I had heard about a year ago about a whole town which had been auctioned on ebay. I found it odd because for one, I didn't know one could own a town. Also, I thought you couldn't ebay anything that was alive---though a town isn't, it does have inhabitants.
According to this article, the new owner was barely old enough to have his hands on the kind of money it takes to buy a town. He started making some improvements and, after realizing what kind of continual input of dough it would take, tried to sell it. Unsuccessful, however, the guy committed suicide back in November. Though the article doesn't mention why he may have done it, one could speculate that there is at least the potential relation to the town, and stresses caused by the sudden financial instability.
But the real sadness is expressed perfectly by this statement:
"When Daniel passed away it was just so devastating," said Rose Valentine, who lives just outside town. "(Bridgeville) is kind of looking pretty shabby again. It's pretty sad."
Are we sad that he died? Are we sad that the town is now shabby once again? No. We are pretty sad that someone who speaks like that gets quoted in articles.
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Well how old was this person that he didn't realize the financial responsibility he was taking on?
... I will never understand why journalists always feel it necessary to quote whoever has the least functional brain around them. Case in point, whenever a tornado rips through a town they always get the one dumbass in the trailer park who always says "WHEN IT CAME THROUGH IT SOUND LIKE FREIGHT TRAIN THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD!" while speaking through his 5 teeth wearing a nasty looking wifebeater....
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