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Norwegian influencer buys failed property development in Spain to build ‘self-sufficient’ eco-community – Modern Eco Village plans to erect 500 homes, schools and shops
Self sufficient, in Spain? The place that’s looking more like the Sahara everyday and has massive droughts + fore problems? I’m sure the land was cheap but that an interesting choice.
This is presumably aimed at rich foreigners:
from one bedroom and 50 square meters (538 sq ft) starting at €165,375, to four bedrooms and 150 square meters (1,614 sq ft) for €479,588. You can also add empty modules as desired for €84,000 each. Then there are the villas: the standard, two-story villa costs €770,000, and the most luxurious one is €1.4 million.
AFAIK the fiscal climate in Spain is rather detrimental to rich people, which makes this choice an even more interesting one.
Considering it's a Norwegian influencer, I assume that the intention is to target Norwegians. There's a culture here of staying in Norway in the summer and going to Spain for a long holiday in the winter. Richer Norwegians have holiday homes in Spain for the winter.
…a community that would be self-managed, with “smart homes, EMF and toxic free.”
Ah yes, the lesser known pneumatic variant of the Zigbee spec 🙄
It’s a shame, I’m all for intentional community building, and starting with clear goals and an architectural plan to support that is an important part of doing so. But that six word quote tells me all I need to know about the people running it and their grasp on those tricky concepts like “objective facts” and “evidence”. Fair play to the journalist for choosing that specific snippet to put it in the article though!
preposterous | a month ago
Self sufficient, in Spain? The place that’s looking more like the Sahara everyday and has massive droughts + fore problems? I’m sure the land was cheap but that an interesting choice.
This is presumably aimed at rich foreigners:
AFAIK the fiscal climate in Spain is rather detrimental to rich people, which makes this choice an even more interesting one.
At least it’ll be EMF free they say…
kaffo | a month ago
Considering it's a Norwegian influencer, I assume that the intention is to target Norwegians. There's a culture here of staying in Norway in the summer and going to Spain for a long holiday in the winter. Richer Norwegians have holiday homes in Spain for the winter.
sparksbet | a month ago
The word "Norwegian" is in the title already lol. Gotta spend that sweet sweet oil money somewhere.
preposterous | a month ago
I was being charitable in my interpretation :)
Greg | a month ago
Ah yes, the lesser known pneumatic variant of the Zigbee spec 🙄
It’s a shame, I’m all for intentional community building, and starting with clear goals and an architectural plan to support that is an important part of doing so. But that six word quote tells me all I need to know about the people running it and their grasp on those tricky concepts like “objective facts” and “evidence”. Fair play to the journalist for choosing that specific snippet to put it in the article though!
adutchman | a month ago
Now I want to know what a pneumatic smart home protocol look like lol
zipf_slaw | a month ago
[Buzz Lightyear] Tubes. Tubes everywhere.... [/Buzz Lightyear]