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08 October 2008

Who's in?

post by: StickyCarpet at: 07:49 | 23 comments

mmm domes.

posted by danostuporstar 08 October | 08:46

I'm sure they are raising a bumper crop of palmetto bugs and snakes down there....

(a palmetto bug is the politically correct term for the largest freaking cockroach you ever saw. They fly, too.)

posted by bunnyfire 08 October | 09:31

I got a hundred bucks I'll chip in.

posted by Hellbient 08 October | 09:45

Me me me me! Though bunnyfire is probably right about the palmetto bugs. Those things are SCARY.

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 08 October | 09:48

Domes are cool and all but I can't move south, PA summers are bad enough a Fl summer would kill me.

posted by octothorpe 08 October | 10:22

Exactly what octo said.

posted by jrossi4r 08 October | 10:29

Oh and no one's mentioned mosquitoes yet.

posted by octothorpe 08 October | 10:33

Or crocs.

Good lord, I love the Mid-Atlantic.

posted by jrossi4r 08 October | 10:45

Ah lived in Florda for ten years. I kin handle skeeters and palmetto bugs with my hand tied behind mah back. Let's do it!

posted by Specklet 08 October | 11:08

Pool is a fishpond now stocked with coy and mosquito fish...

They eat all the mosquitoes, no? I'm sure palmetto fish will thrive also.

posted by StickyCarpet 08 October | 11:25

wow, This is an amazing deal. Did the former residents all take Kool Aid or something?

posted by nickyskye 08 October | 12:12

I would move there in a heartbeat. It looks awesome.

posted by BoringPostcards 08 October | 12:26

i m scared of florida sorry floridians

posted by Claudia_SF 08 October | 12:28

You know, maybe I should think about this. When I lived in Florida I always idly thought about starting a palmetto bug paperweight business....resin those suckers, find a roadstand, and PROFIT.

posted by bunnyfire 08 October | 12:48

What BP said.

posted by box 08 October | 13:05

That's dude's got style.

I mean, like, a weird 1970's Popular Mechanics kind of style. But style nonetheless.

Count me in.

posted by jason's_planet 08 October | 13:13

I looked up Venus, FL on Google maps -- it's smack-dab in the middle of a freakin' swamp. Gator country for reals. Snake-tacular. Plus, those domes are tiny -- and the footage listed doesn't take into account all the wasted space that you can't use because it's right next to a curving wall (I lived in a dome house for years, and I speak truth).

On the other hand, a quick Google search reveals the proximity of Camp Mars, a gay campground that features Saturday night Leather Disco, so there's nearby recreation.

But for only half a million bucks... Hmmm.... I wonder where all the bodies are buried...

posted by BitterOldPunk 08 October | 13:49

The Venus Project

posted by lysdexic 08 October | 14:25

I'm in.

and bunnyfire - don't forget the mosquito hawks. put one of those buggers in resin and i'll bet they'd sell like hotcakes.

posted by oreonax 08 October | 14:37

But can we get the Brooklyn Bridge thrown in for an extra $50? That would clinch it for me, really.

Seriously, why would such a large property be on sale for so little? It makes no sense, even in light of the whole economy thing.

"Swampland in Florida"? Check.

posted by brina 08 October | 16:05

Cool... anyone for naked volleyball?

posted by Pips 08 October | 18:45

I am so in on this!

posted by dg 08 October | 21:34

It looks like a great place to film a 1970s dystopian sci-fi epic, but you couldn't pay me to live there.

posted by D.C. 09 October | 02:26

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