Boy you’re a Debby downer. Much mental flossing with that post you just made. I’ve had this land since 2020 and have already made money off it with much more to come. Taxes? $40 per year. Revenue stream for a long time? Priceless. Do you have any idea how much money comes from clearcutting an 80 yr old high quality successional forest? Being that you just recently were asking to use someone else’s land for your target shooting shows you have a lot to learn about private ownership and land ownership. Are you feeling the Bern? We could bloviate all day about how paying taxes shows you don’t own anything. We could also try to sing the praises about which state is best to live free. That argument can be quite futile.
There are many ways to determine brownfields. Don’t buy next to an airport. Don’t buy on a previous industrial site. Check ArcGis mapping layers for such things as setbacks, wetlands, buffer zones, etc.
Hobby farming? If you wanna do that you should have bought your fertilizers in bulk last year cuz guess what’s happening to the prices in the next few years? Every heard of agroforestry? There is abundant food in the wild if you’re willing to learn how to find it. Can you practically claim to ward off trespassers and nodogooders? Of course not, but if we ever get down to the point where people are trying to kill one another for food then you better hope you have an escape route, shtf plan, and means to protect/defend yourself and family. Bottom line is you should spend sometime in the survival forum or acquaint yourself with those things rather than poopoo on my parade. There are 5 pages to read before you comment.