I have watched many of Joel Skousen's videos on You Tube. I think he is very knowledgeable and agree with most of what he says. I will also give him the benefit of the doubt that most of what he says is true. He seems to do all the the due diligence to research his topics, and give an honest assessment. IMHO strategic relocation just isn't ever going to happen for 99.99% of us. I would go so far as to say it isn't even feasible.
I would be much more interested in focusing on what I can do to survive where I am, and doing it on a reasonable budget.
True... most folks are anchored by their jobs, kids in school, etc., but for retirees or those with money set aside, it can be a viable way of removing themselves from threat areas. Even if one can't move for whatever reason, the book offers some insight into what's going on in this country today, and also offers tips for increasing safety no matter where one lives. Moi, I had a little leeway, some choice in the matter, when I left Kalifornia with $100K in the bank, so I decided to give rural living a try, ya know? I'd already been in the Big City too long, and I was ready to make the change.
I used what info I could from the book, and I'm thankful to ol' Joel for enlightening me in many ways, since I had never been a "home moaner" before. I helped pay off that home in Coronado, but I got less out of it in the long run because we had to chop the estate nine ways. In other words, when the home sold for $1.3M and the dust settled, each of us got $127K, thanks to diligent work by my brother the estate attorney. I'm thankful to him as well for doing such a good job with the estate sale. Anyway, I struck out on my own for the first time in my life... meaning I was away from family & friends.
I didn't do too badly in Arizona, even though I wound up flipping two homes... not what I intended to do when I left Kalifornia in the rearview mirror. But I lived well and made good money off the flips, and I learned a lot about living in the boondocks, which has helped me greatly on my spiritual journey during these fraudulent times. The way I see it, folks can make the transition to rural living, but they still need to be close enough to a town of some size for resupply purposes. Plus, if one is too far out in the boondocks, then commuting & high fuel bills become negative factors.
The homes I bought in Arizona were on the outskirts of town, as this one is in New Mexico. I can thank Joel Skousen for informing me that property taxes are generally much lower in county areas than they are within town limits. Ideally, for those who may be considering such a move as I made to escape from the Big City, a property outside of a town, with rural (county) water or well water, is a big step in the right direction. Also, check zoning laws to see whether you can raise chickens, goats, and other livestock. I can do all of those here... a horse if I had the money and were so inclined.
Anyway, Skousen has written other books on secure & self-sustaining homes, with excellent tips throughout those books. For instance, he recommends steel doors instead of wood, as they are tougher to break down and they can't be burned with conventional arson methods, lol. Little things like that all add up to increase home security. As with other books, I take what I can use from Skousen's works and do the best I can with it. And I'm not in a bad home right now, despite being at least 10 or 12 miles (as the crow flies) from Holloman AFB, possibly 15 miles... I'm off to the south of Alamogordo, outside the blast radius of any nuke, and I'd probably dodge the fallout given my location and prevailing winds. So that's a plus...
Also, in taking Skousen's advice over the past 6 or 7 years, I've always lived near wilderness areas where it'd be easy to intentionally get lost and live off the land if necessary... plenty of wildlife in the Sacramento Mountains, as well as the Dragoons and the White Mountains of Arizona. That was another factor important to me: to be near undeveloped wilderness areas where I could also enjoy some recreation. Having all these trails to ride through the forest is nice, and they're only minutes from my door, not hours like in the Socialist Republik of Kalifornia. I don't miss those "escape drives" from the Big City in San Diego County, lol. No traffic here to speak of, which is another huge plus! Cheers!!!