Reply #77: How I plan to survive? I don't need much. [View All]

I've thought for many years about what I would do if "civilization" totally collapsed. Finding a supply of salt would be the trickiest thing. And I'd miss toilet paper.

Other than that, I've already spent most of my adult life living in rural areas, learning how to garden and gather and make/build/repair things. At various times in my life I've lived with no electricity, and cooked and heated with nothing but wood. I don't use pharmaceuticals, I've always used herbs to treat illnesses.

Currently, my little cabin and 10 acres of land in northern Minnesota will be paid off in full this spring. I don't own any credit cards, I don't have cable TV, I don't have any car loans, and my property taxes are very low since I don't have any plumbing or running water.

As an old hippie who dropped out a long time ago, I've survived for many years on very little. I don't think my life would change very much if a full out economic Depression hit, I've always lived pretty bare bones.

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