For me the over-arching goal of humankind is to learn how to value water, air, and the things we need to live more than money. We need to be thinking in much larger time scales than a balance sheet. Here we are at this amazing branch point where our science and technology have taken the greatest of leaps and yet I can't help but be haunted by the fact that we are still very deeply mired in our technological adolescence. We don't think about what our short term actions are doing to our long term future, and that of our children and grand children. So, I'm not so sure we should unleash ourselves on the world.
~ Ann Druyan, Creative Director, Voyager Interstellar Mission, NASA
I've been thinking a lot about buying land recently.
If you buy land, then you can go there and you can sit there, or stand there, or live there. You can look at the trees, and see the animals that come and go. You can listen to the wind in the grass and the leaves. You can hear the raindrops. You can smell the life forms. You can go there for as long as you like and nobody will tell you to go away. You can just sit, watch, listen, smell, touch, and feel. And learn. Accept it. Embrace it. Think about what was there before and what will be there after.
It's possible to buy a piece of land up in the northern part of the province, about 25 to 40 acres of undeveloped, possibly former cleared land or once cultivated as a hay field, for under $40,000.
So then, some of these pieces are in organized townships, while others are in non-organized townships. There's quite a difference.
If you buy property in an unorganized township, building codes are not required.
The story goes on and on. But basically, once you've got your piece of property, you're free to build on it and use it as you please. You can start a business there.
