Category Archives: Where to Be or Not to Be

As oil declines, remote gas stations will closefirst, forcing many to move to urban areas, which will become megacities. For a while food, shelter, and power can be provided to urban centers, but eventually the electric grid will fail and diesel shortages strike. National guards and locals checkpoints are likely to make it hard for people to flee cities for the countryside

29 Things to Keep in Mind about buying Real Estate

Posted on May 9, 2014 by

This is an edited down version of 30 Reasons To Get Out Of Real Estate And Into REAL Assets by “Don’t Tread on Me” at businessinsider.com. The shift from paper assets to real assets is driven by money/debt creation. Since … Continue reading →

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How can you buy a farm when you’re competing with private equity?

Posted on March 1, 2014 by

Looks like it will be hard to buy a farm unless you’re wealth.  But in the crisis phase you don’t want to own a large farm anyhow… Half of U.S. Farmland Being Eyed by Private Equity February 19th, 2014.  By … Continue reading →

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Preparing for a Nuclear Terrorist Attack on an American City: Report from the National Academy of Sciences.

Posted on January 28, 2014 by

[ I think cities may be the “best” place for a while. Cities have always been richer than rural areas since wages for farmers, loggers, and mining are much lower than the wages of workers who make “value-added” products from … Continue reading →

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