Has anyone ever considered buying land somewhere remote in preparation for the end of the modern world/society?
It could be a holiday home in the meantime, and become a self sufficient homestead when sh*t gets wild…
How much land would you need and where would you do it? What would you keep there?
All it takes is an outbreak or civil unrest and we could be in some real trouble!
you better have a bunker with years of food and ammo
You lot sound like Adam Lanza’s mother
Do I believe in doing this stuff? No, but here’s what I would have:
Small cabin, backwoods Kentucky, WV, PA or NY possibly adjacent to state park. Would only need an acre or a few, very cheap. A running stream would be nice, as would a manual well. Some canned goods would be good, as would good outdoor clothes, a headlamp, sleeping bag and backpack, a mountain bike with spare tubes and a chain (and knowledge of how to swap them), cross country skis, a solar panel, some batteries, a small camp stove, a saw, hammer, and a hatchet, a few small animal traps (knowledge of how to use them) and a basic hunting rifle and shotgun.
I would have a small basement dug and properly sealed, then have the access point through a hatch built into the floor boards. I would store most of the gear in there because during the year rednecks on four wheelers drinking jim beam are prone to vandalizing what they percieve to be abandoned back country locations. Probably have sealable and secure storm shutters on the windows and spend time getting to know your neighbors too for this reason.
I think can and dry food is the key here. Not sure about you, but my odds of survival by hunting and farming will probably not be past the expiration date of those things…
Yeah, I grew up hunting, trapping and farming on a ~500 acre farm. Plus there’s the whole backcountry camping each weekend.
Apolcalypse advantage - BS
You can buy this bridge I’m selling you.
Here is the problem with buying land for end of world.
If you live in the city and said land is hours away how do you get there if sh*t hits the fan? Roads will be trashed and everyone will be heading out of city. Highways are packed with traffic now on a daily basis and imagaine when EVERYONE is heading in the same direction.
Do you really want to be the only person alive? Sounds boring to me.
My survival kit is a lawn chair, beer and sunglasses. When the time comes I want to go out comfortable, buzzed and looking cool.
I took a little roadtrip in the Sonoran desert and made a quick stop at the Salton sea riviera to marvel at the exotic brown color of the water. There were multiple signs offering beachfront properties at $99 down, everyone qualifies - seems like a good cheap bearish case since nobody would want to go there and take your land anyway. Judging from the surroundings, the smell of rotten eggs from the sulphur in the water and the few zombies I saw drifting aimlessly around in the desert heat, the end of the world has already arrived there so transition wouldn’t be particularly abrubpt.
A very good friend of mine (civil engineer) is a self-described “survivalist.” Although his world view is a bit more pessimistic than my own, he has me convinced to buy some raw land with him in the next 10-15 years. He often sends me links for acreage in the Western United States. The land is not only picturesque, but also, surprisingly affordable. My fiance, who is from North Dakota, is 100% on board. While the land could serve as a survival plot, I look at it more as an investment and as a vacation / retirement property.
how affordable are we talkign?
Dude, you can buy like 11 nice wooded acres in Kentucky for 10-20 thousand.
Get a nice tidy cabin back there and you’ve got a guaranteed fallback plan for retirement and a great place to get smashed with your friends.
Assuming no end of world scenario occurs, what rights are you entitled to with land ownership? I guess you get any minerals found there and you can kick people out. But anything else?
Well, if you enjoy outdoors, then you can hunt, fish, ride ATV’s, setup volleyball or whatever out back, plant crops (depending on the nature of the land) or if you have a small pond utilize an un polluted rec area, etc. Most of all, just enjoy some solitude. Really just comes down ot the individual.
Tell your civil engineer friend it’s a no-go unless he’s sweetening the plan by bringing his GF to the mix. She must be at least as attractive as your fiancée. Two guys and one chick in survival mode is a recipe for disaster; he’ll probably cut your throat to keep your chick during the first week.
Next time keep an eye on his expressions when he’s talking to your GF. You’ll find whether he’s setting you up or what.
I dont get it.
why would you spend money to buy land for the end of earth unless you’re going to spend time setting up booby-traps and what not.
I mean someone turning up at you’re gates with a gun isn’t going to respect your ownership or anything post apocolypse
^ I think the primary deterent is meant to be the remoteness, but I like where your head’s at.
Duh, obviously. Really the best way to go if you’re talking survivalism is a cabin with an abandoned missile silo underneath. Like this: http://www.missilebases.com/properties. The one is Tucson is pretty affordable too. You could store so many weapons, ammo, supplies in these things because they are huge. Plus, they are pretty freakin’ tough to break into (they were housing missiles, after all).
A lot of people try to make them really nice, but I think the way to go is pure survivalist. If you could figure out a source for water or a way to grow something down there then you could live like you’re on the moon base 1.