@greglhoticom Hey man they're making a film adaptation of the Hobbit pretty soon. I'm sure that'll get people interested in the Shire once again and you'll have lots of neighbors. Just look out for those damn Sackville-Bagginses.
Even though I could not have lived in Bend/moved there, I am desolate that this amazingly creative and beautiful project failed/does not exist. Bad economic timing, and perhaps location jinxed it. BUT I wonder: if some billionaire developer had built it as planned/designed -- rather than individuals needing to put up $800K in advance -- and offered it as vacation time shares, I believe it might have worked. I still dream of having such a home some day. Thank you, developers, for the DREAM!
@Greglhoticom: the original website cannot be found. Is it down? How does someone reach you who is interested? Why don't you guys sell a dvd of the vid on the website (as seen here) and make a little money? I'd buy it! And it would inspire me. I'd hire you to make me something like that out here in MA!
Well....I'm that idiot. Yeah, it is hard to be a lonely hobbit. But I'm not the only one that got "shorn" in this RE bust. But new things are a-brew. We have new investors, have sold the 2nd home, The Butterfly, and momentum is building to do the Town Homes next. The road goes ever onward and so do we...
It's where we live and it seemed like a good idea at the time. Times are tuff but The Shire will rise again....maybe under a different name but the spirit will never die.
All those pretty lakes and mountains in the beginning of the video are, of course, nowhere near the Shire, which is a surprisingly small square of land in the middle of a neighborhood loaded with mobile homes and light industrial facilities; basically, it is on the outskirts of Mordor.
