If you have the money to invest in land, there are some truly excellent opportunities. It would take considerable research -- I recommend consulting a professional futurist if you can find one -- but much is already available for you to peruse.
Strong Towns has extensive materials on what makes a resilient and enjoyable community. That will tell you a lot about what kinds of features to watch for and avoid.
Transition Towns are more particularly focused on climate change and other major threats, with an eye toward using local community to survive them.
Use a population loss map to identify areas where people are leaving. These typically have real estate much cheaper than areas where people are packing in. You will note that lots of people are crowding into areas that are marginal and getting worse. Their pain can be your gain.
Features particularly valuable in the future: * Buildings that can reasonably house lots of people without feeling too crowded. * Plenty of natural resources such as arable land, standing timber, surface or well water, etc. * Defensibility such as a basement or storm shelter. * Plan B equipment in case conventional methods fail, e.g. a woodstove or fireplace if the heat goes out, high ceilings and crosscurrent windows in case the air conditioning dies.
Ideally, you want good internet connection, as this enables both socializing and work without depending on local opportunities.
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Date: 2021-05-01 02:23 am (UTC)Strong Towns has extensive materials on what makes a resilient and enjoyable community. That will tell you a lot about what kinds of features to watch for and avoid.
Transition Towns are more particularly focused on climate change and other major threats, with an eye toward using local community to survive them.
Use a population loss map to identify areas where people are leaving. These typically have real estate much cheaper than areas where people are packing in. You will note that lots of people are crowding into areas that are marginal and getting worse. Their pain can be your gain.
Features particularly valuable in the future:
* Buildings that can reasonably house lots of people without feeling too crowded.
* Plenty of natural resources such as arable land, standing timber, surface or well water, etc.
* Defensibility such as a basement or storm shelter.
* Plan B equipment in case conventional methods fail, e.g. a woodstove or fireplace if the heat goes out, high ceilings and crosscurrent windows in case the air conditioning dies.
Ideally, you want good internet connection, as this enables both socializing and work without depending on local opportunities.