Real estate bargains leave rural towns reeling in change
Put a piece of a small Kansas town up for sale and it could wind up like Rexford in Thomas County, whose downtown has been bought up and turned into a religious conference center.
Or it could be like St. John in Stafford County, where a national bounty hunting school bought and moved into the former Methodist church.
Or it could be like Ramona in Marion County, where two sisters from California bought four houses and created a hot spot of events and activities for the town’s 94 residents.
That’s the gamble small towns make when they offer what they have in abundance: cheap, attractive real estate.