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#1 entropyecho
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Let's say you could afford it, would you buy an island?

http://www.privateislandsonline.com/

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#2 bededog
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No way, the internet access would suck and with global warming the island would most likely be under water in a few years anyway.
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#3 binpink
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If money is no object here then I just might. Build what I want on it and call it a day. But of course- location location location. It couldn't be just anywhere.

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#4 deactivated-6016f2513d412
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Hmmm, if I ever happen to have a surplus of extra money sitting around, then I'd maybe consider a cheap one just for the hell of it. :D
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#5 Amadeous
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i AM a rock. i AM an island. a rock feels no pain. and an island never cries. /guitar outtro

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#6 LikeHaterade
Member since 2007 • 10645 Posts

I'll go in half with someone in OT and we can share it six months each out of the year; but I call dibs on the summer months. :D

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#7 raven_squad
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No, with my luck my island would be swallowed by the sea the year I purchase it. :P
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#8 mlbslugger86
Member since 2004 • 12867 Posts

i would seriously buy one, and if i was a filthy rich guy after they build all the structures in my island i shall buy a really big yacht8)

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#9 weezyfb
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yes
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#10 dercoo
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No way, the internet access would suck and with global warming the island would most likely be under water in a few years anyway.bededog

I'm just saying if you could afford an island, constructing a great internet system for it would not be too hard/expensive for you.

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#11 the_mitch28
Member since 2005 • 4684 Posts

They're not actually as expensive as I thought they were....

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#12 DEVILinIRON
Member since 2006 • 9425 Posts

Yes. That would be awesome.

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#13 Acemaster27
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I really want an island.
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#14 muller39
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It would most likely be damaged by a natural disaster some time from when I purchase it.

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#15 MagnumPI
Member since 2002 • 9617 Posts

No, because the island would be the cheap part. The expenses would kill me.

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#16 Amadeous
Member since 2003 • 3092 Posts

when i buy my island i'll discover that everyone from "Lost" is there. and i'd be like, "i found em!"

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#17 TehFuneral
Member since 2007 • 8237 Posts

If im not too greedy i might.

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#18 Cherokee_Jack
Member since 2008 • 32198 Posts

If I was guaranteed fast internet and a private airfield + private planes and pilots, sure.

I'd probably buy something in the Orkneys, or maybe St. Agnes. There are only 73 people there, I'm sure I can chase them out.

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#19 S1MSTA
Member since 2008 • 1624 Posts

Defiantly, as long as it doesnt get flooded

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#20 deactivated-5d0e4d67d0988
Member since 2008 • 5396 Posts

Hell yeah, though I don't know if I would buy a tropical island somewhere, or an island up in northern Europe somewhere, like around Scandanavia or northern Russia. Provided I had all the comforts of home there.

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#21 EMOEVOLUTION
Member since 2008 • 8998 Posts
No, I could never invest in something so selfish.
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#22 deactivated-5b19214ec908b
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Yes and then I would make it into a hotel or rent it out

I have no desire in living on a island but i can see the benefits of owning one.

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#23 krazy-blazer
Member since 2009 • 1759 Posts
I'd make my own country.
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#24 Snipes_2
Member since 2009 • 17126 Posts

That looks awesome.

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#25 GazaAli
Member since 2007 • 25216 Posts
Man your own private island would be beyond amazing. Think about it, your own isolated place where you can stay away from people and other things when you want to.
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#26 Bourbons3
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Maybe as a retreat, assuming I was rich enough. But I'd rather live close to civilisation most of the time.
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#27 Ninja-Hippo
Member since 2008 • 23434 Posts
Man some of them aren't even that expensive. $400,000 for a whole island? A decent house is worth more than that.
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#28 MissLibrarian
Member since 2008 • 9589 Posts

Yes. I'd not hesitate.

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#29 UnknownElement4
Member since 2008 • 2603 Posts

I would totally buy an Island if I could. My own place. lol

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#30 Zaibach
Member since 2007 • 13466 Posts

I would buy the Island from lost, it seems like it would be a larf

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#31 Xx_Hopeless_xX
Member since 2009 • 16562 Posts

If it had good internet and such then yes..

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#32 deactivated-590595a6292ce
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As long as it has good internet and a computer I'm all for it.

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#33 T_REX305
Member since 2010 • 11304 Posts

i already have my own. :D

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#34 legend26
Member since 2007 • 16010 Posts

ultimate zombie holdout? yes

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#35 xhellcatx
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...thats rather cheap! .. .Well if I was super rich, I would buy 2. One for myself, and the other I would do something with, like make a resort. I would put my own internet on it (since id be super rich), and a spa for the other rich folk who would want to come to my get away and pay me lots of money for it... but id make condos on the beach with different features or services so that not so rich people could come visit my island too. Only way to get to my islands would be by my personal helicopter system, or by ferry. (Id have 'emergency escape boats incase somethin happened tho). I would make sure my islands had some various levels of elevation, too, cause elevation is goooood. Chances are tho, the islands I purchase would be volcanic (since most of em are basically), and they would go active on me :|. But id be rich so i could repair and rebuild ^_^.
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#36 lloveLamp
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yes. i would buy an island. but really though. dont think I would be able to afford something like that without stumbling across a really lucky buisness idea or something.
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#37 lloveLamp
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hey I would only have to win survivor twice or big brother four times to be able to afford some of these islands.
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#38 xhellcatx
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Holy crap, only 300,000 for an island in wisconsin... like right up the road from me lol. And it has lake front plus a cabin, and the majority part of an island thats zoned for building. Nifty ^_^ too bad I dont have 50,000 to put down on it, nor do i make 1,000 somethin a month to put towards the monthly payments they want. v_v
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#39 Brainkiller05
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for only 2.7 million? hell yeah, but then again how can someone say they own it, who is getting this 2.7 million dollars?
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#40 xhellcatx
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for only 2.7 million? hell yeah, but then again how can someone say they own it, who is getting this 2.7 million dollars? Brainkiller05
The same way anyone says they own any property at all... a deed.
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#41 Treflis
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No, I'd build myself my own private Yacht complete with everything I need and my own crew to steer and make sure I wouldn't be attacked.
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#42 0Tyler0
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Some of these aren't too expensive for being an island like this one: http://www.privateislandsonline.com/pigeon-island-11.htm Nice find TC! Fun to browse on :P
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#43 gugler990
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yes i would but i dont know what to do with it

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#44 Hellfire-1
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i AM a rock. i AM an island. a rock feels no pain. and an island never cries. /guitar outtro

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#45 MasterBolt360
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I'd rent it for a few nights as a honeymoon for sure.

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#46 Jaguar_Shade
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I would totally buy an island and put dinosaurs on it.
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#47 xhellcatx
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yes i would but i dont know what to do with it

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camp out?
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#48 ariz3260
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Not really, at least not in this stage of my life. Just the hassle of getting in/out of the island makes my head spin, and how do I show off my awesome wealth to the public if I hide myself away on an island?

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#49 0Tyler0
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A lot of these islands don't have water either though, so you gotta buy a desalination machine too
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#50 entropyecho
Member since 2005 • 22053 Posts

yes i would but i dont know what to do with it

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