Times and things change... democracy is temporary. Christ is forever.
In 2011 we moved in, and in 2013 bought the adjacent 20 acres which gave us two streams.
Only about 10% of the reason for doing this was for “SHTF”. It’s now 50%. And it would be 80% except we love it here so much that that is half the reason we’re still here.
But anyone familiar with human nature and history knows this road has just about reached its end. It will not be pretty.
+1.
Through ALL the SHTF scenarios we have faced in the past, call it, 20 years--I have never been as pessimistic as I am now.
If you were still in Washington, you wouldn’t be able to legally walk within 250 feet of those streams!
I did the same as you, except in AL, and 10 years too late. I may have missed the window to avoid the coming unpleasantness. God be with us all.