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This whole Oregon town is up for sale for $3.8m

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The entire town of Tiller, in the US state of Oregon, has been put up for sale with a price tag of $3.8m. It’s a mostly uninhabited area 225 miles (362 km) south of Portland. The deal includes six houses, a flat, petrol station and a shop. Roughly 250 people live in the surrounding area. But residents began leaving the area after the decline in timber harvesting and the closure of the town’s mill, according to the estate agent. Tiller originally went on the market in 2015 but didn’t include the old primary school building.

 

Only two residents remain in Tiller itself – a former teacher who lives next to the school, and the vicar of the local church. Neither of their plots is for sale.

Tiller, OregonImage captionTiller is surrounded by hills and woodlandTiller, OregonImage captionSouth Umpqua Falls near Tiller is the site of a popular picnic areaA house in Tiller, OregonImage captionFancy a cabin in the woods?The general store in Tiller, OregonImage captionTiller’s main shop is available from a separate sellerThe inside of the general store in TillerImage captionThe Walking Dead survivors would LOVE thisThe primary school is also up for saleImage captionThe town’s former primary school comes complete with resident deerThe gym from Tiller's primary schoolImage captionYou can smell that unique gym whiff from here

So why does nobody want to live here?

“When the federal money started dwindling away for timber, basically the mill shut down,” said Garrett Zoller, the owner of Land and Wildlife.

“And when the mill shut down, a lot of the loggers started having to go away.”

The family that owns Tiller now bought it lot by lot as other families left.

Interested buyers have so far included a number of Chinese investors, people interested in starting medical facilities and hemp-growing operations.

Via BBC

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Stephanie McCosker
Stephanie McCosker was a Scottish-born Australian food and cooking writer, journalist, author and commentator. She was the first of this genre of writers in Australia. McCosker's early recipes encouraged Australians to alter their traditional staple of "meat and three vegetables" and to be creative with food. She encouraged international cuisine from places such as Spain, Italy, India and China. As the cookery editor of the Woman's Day magazine, she "brought these into Australian homes through her articles."

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