Quote Originally Posted by DC48080 View Post
Uh, what about the law? It is illegal to squat. Essentially you are stealing someone else's property.
Like it or not, private property is not absolute. I was surprised, for instance, to learn that there are provisions for squatting in common law, and some American judges are friendly to that legal tradition. So can squatters take over legally? Rarely, but I believe it happens sometimes.