I would really like to own land some day, unfortunately I do not have almost $400 US Dollars per week to have it. Who really has that much every week to toss around? I, honestly, would like to know why land is so expensive? Someone makes it practically impossible for the small not so wealthy people to own land. I would like to establish a business in SL but have no room to do so or the proper land to do so. I know you can rent land but even then it is still expensive and it is not like I can go rent somewhere really small with little prims, I need the room and prims to build in order to open a business in order to make L$ in order to be able to keep up on the land I would one day like to buy. It is literally a vicious circle, you can't buy land without L$, you can't make L$ unless you sell stuff or open a business, you can't sell stuff or open a nice business unless you have land. I am just confused as to why land is really expensive? Update: Thank you all for responding quickly. Also I was exaggerating the price a bit but still for what I would like $195 is an awful lot and most times it is per week when it comes to private island sellers. Also, I have things for sale in the marketplace but I cannot afford the higher positioning of all of the ads so no one is even getting to my postings. And I understand that Linden Lab is running a business, however, it is not just Linden Lab, it is also the private sellers. Again thank you all for your responses, I truly appreciate them. :matte-motes-asleep-2: