Would you take up an offer like this?

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VIENNA: A village in northern Austria, worried by its dwindling population, is offering free land to all who pledge to start a family in a decade, the Kurier newspaper reported on Saturday.

Plots of 800 and 900 square metres (8,611 to 9,687 square feet) are up for grabs at Rappottenstein, near the Czech border, to both singles and married couples who pledge to have at least one child in the next 10 years.

Singles also have to get married. Other conditions stipulate that the new owners have to build a house on the plot in three years. If the conditions are not fulfilled, the owners will have to pay 12,000 euros (15,163 dollars).

The commune where the village is located is home to only 1,760 people

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Austrian-village-offers-free-land-to-boost-population/articleshow/4241253.cms
 
Isn't that what Mexico did, and then we kinda' took Texas?
Different idea, but same concept.
 
Wow, I would certainly accept that offer - provided the area wasn't dire, of course!

I wonder, though, what would happen if a couple genuinely wanted to honour their side of the bargain but found they couldn't conceive? Perhaps they will make all candidates get their fertility checked out first, as it would be very cruel to force someone out of the home they build because they suffer the misfortune of being infertile.
 
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