LandThink

US population growth in general and growing wealth in our top 25 percent are the fundamentals driving sales of second homes, land, and land investments in the country. Neither of those engines are likely to change.

My understanding is that “more or less,” was originally conceived and used to reflect the inherent imprecision of early surveying instruments and techniques. A chain or metal tape, for instance, will sag a bit when stretched.

Many good reasons exist for men to buy country property—investment appreciation, family bonding and environmental stewardship. Among motives not adequately researched by academics and real-estate organizations are the T factor and the S factor.

Many more Americans own corporate stock than rural land. Why do we invest in stock, which is risky, rather than land, which is not?

What would you do if the price of gasoline—now at more than $3 per gallon—were to rise to $10? Or more? Gripe, that’s for sure. Blame somebody. Some of us would march to Washington—on foot, of course–demanding lower prices, threatening legislators with bone-dry dipsticks as we clutch dead sparkplugs in our cold hands.