# Land for sale **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 4, 2002, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/land-for-sale/135159 "2002-11-04T01:01:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Future\_Kid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9dc877/32.png) [@Future\_Kid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Future_Kid)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2002, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/land-for-sale/135159/1 "2002-11-04T01:01:35Z")
My friend and I, after reading in the Observer that land prices in Patagonia are going for $1-10s per acre, have decided to join the land owning classes. We have £20 to spend. Where can we buy some land, officially, for that price? We’ve looked on Google but all they have is ranches and all we want is a couple of fields. Thanks for your help. Andy & Stu. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2002, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/land-for-sale/135159/2 "2002-11-04T17:00:27Z")
Be careful they don’t have laws prohibiting non-citizens from owning land. ---
**Author:** ![Huerta88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/82dd89/32.png) [@Huerta88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Huerta88)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2002, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/land-for-sale/135159/3 "2002-11-04T20:26:29Z")
Or laws allowing non-citizens to own land but also allowing citizens to march in and readily gain adverse possession rights: [http://www.quatloos.com/traps/costaric.htm](http://www.quatloos.com/traps/costaric.htm) ---
**Author:** ![cornflakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@cornflakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cornflakes)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2013, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/land-for-sale/135159/5 "2013-06-24T15:55:22Z")
Yep, reported.