How would one go about searching for rural land like a small-holding or a few acres of cultivatable land?
There was a guy on Oriented. I can’t quite recall his name; anyway he lives with his wife on a mountain somewhere and his hobbies include spotting and global-potitioning electrical switching boxes.
Any help is much-appreciated.
That would be Dan Jacobson, a.k.a. jidanni.
Try to link up with Chung, he should know, as he works part time in agri-business (IE farms rice).
Mountain land is likely to be cheap (there are posters advertising it all over the place where I live), but you need a local to front the venture, as foreigners can’t buy land as far as I know.
Thanks Holger.
I’m married to a local so we won’t have any trouble.
Then you’re all set. Just go to the area you want the land in and start ask around. An alternative strategy would be to look at the light poles.
That would be Dan Jacobson, a.k.a. jidanni.[/quote]
Speaking of Dan Jacobson, the Liberty Times published a news article about him the other day, about his global positioning ESB’s. Here:
洋女婿 台灣編門牌
[American expat Dan Jacobson arranges the house number plates]
〔記者曾鴻儒╱東勢報導〕台灣部分地區門牌編排紊亂，門牌號碼相鄰的住戶卻可能相隔數公里，美籍台灣女婿積丹尼認為既不便、且可能延宕救災，主張預留空號編列門牌，為了推廣理念，還到東勢戶政事務所擔任志工；該所最近將整編門牌，積-[丹尼]-[Dan Jacobson]-的理想可望付諸實現。
台中縣東勢鎮石城路已五十二年未整編門牌，相當紊亂，不僅外地遊客經常迷路，本地人也不見得清楚；東勢戶政事務所最近規劃整編門牌，該所洋志工積丹尼「千年門牌」的理念，將在該地區試行。
積丹尼來自美國芝加哥，迎娶台灣老婆後定居東勢鎮慶福里山區，外表不修邊幅的他，其實心思細膩。多年前，千元大鈔上印製的地球儀，就是他發現印反了；國道上的公里數路標，也是經他建議，才陸續在小數點前加上完整公里數。
不過，他最受不了的則是台灣紊亂的門牌；他說，台灣門牌「之來之去」情況嚴重，在偏遠地區，門牌號碼只差一號卻相隔數公里的情況比比皆是，讓他很難適應。
他說，類似情形不僅造成民眾生活上的不便，更要命的是，一旦發生緊急事故，紊亂的門牌編排方式可能讓不熟悉路況的救難人員找不到路；尤其碰到山區有濃霧，光是看清楚門牌，就浪費許多寶貴時間。
他說，北美地區數十年前即有因應措施，每公里編列四百個門牌號碼，碰到空地就預留空號，如此一來，找人只要計算距離，不必一邊開車一邊看門牌；更大的好處則是部分電線桿具有衛星定位點功能，救難人員即使不熟悉路況，也能很快透過衛星定位找到目標。
American expat Dan Jacobson arranges the house number plates
translated by GOOGLE:
[the Taiwan partial areas house number plate arrangement disorder, the house number plate number neighboring inhabitant actually possibly was separated by several kilometers, the American expat Dan Jacobson [Danni] to think already inconvenient, also possibly delayed the disaster relief, advocated reserved arranges a row house number plate, in order to promote the idea, but also held the post of the will labor to the east potential household politics office;
This institute recently will reorganize the house number plate, accumulated Jacobson, son of Jacob, ideal to hope to put to the realization. East the Taichung county the potential town stone wall road 52 years have not reorganized the house number plate, suitable disorder, not only the outside areas tourist frequently becomes lost, the native not necessarily is also clear; East the potential household politics office recently planned reorganizes the house number plate, this ocean will labor accumulated Danni Jacobson, son of Jacob,“the millennium house number plate” idea, in this local implementation.
Danni Jacobson, son of Jacob, came from Chicago , after marrying his Taiwanese wife to settle down the potential town to celebrate the mountainous area, semblance sloven he, the thoughts are actually exquisite.
Many years ago, on thousand Yuan great paper money prints the terrestrial globe, was he discovers India counter-; On federal highway kilometer number guidepost, also is suggested after him, adds on an integrity kilometer number only then one after another in front of the decimal point.
But, Jacobson, son of Jacob, most cannot bear is the Taiwan disordered house number plate;
Jacobson, son of Jacob,said that, the Taiwan house number plate “comes going to” the situation seriously, in the remote districts, the house number plate number only misses actually to be separated by several kilometers situations everywhere, lets him be very difficult to adapt. Jacobson, son of Jacob,said, the similar situation not only creates inconvenient which the populace lives, awfully is, once has the urgent accident, the rescue personnel which the disorder house number plate arrangement way possibly lets not the familiar state of roads finds the road; Especially bumps into the mountainous area to have the thick fog, the light is looked the clear house number plate, wastes many precious time.
Jacobson, son of Jacob, said that, the North America area dozens of years ago namely have in accordance to the measure, each kilometer arranges the row 400 house number plates numbers, bumps into the open area to reserve , so first, looks for the person so long as the estimated range, needs to drive while looks at the house number plate; A bigger advantage is the partial telephone poles has the satellite locating point function, rescues the personnel even if not familiar state of roads, also can very quickly penetrate the satellite positioning to find the goal.]
Wangdoodle, son of Wang, suggest no bother post great pile smelly poo translation.
I wonder if that is what schizophrenia is like.
Urgh! Machine translation!
Spending a few minutes cleaning it up might have been a good idea…