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She’s gonna get a share of the lease revenue on that, right?

…right?

One of the more fucked up aspects of eminent domain. City/county/state governments can nuke deeds by using eminent domain. It allows them to turn a plot of land, regardless prior restrictions, into things like dumps.

The fucked up part about it is they can also turn public lands into private lands with that same trick.

What's frustrating is we still need eminent domain for good. It's basically the only way to build railways and roads. It even ends up being one of the few ways to deploy things like district heating/cooling and new fiber lines.

AI is starting to show that it isn't worth the investment and they are STILL building more?!? WTF is going on?

It should be legal and acceptable to take back things given for one purpose that end up being used for something else.

I was curious where the land was, and if I could help in any way.

It's in Texas. I made a promise to myself that I'd never go back to Texas.

Texas. Fucking. Suuuuuucks.

People should know that donating land like this is not at all guaranteed to keep the land from being developed. Promises to keep parks in existence is nothing when the city "needs" a new development, hospital, data center, whatever.

I know the saying is "don't mess with Texas" but Texas seems to fuck itself over all the time. I would be raising hell about this if it was my backyard.

a while back when i was a animal physio class a university, the profess told how he knew someone about to retire/Will but he wanted to donate it to STANFORD on the sole purpose of it being used as a research station in some island/country. the guy somehow heard the stanford lawyers said they were going to sell it or rent it out instead right behind his back. he gave it to Berkley university instead to be used for science.

the moral of the story make sure you have something in place so that the land/property being donated is used properly by a lawyer or a trust org.

And this is why you need a lawyer when you're doing this kind of thing.

If this farmer was smart, there would be a clause in the contract that the land may only be used for a park or other public space. And that if the city decides to resell the land, the farmer or their descendants will have the right to reclaim it.

Thus, farmer could either stop the data center or at least get a solid payday.

was there a clause that if it isnt used as intended, it return to the owner?

Pave paradise and put up a ~~parking lot~~ data center

Stories like this always remind me of the Peter's parking deck at GA Tech. The couple that donated the land wanted it to be a park, so that the students would have a green place to play and relax. Once Tech had the land, they put a parking deck there instead. But they put a basketball court on the top level so that they technically met the letter of the law.

In fairness, as a student I needed that parking deck way more than I needed the park.

I can't imagine a better way to ensure people don't donate land ever again.

Yeah, it's a park... An industrial park

I’m curious what would be the better approach if someone wanted to donate land to be used for a park? Give it to a charity? Or somehow find the cash and just build the park yourself and let people visit your land?

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