Gold is gold and silver is silver (bullion, that is). Land is many things, more variables to factor in. Do you mean purchasing land that you "own" but the bank holds the mortgage? Or land that you *own*?
Personally, and I am believer in a coming crash, so you must factor that into my outlook, I would like to get a little land out of the way somewhat so I could fix it up as a getaway option. I can't afford to pay cash for what I want, so I don't see it as a good move for that reason.
I am thinking of buying land and paying cash for it. I am looking at it as an investment along with having a getaway place if needed.
We still need to have cash, gold or silver. Cash is probably the worst option based on the ease of devaluing cash from the govt stance. Course bullets are a great bargaining tool also....