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gaiusmarius · 08-04-2017, 01:37 PM

check it out

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...iendly-outpost

accessndx · 08-04-2017, 02:47 PM

I smell a vacation destination!!!!!!

trichrider · 08-04-2017, 04:22 PM

you gots to be kidding.

Nipton is the armpit of the Mojave desert, the middle of nowhere.
about a dozen outbuildings, a rundown hotel/general store/post office/eyesore.
train runs right through the middle of it all....
the only 'attraction' is the lottery outlet or the railroad crossing or perhaps its isolation.

oh, Las Vegas is an hour away...

pffft

mushroombrew · 08-04-2017, 04:34 PM

If you build it...they will come.

**Payaso** · 08-04-2017, 05:09 PM

What a hell hole. If you've never experienced the desert this is a place to get some sand.

The country's largest solar facility is nearby, perhaps they plan to tap into the power, hope they get a licensed electrician!

Water is very scarce out there, perhaps they will create it by distilling it from the dryest desert air I've ever seen. Nipton is almost a ghost town, except for some Eco-friendly camping and a general store.

Good luck!

gaiusmarius · 08-04-2017, 07:11 PM

roflmao, it sounds like this grower might have bitten off a bit more then he can chew. if it's such a hell hole he probably got it real cheap. is there no aquifer bellow the town?

Betterhaff · 08-04-2017, 07:41 PM

The article said they bought it for 5 mil and were going to put another 2.5 mil in it. Where were these guys when I was selling bridges?

Hashmasta-Kut · 08-04-2017, 10:13 PM

she calls it weed, lol.

brown_thumb · 08-04-2017, 10:21 PM

They should rename the town "Little Amsterdam".

OregonBorn · 08-04-2017, 11:25 PM

I dunno about stupid. I think it is money well invested. The town is only 10 miles off of I-15, which gets TONS of traffic. It is also only 18 miles from Highway 95, which also gets HEAVY traffic. It is also on a rail line, and at the intersection of smaller state highways, including Highway 164, the Joshuah Tree Highway, which also gets traffic. It is also only a few miles from the Nevada border, and Nevada is low on weed. And in California, a muni can set all the local weed laws, and thus they can grow, process, and sell all the weed that they want within the city limits. And San Bern is a DRY county (no commercial grows, processing or sales on unincorporated county land). They can incorporate and set the local grow taxes to ZERO. They can grow outdoors or indoors with solar driven lights. Water they can truck in all of 35 miles from the Colorado River/Lake Mohave. Weed does not take much water to grow. And it is an easy drive from Henderson, Laughlin and Las Vegas.

Laugh all you want, but I would put my money into this venture. People are paying fortunes to buy land in Humboldt and Mendocino County, but weed grows better in the warm desert. They can grow year round in the Mojave. The temp there right now is 84, 10 degrees cooler than it is here in the PNW!

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trichrider THEORETICAL Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: between CB1 and the singularity. Posts: 7,046	you gots to be kidding. Nipton is the armpit of the Mojave desert, the middle of nowhere. about a dozen outbuildings, a rundown hotel/general store/post office/eyesore. train runs right through the middle of it all.... the only 'attraction' is the lottery outlet or the railroad crossing or perhaps its isolation. oh, Las Vegas is an hour away... pffft __________________ "I'm not always a dick...but when I am, I drink cheap beer".
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Payaso Administrator Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 6,569	What a hell hole. If you've never experienced the desert this is a place to get some sand. The country's largest solar facility is nearby, perhaps they plan to tap into the power, hope they get a licensed electrician! Water is very scarce out there, perhaps they will create it by distilling it from the dryest desert air I've ever seen. Nipton is almost a ghost town, except for some Eco-friendly camping and a general store. Good luck! __________________
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gaiusmarius Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 16,619	roflmao, it sounds like this grower might have bitten off a bit more then he can chew. if it's such a hell hole he probably got it real cheap. is there no aquifer bellow the town? __________________ Making BubbleHash with Bubbleator Searching for SourPoison, AfghanDieselHaze and CheeseHaze keeper making canna butter
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Betterhaff Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 2,568	The article said they bought it for 5 mil and were going to put another 2.5 mil in it. Where were these guys when I was selling bridges?
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brown_thumb Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2016 Posts: 2,094	They should rename the town "Little Amsterdam".
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08-04-2017, 11:25 PM	#10
OregonBorn Member Join Date: Apr 2017 Location: Left Coast Posts: 414	I dunno about stupid. I think it is money well invested. The town is only 10 miles off of I-15, which gets TONS of traffic. It is also only 18 miles from Highway 95, which also gets HEAVY traffic. It is also on a rail line, and at the intersection of smaller state highways, including Highway 164, the Joshuah Tree Highway, which also gets traffic. It is also only a few miles from the Nevada border, and Nevada is low on weed. And in California, a muni can set all the local weed laws, and thus they can grow, process, and sell all the weed that they want within the city limits. And San Bern is a DRY county (no commercial grows, processing or sales on unincorporated county land). They can incorporate and set the local grow taxes to ZERO. They can grow outdoors or indoors with solar driven lights. Water they can truck in all of 35 miles from the Colorado River/Lake Mohave. Weed does not take much water to grow. And it is an easy drive from Henderson, Laughlin and Las Vegas. Laugh all you want, but I would put my money into this venture. People are paying fortunes to buy land in Humboldt and Mendocino County, but weed grows better in the warm desert. They can grow year round in the Mojave. The temp there right now is 84, 10 degrees cooler than it is here in the PNW! __________________ And Shiva created Cannabis from his own body to purify the Amrita, the elixir of life.
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