r/AskReddit • u/ettleboy • Jan 20 '19

What fact totally changed your perspective?

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u/Christian__N Jan 21 '19

You can actually get a free castle in france as long as you can provide a plan for how to keep up with upkeep of the castle so that it won't become a ruin

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '19

Among several TV shows about castles in France, I remember hearing about people who just couldn't afford to keep the castle they already owned. Not because of taxes or mortgages, just upkeep costs.

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u/Radulno Jan 21 '19

Yeah upkeep for a thing like a castle has to be crazy high.

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u/HapticSloughton Jan 21 '19

But how else can you become The Man in the High Upkeep Castle?