land for sale?

[Againsheila]

Okay, my husband is getting ready to retire. We are looking at the complete collapse of our monetary system due to debt that we can't possibly pay (American's debt, not ours). So we are considering purchasing some land off in the boonies hoping we can live off the land in our old age. Any suggestions as to where we could retire? Where we could find land with water that was cheap enough and in a good area? Someplace we can put a couple of small homes on, one for us and one for our adult child who is disabled? Preferably someplace close to where we could go hunting for food. Would be cool if there was someplace close by that we could go fishing and it all has to cost about $200,000 or less.

Is this impossible? Any suggestions? We would prefer to stay in our state due to our other disabled child who is in a home and we want to be close to him too.

Also suggestions...my husband is considering closing out his VIP account (most call it a 401K) due to the government threatening to take it over. My husband would then invest that money in the land, a home or improvements on the land and we'd live on social security and Boeing's retirement plan for as long as that lasts. Does anybody think this is a good idea or bad idea? Why or why not?

You sound like you want to downsize and protect your 401k and if possible live near your son, right? I think there are easier ways to downsize but that is just me who hopes to have a cushy life in my retirement versus a live of the land one. Who can say what might happen with these governments we elect.

I must admit I have not paid lots of attention to the 401k government meddling talk in the media. Is it a realistic threat?

I do not know, I guess that depends on the American people and so far, they've really let me down. Letting our military confiscate guns in New Orleans after Katrina and in homes that weren't damaged. That for me was a test and we flunked.

My husband doesn't really want to live off the land either. I guess I'd settle for a smaller place somewhere with fewer restrictions. I just want to get out of the city. Sad because I've lived here most of my life and it wasn't always a city. There were cows when we moved here when I was kid. Heck there were horses right here in this neighborhood.

 

[koshergrl]

Aw well, it was fun while it lasted, lol.

I know how you feel about a place changing, though. I live in my hometown...my house now is situated in what used to be dunes and a really wild, really unique ecosystem.... gone now. It's where I spent most of my spare time as a girl... Now there's a casino, and houses, and streets where there used to be a seasonal lake, and trees, and moss, and sanddunes, and huckleberries, and all sorts of neat stuff. It used to be my backyard, when I was a girl...but now there's really nothing left.