Where Will You Go if America Collapses?

Townhall.com ^ | February 4, 2013 | Daniel J. Mitchell

[dagogo redux]

Bless you, sir, for your answer.

[Tunehead54]

My advice: If you had to shoot them - leave them there, new “candidates” will likely go elsewhere.

If necessary you could probably drag them around to form a perimeter as a warning to all. I cannot believe I have to consider these strategies in the US of A. ;-(

[freeangel]

I live in south Gwinnett County and have Hank Johnson as a rep.—’Can’t get any bluer than that.

[jobim]

The Big Island(my home) presents some attractive features:
year-round growing season, abundant rainfall, rural living,
limited vagabond/druggie/welfare population. Now, if the boy tin
pot in Korea fires his taepongdong slingshot, all bets are off.
But self-sufficiency is a real possibility here.

[WVKayaker]

I'm leaving for Ormoc City, Leyte, at the end of this month. After a day of flying to the other side of the world, I will begin living in an English-speaking, Christian nation with a robust (by comparison to others) economy and real growth. The good side is the $100-150 a month rent. The down side is... I'm sure there are storms, but days of 80-90's and nights of 60-70's sounds pretty good to me!

I will have internet, satellite (or cable) TV and all the fresh seafood I can catch or buy! I will fly back for visits, but plan on spending my last quality years abroad in a friendly community...!

[Kaslin]

My brother in law is ex Aussie military and he was sent to the bottom of the job list when he returned there recently because of the time he spent in the U.S. He came back to the U.S.

First of all, I assume your brother in law spend quite some time in the US before returning to Australia. I also assume your bil is a Australian citizen. Do you think if an American ex military had spend quite time in Australia and then suddenly decides to return he would go to the top of the list just because he had been in the military? I doubt it

[cuban leaf]

I need to look into that...

[SgtHooper]

Have to agree with you. Not Austrailia, no way. Have relatives there. It’s one big “Chicago” nation.

[grumpa]

Texas is a whole other country. Www.freetexasconstitution.wordpress.com

[Georgia Girl 2]

“I live in south Gwinnett County and have Hank Johnson as a rep.—’Can’t get any bluer than that”

Oh crikes!!! You must right on the Dekalb line. Isn’t he the guy that thinks Guam is going to tip over?

[zeugma]

To the rooftops?

[Mr. Jeeves]

You won't be able to go anywhere:

- The US will impose capital controls immediately. You won't be able to move any money out of the country.

- The US will very likely require exit visas to leave the country. Unless you have a compelling reason or big money to bribe the TSA, you will be turned away at the airport, if not arrested outright. If you have two nickels to rub together, the US government is not going to let you run while they still need assets to confiscate.

- No country will accept an American as a refugee, especially one who has left for economic reasons. Unless you already have a business or property or a lot of money stashed overseas, they will not allow you in. And, since it is highly likely the US will impose draconian controls on foreign nationals entering the country during a time of economic collapse, expect reciprocal action from other nations.

- As others have pointed out above, a US collapse will be closely tied to a world collapse. Even if you can navigate your way through all of the all of the above risks, you stand a high chance of being robbed, injured, or killed as the "foreign scum" you are when the economy in your destination country goes bad.

And all of this presumes there is still enough social order (and gasoline) remaining in the US to safely drive yourself to the nearest airport.

[DoodleDawg]

Australia all the way!

No thanks. Their gun ownership laws are ridiculous.

[Blueflag]

Be careful, that part of Gwinnett might flip over from population shifts ;-)

[freeangel]

“Isn’t he the guy that thinks Guam is going to tip over?”

Yep—He’s as stupid as the voters who put him in office. You’d think they would be ashamed of him. But, then, we had Cynthia Mckinney for a while too. When I said “Can’t get any bluer, I meant that in more than one way. :(

[listenhillary]

Today
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I would melt. Too humid.

[listenhillary]

The USA has decided that it has world wide jurisdiction regarding their citizens and the banks they choose.

It might make it hard to find a bank outside of the US.

[usmom]

I agree with your scenario. Do people really think in the middle of a collapse they will be able to travel freely within the US much less get on a plane and fly (and then be let in) to another country? The best we can hope for is to shelter and defend in place and somehow rise from the ashes when it is all over. I don’t even think people would be able to get to their ‘local’ safe places- gas will be cut off or astronomically expensive, travel on highways will be jam packed and/or filled with check-points. Unless you are there before and stay put, don’t plan on getting there.

[DCBryan1]

And all of this presumes there is still enough social order (and gasoline) remaining in the US to safely drive yourself to the nearest airport.

Ever wonder why liberals HATE private jets and private aircraft? It is because they can't control you!

A good skillset to have is piloting private aircraft in order to escape or retreive loved ones from occupied areas.

[cripplecreek]

I have a friend who lives part time in Honduras and she has an escape plan to the USA just in case things collapse. She loves Honduras and its people but she’s aware of how quickly things can change to paint a target on her back.

She lives in a gated community with a private landing strip for a reason.

The last thing you want to be is a foreigner in a strange land amid a financial collapse.