Thread: To buy or not to buy, that is the question...

Originally Posted by animalwithin

Without getting too political, many people I follow, many I've spoken to, etc. are all telling me that I need to be ready to leave should things quickly fall apart. Of course they are addressing the social unrest, political tensions, economic strain, etc.
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Unless you have a specific reason to expect such a situation, I'd not worry. The zombie apocalypse is not going to happen. The notion that suddenly there is going to be a massive war or apocalyptical situation is extremely unlikely.

2 years and the current actions will fuel a drastic change that can make current political power, powerless. It was designed that way.

And politicians eat their young, so internal strife prevent absolute power. You cannot get 10 politicians to agree on anything.


Yea, folks love to hate California, but you cannot beat the weather, 60 minutes from the mountains to the sea, world class health care, and the culture, if you can hold your nose and tongue. I wear shorts and a polo shirt year-round.

We looked at nearby states and cities and yes in some, you can buy twice as much, for half or less of California prices. Everywhere we looked they have the same growing political issues, rising crime and weather, blistering heat or snow.

We were all set to move to northern Arizona about 6 years ago, even sold our home sitting on piles of cash. Then our only granddaughter was born, now were not leaving anytime soon. Weather and family are why we are still here.

Buy, but buy educated. In Southern California, the average person buys a new home every 5-7 years, because they didn’t.

Originally Posted by Tathra11

Come on down my friend!!! The water is fine, the beer is cold and the women are sweeeet. (But the guns and ammo might be an issue)

Haha I know a few big game hunters down in Australia who love it. Choosing between women and guns, that's a tough one

Originally Posted by Bruno

Unless you have a specific reason to expect such a situation, I'd not worry. The zombie apocalypse is not going to happen. The notion that suddenly there is going to be a massive war or apocalyptical situation is extremely unlikely.

Always good hearing from you Bruno. It's definitely easy to focus on the doom and gloom but it's not a healthy approach to life in general.

Originally Posted by Euclid440

2 years and the current actions will fuel a drastic change that can make current political power, powerless. It was designed that way.

And politicians eat their young, so internal strife prevent absolute power. You cannot get 10 politicians to agree on anything.

Yea, folks love to hate California, but you cannot beat the weather, 60 minutes from the mountains to the sea, world class health care, and the culture, if you can hold your nose and tongue. I wear shorts and a polo shirt year-round.

We looked at nearby states and cities and yes in some, you can buy twice as much, for half or less of California prices. Everywhere we looked they have the same growing political issues, rising crime and weather, blistering heat or snow.

We were all set to move to northern Arizona about 6 years ago, even sold our home sitting on piles of cash. Then our only granddaughter was born, now were not leaving anytime soon. Weather and family are why we are still here.

Buy, but buy educated. In Southern California, the average person buys a new home every 5-7 years, because they didn’t.

I hear you on all of this. I have friends and acquaintances in other states (even those that are supposedly deep red) and even they're not happy with the general trajectory of things.