Also, if you are only focusing on Bay City or Brown as "land speculation," that isn't the way to understand this aberration. Barons like Avi Arrow and alts who bought Brown or near Miramare imagine themselves as saviours of SL preserving the beauty of the land from the tawdry hordes. They are holding out for that perfect aesthetic wealthy German industrial artist or Japanese designer who will not feel any pain paying $350 for a 1024 and will then continue their high aesthetic vision for SL. A few others in Bay City are the old ad extortionists, and I think extortionism on land is very different than land "speculation" or marketing, and there is a policy against it (although the Lindens don't seem to invoke it in Bay City). Then there are people who might be considered opportunists but they will be burned, so your hatred of them is misplaced, you should feel pity. The stuff is sitting there. The Lindens will had 24 more sims or whatever and devalue what's out there with more Bay City builds, and that will be the end of that. That's why I refuse to spend even $300 for high visibility now, which would be justified as a kind of "classified ad".
Also, if you are only
Tue, 07/01/2008 - 00:58 — Prokofy Neva (not verified)Also, if you are only focusing on Bay City or Brown as "land speculation," that isn't the way to understand this aberration. Barons like Avi Arrow and alts who bought Brown or near Miramare imagine themselves as saviours of SL preserving the beauty of the land from the tawdry hordes. They are holding out for that perfect aesthetic wealthy German industrial artist or Japanese designer who will not feel any pain paying $350 for a 1024 and will then continue their high aesthetic vision for SL. A few others in Bay City are the old ad extortionists, and I think extortionism on land is very different than land "speculation" or marketing, and there is a policy against it (although the Lindens don't seem to invoke it in Bay City). Then there are people who might be considered opportunists but they will be burned, so your hatred of them is misplaced, you should feel pity. The stuff is sitting there. The Lindens will had 24 more sims or whatever and devalue what's out there with more Bay City builds, and that will be the end of that. That's why I refuse to spend even $300 for high visibility now, which would be justified as a kind of "classified ad".