A village on the Italian island of Sardinia is seeking to lure Americans unhappy with this month’s election results by offering homes prices as low as $1.
CNN reports the village Ollolai (population 1,300) has created a website for potential expatriates who are exhausted by politics and are seeking “to embrace a more balanced lifestyle while securing new opportunities.” Mayor Francesco Columbu said that while inquiries from other nationals were welcome, he believed Americans were the best newcomers to reanimate his sleepy rural community.
“We just really want, and will focus on, Americans above all,” said Columbu. “We can’t of course ban people from other countries to apply, but Americans will have a fast-track procedure. We are betting on them to help us revive the village, they are our winning card.”
Columbu stated the village has three tiers of accommodation to choose from: Free temporary homes to qualified digital nomads, homes in need of renovations that are priced at roughly $1, and ready-to-occupy houses for prices up to $105,000. He added a special team of advisors are ready to work with interested buyers, ready to arrange everything from property tours to finding contractors and builders to dealing with the paperwork needed by foreign real estate buyers.
Columbu stressed that he did not want to go on the record as bashing President-elect Donald Trump, stressing that “we can’t specifically mention the name of one US president who just got elected, but we all know that he’s the one from whom many Americans want to get away from now and leave the country.”
Photo: Ollolai, courtesy of Jean-François Renaud / Flickr Creative Commons
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This is great! I hope all vocally unhappy americans take up this opportunity!
Why not it’s a great opportunity in many ways than one. The island Sardinia has a lot of history and is very touristy. As a second home und vacation place it’s ideal. It’s worth looking into it.
Sounds nice but too bad the Village will now be subjected to the woke mind virus cancel culture gang. 😞
Agreed!
Poor town. They’ll now be able to think independently again. Without violence and hatred. They may even return to real Christianity!
I would love to do this! I bet it’s a beautiful place.
NIce idea, but they should be reaching out to the conservative entrepreneurs. IN any event, if the ultra liberal want to leave here’s your chance.
Not so sure I want to live with a bunch of MAGA haters, otherwise I would move to a blue state
By writing all these comments aren’t you politicizing what could be a brilliant idea and opportunity for people regardless of their political views? It is time to move past all the ugliness of trying to be correct as oppose to be happy. This could be the one chance that we put aside the things that divide us and embrace the possibility of being happy. If in fact, somebody moves to this beautiful island, remember, you won’t have to worry about politics, you all will be living under the governance of the Italian government without the right of interfering in the country’s political affairs. That should feel like a breath of fresh air to everyone.