I may regret this later, but here goes.
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As they came in they drove up property taxes because they sold property in CA and had to buy in CO and they had more $$$ than brains. I know a rancher in Glenwood Springs that sold a transplant a couple of acres for the view of MT. Sopris for a high amount because the transplant kept hounding him. The county then taxed the entire ranch at that value and a long time family ranch was ruined because some idiot wanted a view.
That's a bit of a red herring, though, isn't it? I'm pretty sure the rancher wasn't forced or coerced to sell; he very well could have kept refusing. Do they not have restraining orders in Colorado? Surely at the very least he should have asked a lawyer or CPA or realtor if it might possibly affect his tax assessment. So I'm not sure this is a good example of "more money than brains" on the part of the buyer. Maybe, but also "more land than brains" on the part of the rancher, surely. Who can fault a person wanting a piece of land with a view? Since when is that a dumb thing to want? Such a thing is certainly not unique to Californians. Isn't this about the same as "Pike's Peak or Bust"?
As for Alabama, we're pretty screwed up -- although it's the conservatives who have done it, in the name of making things "better". Our legislators... Well, in the interest of avoiding libel or slander, I'll stop with "I don't think their ideas are wise." Which just goes to show no state is perfect, not California, not Colorado, and not Alabama. I'm willing to bet other parts of the country are the same way.