Comments on: Burbclaves are for losers

Burbclaves are for losers

Ogre Lawless — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 14:36:18 -0800

What to do when you have more richies than quaint antique European towns for them to buy? Create a new one. The newest in über premium five-star living for the non-cyclical rich. [via We Make Money, Not Art]

By: Ogre Lawless

Ogre Lawless — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 14:36:40 -0800

Similarly here: The World Islands, The Palm Islands: 1 • 2 • 3 • 4, your own private island

By: alumshubby

alumshubby — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 14:45:34 -0800

Can I get one named "Potemkin"?

By: languagehat

languagehat — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 15:27:30 -0800

"Old town," my ass. Russian millionaires don't want anything old-looking. Trust me, this is going to wind up like the New Las Vegas (if it's anything more than a lure for investors, which will somehow wind up dribbling away without anything actually getting built).

By: leftcoastbob

leftcoastbob — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 15:45:15 -0800

I wouldn't want to live there because I suspect that I wouldn't like my neighbors.

By: Optimus Chyme

Optimus Chyme — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 16:19:28 -0800

How can you sell $1,500 jeans with a web site that looks like it cost about ten cents?

By: Ethereal Bligh

Ethereal Bligh — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 16:36:58 -0800

There are "only" 30,000 millionaires in Moscow. Damn.

By: bhance

bhance — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 17:09:34 -0800

Uber premium living? Pah! A poor match for my infra quantum megaquad E-living. Amateur proletariat wannabes.

By: MiltonRandKalman

MiltonRandKalman — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 17:15:39 -0800

The more I read this the more I think they are a bunch of mindless jerks who'll be the first against the wall when the revolution comes.

By: spiderwire

spiderwire — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 17:43:36 -0800

The more I read this the more I think they are a bunch of mindless jerks who'll be the first against the wall when the revolution comes. ....about 15 years too late. Nice thread title.

By: rolypolyman

rolypolyman — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 19:46:48 -0800

How about we Godwin this one?

By: CCK

CCK — Sat, 29 Oct 2005 13:46:28 -0800

but will this new Russian development be franchise owned?