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Auggie

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3. Think they keep it quiet to keep land values from rising. Walt Disney did the same with DisneyWorld.

Reply to SWBTATTReg (Reply #1)

Tue Sep 5, 2023, 01:57 PM

Sep 2023

Disney used a variety of shell companies and ambiguous buyers to gobble up al that swamp land for cheap in Central Florida. Had owners knew what was happening they would have jacked up the price.

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With so much land sales and no one getting wind of the sales, that is something of a concern in SWBTATTReg Sep 2023 #1

Think they keep it quiet to keep land values from rising. Walt Disney did the same with DisneyWorld. Auggie Sep 2023 #3

Yes, and probably Disney could have afforded the jacked up prices Merlot Sep 2023 #5

Can you imagine how cheap swamp land must have been in Central Florida in the mid 60s? Auggie Sep 2023 #6

The first hildegaard28 Sep 2023 #2

My wife and I shopped for houses in that area Mr.Bill Sep 2023 #4