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Oct 5, 2023Liked by David Smith

There were lots of abandoned homes in my village, or maybe owned by people who were working in Europe. I also observed a new home being built at the top of the river bluff (fantastic view), I assume hands-on by the people who would be living in it. (With cars, hilltop properties are no longer for the poor.) Maybe some builders will even resurrect the wood-carving skills that I suspect lasted until the Soviet days.

The film and photos, including the gates and ornamented tin well roofs made me nostalgic for Moldova.

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Sep 27, 2023Liked by David Smith

This was so beautiful in more ways than one.

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Sep 27, 2023Liked by David Smith

Charming. Thanks for writing this.

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Thanks to the Journo Birds team! The reported and wrote it. I think we'll get a lot more great article from them in the future!

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Is this something that only citizens of Moldova can legally do, or is it open to foreign nationals?

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Hey Nick! so foreigners are not allowed to own agricultural land in Moldova. But these restrictions do not apply to houses or land zoned non-agricultural. So you can absolutely buy a village home or Dacha!

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