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# You Can Now Buy a Huge Chunk of a Town Featured in _Walking Dead_

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## TIME Staff


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## TIME Staff


Mar 2, 2015 9:53 AM UTC

The former mayor of a town in rural Georgia town is using eBay to [sell the downtown district featured](http://www.ebay.com/itm/Downtown-Grantville-Georgia-For-Sale-unique-opportunity-/271786209879?pt=LH%5FDefaultDomain%5F0&hash=item3f47b87257) on AMC’s hit television drama _Walking Dead._

In an effort to leverage the new found fame of Grantville, Ga., Jim Sells is hoping to find a buyer for up to nine buildings, totaling 25,000 square feet, to help revitalize the area. His asking price is $680,000.

Sells prominently advertises the town’s attractiveness to the television and film industry on eBay.

“We have people coming from all over the world because of _The Walking Dead_,” he told _USA Today._

The former textile town [had fallen on tough times](http://www.dallasnews.com/lifestyles/travel/us/20131019-walking-dead-leads-to-walking-grantville-ga..ece), with many residents leaving to find better jobs, creating the post-apocalyptic feel that the makers of _Walking Dead_ found so attractive.

Sells bought the properties out of foreclosure during the recession and set to renovating the dilapidated zone.

_Walking Dead_, currently in its fifth season, is one of the most popular shows on television and follows a beleaguered cast of characters as they search for safety from a world inhabited by zombies.

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