Second Life Residents seeking a more leisurely, bucolic lifestyle have long been drawn to the simple charms of SL’s planned community regions. Whether it’s the suburban charms of Brown and Boardman or the sylvan, back-to-nature atmosphere of Camp De Haro, the planned communities offer a way of life that is a world away from the hustle and bustle of more mainstream areas.
Recent changes to the Second Life economy, however, have adversely impacted these communities -- plot size restrictions meant that Residents didn’t have the prim budget to build the standardized dwellings they were required to build! Governor Linden has ordered changes to the planned community zoning to address these issues – and that means releasing Linden-owned land to the public.
Building rules for Brown, Boardman, and De Haro remain largely unchanged; regulation tents and cabins in Camp De Haro, suburban dwellings (House-in-a-box requirements have been lifted, but stores, dance clubs, sheep farms, and any other non-residential builds are still a no-no) in Brown and Boardman. The major change in policy involves plot size – Residents are no longer restricted to a particular parcel size and are free to own as much land as they like. To make Open Market stalls more useful, their size has been increased to 8x12 meters. Anyone can own a Market stall but only one per Resident per region.
Land release in these regions will take place over the course of the next several days. (Most of Boardman is already owned by residents.)
A complete list of rules is available by clicking one of the signs around the perimeter of each of these regions, or by clicking here.