I could easily see an organized effort to get people to buy one square foot of an area that was in need of preservation or conservation as a means of locking out bad development...that would be a good thing. It'd be a management nightmare if they didn't agree to cede all management decisions to a central committee or whatever, though.

Seriously, though, are there really people who are that out of it that they actually see any benefit to buying any kind of title? Obviously the locals wouldn't be fooled and would treat the "pretender" accordingly and if anybody outside of the loop on the true story ever found out that someone's title had been purchased they would certainly consider that person a pretentious SOB.

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AA