, goats, the church, and plenty of good food. Life would definitely be free of stress.”
A report last year by Legambiente, an Italian environmental association, found that 2,500 villages across the country risked being abandoned owing to depopulation.
In January the culture ministry named 2017 the “year of the village” as part of an attempt to promote tourism in places at risk of becoming deserted.
-Sources from the internet
I can make the move with everything included
Now, the question is, would you? Would you pack up and make a new life there?
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Is there a McDonalds close by??
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At 420m, the skiing will suck. Better shift over to mainbiking and dirtbikes. Dialup internet?
Thanks for the offer but no thanks for me.
Thanks for the offer but no thanks for me.
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I could probably live like a king on my retirement!
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MimiArt7348: The mayor of a remote mountain village in Italy is offering to pay €2,000 (£1,700) to anyone who moves there, in an attempt to save it from becoming a ghost town.
Those who take up residence in Bormida, which sits 420 metres above sea level in the north-west Liguria region and is home to 394 people, will pay as little as €50 a month in rent.
The enticing initiative is Mayor Daniele Galliano’s way of breathing life into a village whose population has dwindled in recent decades as young people leave to find work in the closest big city of Savona or beyond.
The finer details of the cash offer still needed to be ironed out and approved by the local council, Galliano wrote on his Facebook page. But if all goes ahead, from next year anyone who transfers their residence to Bormida and either rents or buys a property there will be gifted €2,000.
And under the low rent scheme, which should be in place within the next two months, a small property will cost just €50 a month while a more spacious one will be no more than €120.
“We’re still working out the plan, but anyone is welcome to come and live here,” said a local councillor, who asked not to be named. “We’re a small community but very welcoming. We’re high up in a mountain area but also not far from the sea – it’s a healthy lifestyle, the air is very clean.”
Galliano’s Facebook post was met with a flurry of responses from potential new inhabitants, with some saying they would renounce the cash gift in return for a job in the town.
“Mr Mayor, I’m available to move and give up the €2,000, but I can’t live off air. I have a family with two small children, if you can guarantee a job, even the most humble one, it wouldn’t be a problem,” wrote Amedeo Alloca.
But what is life like in Bormida? The manager of Oddone Giuseppe, one of the town’s four restaurants, said: “There is nothing much to do here. But life is so simple and natural, we have forests, goats, the church, and plenty of good food. Life would definitely be free of stress.”
A report last year by Legambiente, an Italian environmental association, found that 2,500 villages across the country risked being abandoned owing to depopulation.
In January the culture ministry named 2017 the “year of the village” as part of an attempt to promote tourism in places at risk of becoming deserted.
-Sources from the internet
Now, the question is, would you? Would you pack up and make a new life there?
Those who take up residence in Bormida, which sits 420 metres above sea level in the north-west Liguria region and is home to 394 people, will pay as little as €50 a month in rent.
The enticing initiative is Mayor Daniele Galliano’s way of breathing life into a village whose population has dwindled in recent decades as young people leave to find work in the closest big city of Savona or beyond.
The finer details of the cash offer still needed to be ironed out and approved by the local council, Galliano wrote on his Facebook page. But if all goes ahead, from next year anyone who transfers their residence to Bormida and either rents or buys a property there will be gifted €2,000.
And under the low rent scheme, which should be in place within the next two months, a small property will cost just €50 a month while a more spacious one will be no more than €120.
“We’re still working out the plan, but anyone is welcome to come and live here,” said a local councillor, who asked not to be named. “We’re a small community but very welcoming. We’re high up in a mountain area but also not far from the sea – it’s a healthy lifestyle, the air is very clean.”
Galliano’s Facebook post was met with a flurry of responses from potential new inhabitants, with some saying they would renounce the cash gift in return for a job in the town.
“Mr Mayor, I’m available to move and give up the €2,000, but I can’t live off air. I have a family with two small children, if you can guarantee a job, even the most humble one, it wouldn’t be a problem,” wrote Amedeo Alloca.
But what is life like in Bormida? The manager of Oddone Giuseppe, one of the town’s four restaurants, said: “There is nothing much to do here. But life is so simple and natural, we have forests, goats, the church, and plenty of good food. Life would definitely be free of stress.”
A report last year by Legambiente, an Italian environmental association, found that 2,500 villages across the country risked being abandoned owing to depopulation.
In January the culture ministry named 2017 the “year of the village” as part of an attempt to promote tourism in places at risk of becoming deserted.
-Sources from the internet
Now, the question is, would you? Would you pack up and make a new life there?
The whole point of this idea is that there are no jobs. They want pensioners and someone writing a book if you're thinking classy, mad people and drug addicts if you're not.
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BritishLondon: The whole point of this idea is that there are no jobs. They want pensioners and someone writing a book if you're thinking classy, mad people and drug addicts if you're not.
I can be all that...lol
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pat8lanips: Yes, the basics are usually available in a village. The village shop would also be struggling and prices a little high, so people drive to a bigger town with supermarkets, village shop goes broke then there's no choice.
A lot of towns now have serious social problems, due to the drug ice. There are towns of around 500 people, where 280 of them are drug addicts. Very limited opportunities, and very high risk of social problems, the kind of person attracted is probably on the last roll of the dice.
Maybe its completely different in Italy, but my guess is under the surface it might be a similar story. If they could get market rate rents, and attract professionals to live there, there would be no cheap rent or cash bonus.
Change one word , ice to meth and you could well be talking about NZ .A lot of towns now have serious social problems, due to the drug ice. There are towns of around 500 people, where 280 of them are drug addicts. Very limited opportunities, and very high risk of social problems, the kind of person attracted is probably on the last roll of the dice.
Maybe its completely different in Italy, but my guess is under the surface it might be a similar story. If they could get market rate rents, and attract professionals to live there, there would be no cheap rent or cash bonus.
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MimiArt7348: The mayor of a remote mountain village in Italy is offering to pay €2,000 (£1,700) to anyone who moves there, in an attempt to save it from becoming a ghost town.
Those who take up residence in Bormida, which sits 420 metres above sea level in the north-west Liguria region and is home to 394 people, will pay as little as €50 a month in rent.
The enticing initiative is Mayor Daniele Galliano’s way of breathing life into a village whose population has dwindled in recent decades as young people leave to find work in the closest big city of Savona or beyond.
The finer details of the cash offer still needed to be ironed out and approved by the local council, Galliano wrote on his Facebook page. But if all goes ahead, from next year anyone who transfers their residence to Bormida and either rents or buys a property there will be gifted €2,000.
And under the low rent scheme, which should be in place within the next two months, a small property will cost just €50 a month while a more spacious one will be no more than €120.
“We’re still working out the plan, but anyone is welcome to come and live here,” said a local councillor, who asked not to be named. “We’re a small community but very welcoming. We’re high up in a mountain area but also not far from the sea – it’s a healthy lifestyle, the air is very clean.”
Galliano’s Facebook post was met with a flurry of responses from potential new inhabitants, with some saying they would renounce the cash gift in return for a job in the town.
“Mr Mayor, I’m available to move and give up the €2,000, but I can’t live off air. I have a family with two small children, if you can guarantee a job, even the most humble one, it wouldn’t be a problem,” wrote Amedeo Alloca.
But what is life like in Bormida? The manager of Oddone Giuseppe, one of the town’s four restaurants, said: “There is nothing much to do here. But life is so simple and natural, we have forests, goats, the church, and plenty of good food. Life would definitely be free of stress.”
A report last year by Legambiente, an Italian environmental association, found that 2,500 villages across the country risked being abandoned owing to depopulation.
In January the culture ministry named 2017 the “year of the village” as part of an attempt to promote tourism in places at risk of becoming deserted.
-Sources from the internet
Now, the question is, would you? Would you pack up and make a new life there?
Those who take up residence in Bormida, which sits 420 metres above sea level in the north-west Liguria region and is home to 394 people, will pay as little as €50 a month in rent.
The enticing initiative is Mayor Daniele Galliano’s way of breathing life into a village whose population has dwindled in recent decades as young people leave to find work in the closest big city of Savona or beyond.
The finer details of the cash offer still needed to be ironed out and approved by the local council, Galliano wrote on his Facebook page. But if all goes ahead, from next year anyone who transfers their residence to Bormida and either rents or buys a property there will be gifted €2,000.
And under the low rent scheme, which should be in place within the next two months, a small property will cost just €50 a month while a more spacious one will be no more than €120.
“We’re still working out the plan, but anyone is welcome to come and live here,” said a local councillor, who asked not to be named. “We’re a small community but very welcoming. We’re high up in a mountain area but also not far from the sea – it’s a healthy lifestyle, the air is very clean.”
Galliano’s Facebook post was met with a flurry of responses from potential new inhabitants, with some saying they would renounce the cash gift in return for a job in the town.
“Mr Mayor, I’m available to move and give up the €2,000, but I can’t live off air. I have a family with two small children, if you can guarantee a job, even the most humble one, it wouldn’t be a problem,” wrote Amedeo Alloca.
But what is life like in Bormida? The manager of Oddone Giuseppe, one of the town’s four restaurants, said: “There is nothing much to do here. But life is so simple and natural, we have forests, goats, the church, and plenty of good food. Life would definitely be free of stress.”
A report last year by Legambiente, an Italian environmental association, found that 2,500 villages across the country risked being abandoned owing to depopulation.
In January the culture ministry named 2017 the “year of the village” as part of an attempt to promote tourism in places at risk of becoming deserted.
-Sources from the internet
Now, the question is, would you? Would you pack up and make a new life there?
The place is lovely for retirees I would assume it would be cheaper to live there than insome industrialized countries.
I believe USA doe the same (give people an stipend) to people that live in Alaska (annually?)
I am not ready to settle down if ever will I.
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lifeisadream: The place is lovely for retirees I would assume it would be cheaper to live there than insome industrialized countries.
I believe USA doe the same (give people an stipend) to people that live in Alaska (annually?)
I am not ready to settle down if ever will I.
I believe USA doe the same (give people an stipend) to people that live in Alaska (annually?)
I am not ready to settle down if ever will I.
Maybe so, maybe no.
The Alaska thing is tax repayment from the state from oil and gas revenues. I believe that ended. Only google can say for sure. Now. you can get a house in Detroit for back taxes, only a couple thou if not free. Certain problems in the 'hood though.
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epirb: Change one word , ice to meth and you could well be talking about NZ .
Yeah, ice is meth... Methamphetamine.
I thought they called it pee over there, thats what I see on Motorway patrol. And it seems all the police there are English.
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pat8lanips: Yeah, ice is meth... Methamphetamine.
I thought they called it pee over there, thats what I see on Motorway patrol. And it seems all the police there are English.
More stoned one's than English I think .I thought they called it pee over there, thats what I see on Motorway patrol. And it seems all the police there are English.
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Chris8739: Maybe so, maybe no.
The Alaska thing is tax repayment from the state from oil and gas revenues. I believe that ended. Only google can say for sure. Now. you can get a house in Detroit for back taxes, only a couple thou if not free. Certain problems in the 'hood though.
The Alaska thing is tax repayment from the state from oil and gas revenues. I believe that ended. Only google can say for sure. Now. you can get a house in Detroit for back taxes, only a couple thou if not free. Certain problems in the 'hood though.
I did google it and yes it is from a permanent oil 51 billion portfolio (sept 2016) that is quite oily
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The mayor of a remote mountain village in Italy is offering to pay €2,000 (£1,700) to anyone who moves there, in an attempt to save it from becoming a ghost town.
Those who take up residence in Bormida, which sits 420 metres above sea level in the north-west Liguria region and is home to 394 people, will pay as little as €50 a month in rent.
The enticing initiative is Mayor Daniele Galliano’s way of breathing life into a village whose population has dwindled in recent decades as young people leave to find work in the closest big city of Savona or beyond.
The finer details of the cash offer still needed to be ironed out and approved by the local council, Galliano wrote on his Facebook page. But if all goes ahead, from next year anyone who transfers their residence to Bormida and either rents or buys a property there will be gifted €2,000.
And under the low rent scheme, which should be in place within the next two months, a small property will cost just €50 a month while a more spacious one will be no more than €120.
“We’re still working out the plan, but anyone is welcome to come and live here,” said a local councillor, who asked not to be named. “We’re a small community but very welcoming. We’re high up in a mountain area but also not far from the sea – it’s a healthy lifestyle, the air is very clean.”
Galliano’s Facebook post was met with a flurry of responses from potential new inhabitants, with some saying they would renounce the cash gift in return for a job in the town.
“Mr Mayor, I’m available to move and give up the €2,000, but I can’t live off air. I have a family with two small children, if you can guarantee a job, even the most humble one, it wouldn’t be a problem,” wrote Amedeo Alloca.
But what is life like in Bormida? The manager of Oddone Giuseppe, one of the town’s four restaurants, said: “There is nothing much to do here. But life is so simple and natural, we have forests, goats, the church, and plenty of good food. Life would definitely be free of stress.”
A report last year by Legambiente, an Italian environmental association, found that 2,500 villages across the country risked being abandoned owing to depopulation.
In January the culture ministry named 2017 the “year of the village” as part of an attempt to promote tourism in places at risk of becoming deserted.
-Sources from the internet
Now, the question is, would you? Would you pack up and make a new life there?