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Might be a good retirement shot. Buy an entire village!!
https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20191121-can-tiny-abandoned-towns-put-galicia-on-the-map
Excerpt: "Rosy Costoya is a vet, an entrepreneur and, she says, a little bit meiga. In the Spanish region of Galicia, meiga refers to a witch or wise woman, particularly a rural dweller with a detailed knowledge of local herbs and potions. "I come from a small village and I'm very attached to my land," she says.
Costoya loves the wild coastline and rural greenery of Galicia, on Spain’s northwest coast. But it’s a region that has faced decades of depopulation in the countryside. "My father was a rancher and as a child I used to walk with him through tiny villages that were being abandoned,” she says.
Galicia has 3,562 abandoned villages, and that number rises by one every week
Today, the low birthrate and Spain’s ageing society – as well as poor infrastructure – have hit Galicia hard. It has 3,562 abandoned villages and that number rises by one every week, according to Spain’s national statistics body INE. So Costoya, 50, and her husband, UK-born Mark Adkinson, have established a business that aims to help tackle the problem: they sell entire villages to buyers in a bid to bring residents back to Galicia’s shuttered hamlets."
https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20191121-can-tiny-abandoned-towns-put-galicia-on-the-map
Excerpt: "Rosy Costoya is a vet, an entrepreneur and, she says, a little bit meiga. In the Spanish region of Galicia, meiga refers to a witch or wise woman, particularly a rural dweller with a detailed knowledge of local herbs and potions. "I come from a small village and I'm very attached to my land," she says.
Costoya loves the wild coastline and rural greenery of Galicia, on Spain’s northwest coast. But it’s a region that has faced decades of depopulation in the countryside. "My father was a rancher and as a child I used to walk with him through tiny villages that were being abandoned,” she says.
Galicia has 3,562 abandoned villages, and that number rises by one every week
Today, the low birthrate and Spain’s ageing society – as well as poor infrastructure – have hit Galicia hard. It has 3,562 abandoned villages and that number rises by one every week, according to Spain’s national statistics body INE. So Costoya, 50, and her husband, UK-born Mark Adkinson, have established a business that aims to help tackle the problem: they sell entire villages to buyers in a bid to bring residents back to Galicia’s shuttered hamlets."
