If you had like 3-5 million for a house, plus suitable money for day-to-today living.

[supermanlives]

I am thinking southern coastal Oregon myself. nor cal is to high profile

 

[wantaknow]

convert it all to gold ,and silver ,put it where rust and moth don't corrupt

 

[HempKat]

and u had to stay in the US, where would you go?

This is NOT my situation but it is for an acquaintance. We got to talking over bourbons and he was thinking about what to do (inheritance).

He's thinking about Norcal. He's a gun guy, a weed guy and an outdoors/hunter guy. His thoughts were humboldt sheriff will very likely issue him a CCW, he can grow legally high numbers for himself (he's a strain hunter), and the hunting is pretty good. No terribly cold winters.

I told him he's absolutely nuts for voluntarily paying the 13% state income tax California has to offer (4% in Colorado!) , not to mention the gang bullshit that pollutes Humboldt these days.

I said I would pick some elk hunting ranch on the front range in the middle of nowhere, maybe a small spot in the keys to hang 2-3 months a year when it gets too cold or I get too lonely.

What would you do?

(these threads tend to either depress/annoy people or are fun and interesting heh)

Is he open to spending just a million perhaps less on a home? I mean a million dollars buys an awful lot of nice house if you avoid the pretentious neighborhoods where all the rich like to go or some popular feature nearby that jacks up the price. If he is, he could live virtually anywhere and have a nice home with plenty of space complete with an underground, off grid grow room if he's into that.

 

[iwannaretire]

So, I am seriously looking for a bugout spot, again. I bugged out in 1981 to the woods of Maine, around where Superman was, and battled the bugs, the cold, the mud, the isolation, for 25 years. It was great but we moved on, first for 8 years in a small college town in the mountains of southwest Virginia, and now live on the beach outside Charleston SC. There are many small towns that host large Universities all over the country. They are great places to live because the largesse from the schools protects the local economy. My quest for a safe spot is leading me to the eastern foothills of the southern Appalachians, where the growing season is long, Winter is short and shallow, water is abundant, and farmland and woods are plentiful. Building a near self sustainable homestead , whether it is grand and complete with all needs and wants met, or a less capitalised version which is what I would do, would be my goal. If you want to be a millionaire playboy and buy a shiny plaything and grow gangsta pot then Colorado and Cali seem beautiful and easy. Give me 5 acres for crops, hoop houses for Winter greens, a nice pond for aquaculture and irrigation, ample surface water, a spring that originates on the property, 20 acres of woodlot and an earthship or similar house and a barn/workshop, and I'm flying. Southern country folk are still aquainted with rural skills, value privacy, and are good natured unless you fuck with them. Advantages of southeast US mountains are: almost no weather that can kill you, no fires, earthquakes, bugs aren't bad, lots of water( to me this is the most important requirement), long grow season, good soil, abundant raw materials. I read a lot of stories about people looking into Costa Rica, Belize, Ecuador, Peru, Europe, southeast Asia. All those places are fine unless and until something goes horribly awry. Then you will be a rich Gringo on your own, far far from home. Most banks are in the process of banning foreign money transfers, and capital controls are in the works. Smuggling wealth is very frowned upon by the powers that be, unless you are in the connected class, then you get a numbered account in the Caymans , with access to banks in Hong Cong and Singapore. Usually people who are given money were never intended to have it and lose it all pretty quickly do to bad decisions.

as opposed to where, rural Australia? hehe

The rest I can dig.

 

[iwannaretire]

Update if anyone cares. He bought a house in Tampa, Fl of all places.

No income tax, lower cost of living and the fishing, I guess.

The house allegedly has an elevator that leads to a pool on the roof that overlooks the ocean. lol. Douche! (jk)

Is he open to spending just a million perhaps less on a home? I mean a million dollars buys an awful lot of nice house if you avoid the pretentious neighborhoods where all the rich like to go or some popular feature nearby that jacks up the price. If he is, he could live virtually anywhere and have a nice home with plenty of space complete with an underground, off grid grow room if he's into that.

^^^

Property taxes on his place?

30K a year. Homeowners insurance/hurricane, god knows.

Weird move IMO, but he loves it.

 

[ronbo51]

So, he went the shiny object playboy millionaire route. Cool.

 

[Easy7]

I don't think your allowed to grow that much for yourself in Humboldt. I think it's just a 1k in Arcata. I'd bunker down in a cheaper house, waiting to move when laws are better. Maybe Humboldt, maybe colorado. Don't have that money myself but looked into dreams enough.

 

[DrySiftWizard]

Northern California.

Easy choice.

 

[iwannaretire]

Northern California.

Easy choice.

13 percent off the top to the state.

That's hard to swallow.

No income tax in Florida.

 

[DrySiftWizard]

No hurricanes or humidity in Cali.

> * Plus it's legal here.

Not sure I want a bunch of Floriduh cops chasing me around.

 

[HempKat]

^^^

Property taxes on his place?

30K a year. Homeowners insurance/hurricane, god knows.

Weird move IMO, but he loves it.

Well if he loves it and can sustain it then that's all that matters I guess?

 

[supermanlives]

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You will miss human contact within 6 months almost guaranteed. Try it for yourself though and see

more like you will be tired of spanking the monkey and need some pussy.