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Terr_
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A Cruise Ship Called “The World” Is a Luxury Home ...
The cynic in me wonders what shifty benefits patrons could get from effectively owning their own little mobile legal patch of whatever country is the flag-of-convenience. (In this case, it seems to be the Bahamas.)
hardlianotion
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Tax advantages from non-dom status, I'm guessing. And getting to be with the other ghetto kids.
crooked-v
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Given the average age of the residents, it's probably mostly things like "everything in the shipboard pharmacy is extremely cheap compared to the US".
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