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				 Re: 2009 Real Estate in Countries that have yet to fall 
 
			
			having the basics for survival in your hand is infinitely preferable to a mitt full of cash. 
 cash is going south, stuff is going north.
 
 If you own a place, which can be used to grow some food, and which provides some fresh water, and have some means to generate any power you need, and have a community committed to mutual aid and protection, no matter how loose, then you have it going on.
 
 It may be advisable to keep SOME cash for trade, but be prepared for it's value to fall until it's almost useless, and then your stuff will be the new cash, especially any extra stuff in the basics category, like food, water, clothing, tools, seeds, gold/silver, skills/labour, etc.
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