Honestly I’m supposed to be looking for a new place, but now I’m just looking at castles like, yeah I could make this work.

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    3 days ago

    That’s why you pay people to do the upkeep. Cause you’re probably already rich if you bought a castle.

    And it can bring shit in if you use the land to generate revenue. Paying people to work it for you, of course. Cause that’s what manor lords do…

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      11 hours ago

      Yes, that’s why it’s a wealth redistribution method. You have to employ people just to be able to live in your castle comfortably. And then pay taxes on those people’s salaries.

      Farming isn’t super profitable unless very large scale and I doubt most castles are being sold or given away with huge amounts of arable land. If they are, that’s going to be part of the price.

      It’s basically never a good deal financially to live in a castle. It’s something you do for your ego alone lol

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        8 hours ago

        That’s why I said this:

        Yet another nice thing that’s reserved only for the rich…

        The rest was intended to be tongue-in-cheek

        It’s basically never a good deal financially to live in a castle. It’s something you do for your ego alone lol

        I disagree. Someone might live in a castle because they think it’s awesome. That doesn’t necessarily have anything to do with ego