The Citadel: Private Idaho Community Being Planned For ‘American Patriots’ Only
The Citadel is an up-and-coming planned community in Idaho. Although liberals and socialists are allowed to apply for a home spot, the developers are very upfront by warning potential residents that life in the community will likely be incompatible with progressive views.
The Citadel Community will ultimately house up to 7,000 folks who fit the developer’s idea of a patriotic American family, according to group’s website. An exact location for the town which will function with Thomas Jefferson’s views in mind, has not yet been chosen. The Idaho Citadel Community will reportedly be somewhere in the picturesque mountain region.
Those who choose (and are approved after application and formal meeting) to live in the Citadel in Idaho community will be “bound together” by patriotism, a belief in American exceptionalism, pride in liberty, and physical preparedness skills, the Daily Caller notes.
A description of the Citadel Community posted on the Idaho group’s website reads:
“The Citadel Community will house between 3,500 and 7,000 patriotic American families who agree that being prepared for the emergencies of life and being proficient with the American icon of liberty, the Rifle — are prudent measures. There will be no HOA. There will be no recycling police and no local ordinance enforcers from city hall.”
Ground will begin breaking for the Idaho community this year. More than 200 families have reportedly already reserved space in the Citadel Community. The town invites those who are patriotic, well-prepared, and seek to live in both a safe and affordable place to apply.
Once Citadel applicants are approved for a home space they will receive a lifetime lease that will be paid off in 30 years. Potential Idaho community members will not be subjected to a background check, down payment, or property taxes.
Is the Citadel Community a sign that civil unrest and a divide over governance philosophy is growing in America?
“If it doesn’t pick my pocket or break my leg, what business is it of mine?” – Thomas Jefferson
Tags : patriotic American family, planned community in idaho, the citadel community, the citadel in idaho, the citadel private idaho community, the idaho citadel community
Posted: January 14, 2013
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Jan 15, 2013
Complete losers.
Jan 15, 2013
M. Night Shamalan's The Village was a movie, not a town planning proposal!
Jan 15, 2013
Look on the upside: Now we can keep all the batshit insane window-licking fucktards in one place.
Jan 15, 2013
Plus we can hook up CCTV and watch them go all Lord Of The Flies when they realise farming is more than ranchin' steer and shootin' homos.
Jan 15, 2013
It'll be like Big Brother. only AWESOME.
Jan 18, 2013
if you are attempting to build a Jeffersonian community but are starting off by excluding people, you have already failed.
Jan 19, 2013
I think the right people can make it work!
Jan 19, 2013
Guess you did not read their literature & FAQ. Designed for people like you.
Jan 21, 2013
I would love to have the resources to create a commune that functioned on shared progressive principles, and many of those types of intentional communities do actually exist (although they generally don't have citadel walls, but in some cases they *do* have some sort of security boundary.)
SO… how is that so different? Except that they're prepared to defend their community from people who might not agree with their values and who might be interested in imposing their own values on an unwilling community?
Jan 21, 2013
I did read their literature and faq, and even their blogs, I just don't know what you mean designed for people like me, wouldn't you have to know me to make that call?
Jan 21, 2013
The main thing that's different is the paranoid mindset. They're fully expecting trouble, violent trouble. I only hope that none of the residents will be starting any such trouble themselves.
Jan 21, 2013
I hope bomb shelters and a tunnel system are a part of the designs. Because any paranoid patriot worth his salt knows you have to take into account the probable airstrikes to soften up the target before sending in the tanks and troops. And what if the military uses bunker busting bombs? whoops. Anyhow are you supposed to pay off the 30 year lease in gold, or sliver?
Jan 21, 2013
Yes, but that's going to be true no matter where they live. I do realize that there's a chance that moving into a compound may centralize their paranoia, but it may also contain any repercussions. Otherwise they'd be out in the world with it. Also, living in community *may* quell their fears some, make them feel safer, especially if no one reinforces their fears by coming after them. Even with compounds like Wako, the problems didn't start until the government reinforced their paranoia by doing exactly what David Koresh predicted and went after them.
Jan 30, 2013
I live in Waikiki, HI, and drive a taxicab. People often ask me where I'm from and I reply, "America, but that place doesn't exist anymore." For personal reasons, I choose to never own a firearm again, but I *greatly* support your proposed community. Obama and his Democrat/Liberal/Progressive minions are Enemies of the State- no further comment I can post….
Mar 19, 2013
I thought mandates were EVIL.