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Why are there so many absent landowners?
by bandushrew 5y ago
Why are there so many absent landowners?
- bsder 5y agoIt's a trapdoor function--intentionally so. Ownership is buried beneath layers and layers of transfers in the hope that you can't reverse the chain if liability pops up. Of course, if something like, say, the fracking boom in Pennsylvania comes along instead, suddenly all the owners magically appear and start asserting their ownership rights.
- ac29 5y agoMuch of West Texas is barren wasteland not suitable for human habitation.