{"id":19823,"date":"2020-06-29T14:43:46","date_gmt":"2020-06-29T05:43:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2020\/jun\/29\/wild-west-replica-town-for-sale-in-new-zealand-attracts-interest-in-us-and-hong-kong"},"modified":"2020-06-29T14:43:46","modified_gmt":"2020-06-29T05:43:46","slug":"wild-west-replica-town-for-sale-in-new-zealand-attracts-interest-in-us-and-hong-kong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=19823","title":{"rendered":"Wild west replica &#8216;town&#8217; for sale in New Zealand attracts interest in US &ndash; and Hong Kong"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Attractions include a lack of coronavirus cases and the chance to avoid foreign investment restrictions<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a common refrain for inhabitants of the northern hemisphere fed up with their own countries and longing for escape: \u201cThat\u2019s it, I\u2019m moving to New Zealand.\u201d But the Covid-19 pandemic and strict rules about who can buy property there would currently prevent most hopefuls from doing so \u2013 unless they have $11.6m and fancy becoming the sheriff of a wild west replica \u201ctown\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Mellonsfolly Ranch is a meticulous reproduction of an 1860s Wyoming frontier town \u2013 established 2006 \u2013 that\u2019s even off the radar of most locals.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2020\/jun\/29\/wild-west-replica-town-for-sale-in-new-zealand-attracts-interest-in-us-and-hong-kong\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Attractions include a lack of coronavirus cases and the chance to avoid foreign investment restrictionsIt\u2019s a common refrain for inhabitants of the northern hemisphere fed up with their own countries and longing for escape: \u201cThat\u2019s it, I\u2019m moving to Ne&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":569,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sns_share_botton_hide":"","vkExUnit_sns_title":"","_vk_print_noindex":"","sitemap_hide":"","_veu_custom_css":"","veu_display_promotion_alert":"","vkexunit_cta_each_option":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[41,56,42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asia-pacific","category-new-zealand","category-world-news"],"veu_head_title_object":{"title":"","add_site_title":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/569"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19823"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19823\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19824,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19823\/revisions\/19824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}