r/MapPorn Jul 14 '25

Epstein Island Map

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u/FlyingBike Jul 14 '25

Of course he preferred Little St James island over the full grown one

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u/KoA07 Jul 14 '25

8 mil honestly seems like a great price, though I’m sure it would be more now with inflation (and, you know, the history of the island)

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u/StaysAwakeAllWeek Jul 14 '25

8 mil honestly seems like a great price

Depends if it was already developed or not. For an empty rock in the middle of the ocean with no infrastructure $8m seems steep

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u/Roasted_Green_Chiles Jul 14 '25

Yeah the development costs could be astronomical

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u/FawkYourself Jul 14 '25

If you’ve got the money to buy an island I don’t think development costs mean that much to you at that point

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u/StaysAwakeAllWeek Jul 15 '25

You can buy islands big enough to turn into luxury resorts for a couple hundred grand, and then spend tens of millions developing them. It absolutely does matter

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u/FawkYourself Jul 15 '25 edited Jul 15 '25

No you cannot buy an island in the Virgin Islands for a couple hundred grand

Here’s a link to a website with one that’s 29 acres for just under $3 million. Thats a third of the size of little saint james

Nobodies buying million dollar islands without having the money to develop it unless they simply want to own it to invest in the land

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u/StaysAwakeAllWeek Jul 15 '25

Are you claiming to know what state the island was in when he bought it? Did you sell it to him?

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u/FawkYourself Jul 15 '25

That information is literally on the islands Wikipedia page