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Episode-716- Where are you Going to Build that Better Life [ 1:27:39 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Of course my stance is well known on the best place to live and or ride out a major SHTF but I also say all the time,

“Your personal philosophy is more important for you than mine! You are the master of your own life and if you don’t agree with my views, great, define, understand and implement your own.

The biggest thing you can do is understand that you are in control of your life and that what you do matters. Those two factors have the greatest impact on individual survival across every demographic you can imagine.”

So with that in mind I thought I might do a show about the positive and negative aspects about living and dealing with various levels of disaster in five major types of areas.

Join me today as we discuss…

• Urban – The Good
• Resources rich
• First to receive aid
• Density of social groups
• Easy transportation options
• Help is generally close by
• Abundance of materials
• Urban – The Bad
• Magnets for those in need in a disaster
• Population density risks
• Expensive cost of living – in “safe” areas
• Government regulation density
• Food scarcity
• Crime rates even in “good tines”
• Space is at a premium
• Many city governments are nearly bankrupt
• Suburban – The Good
• Generally solid neighborhood structure
• Land is sufficient for home growing
• Can be affordable
• Reasonable access to career opportunities
• Generally low crime rates (subject to many things)
• Access to the good parts of urban with less of the bad
• Fast responder times
• Suburban- The Bad
• High taxes
• Regulation density
• HOAs
• Nosy/Meddling neighbors
• Population density
• Many are also nearly bankrupt
• Small Town – The Good
• Almost all of the good of suburban with less of the bad
• Generally less regulation dense but that is changing
• Lower crime rates
• Generally more self sufficient people
• More affordable property
• Lower taxes – (sometimes)
• Often still have reasonable access to cities (1-3 hours)
• Reasonable response times for first responders
• Reasonable employment opportunities
• Access to remote and rural areas
• Strong cultures of community
• Small Town – The Bad
• Still have a potential for mob attitude in a SHTF
• Less career opportunity especially for the “employee”
• Less resources available
• Many still have significant regulation density
• False senses of security, preparedness and sustainability
• Many are also nearly bankrupt
• True Rural – The Good
• Affordable living
• Strong community
• Low regulation density
• Low taxes and land costs
• Greater native preparedness
• Greater access to “wild areas”
• Access to larger towns – small cities
• Law enforcement officers are “laid back”
• Low population densities
• Highly self reliant
• True Rural – The Bad
• Generally at the bottom of priority of response
• Poor career opportunities (generally)
• May take time to be accepted in the community
• More likely to loose services or just not have them
• Cost of commuting for resources
• Man made resource poor (comparatively speaking)
• Less “social group” diversity
• Remote – The Good
• Extensive freedom
• Low population density
• Large amounts of cheap and usable land
• Extremely high self reliance quotient
• The community that does exist is strong
• Generally surrounded by “wild areas”
• Natural resources are often highly available
• Remote – The Bad
• Career opportunities may be non existent
• Absolutely the last to receive aid, sometimes never
• Can be flat out lonely
• Distance to supplies can be extreme
• You are easier to victimize if the opportunity occurs
• Difficult to raise children
• High construction costs

Additional Resources for Today’s Show

• Members Support Brigade
• TSP Gear Shop
• Back Yard Food Production – (sponsor of the day)
• Fortress Self Defense Consultants – (sponsor of the day)
• Members Support Brigade
• Ron Hood’s Survival.com Magazine

Remember to comment, chime in and tell us your thoughts, this podcast is one man’s opinion, not a lecture or sermon. Also please enter our listener appreciation contest and help spread the word about our show. Also remember you can call in your questions and comments to 866-65-THINK and you might hear yourself on the air.

Episode-706- Getting The Life You Want So You Can Live It [ 1:14:37 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

From the very beginning I have made The Survival Podcast a positive presentably of survival and preparedness planning with the slogan…

“Helping you live the life you want, if times get tough, or even if they don’t”

It breaks all the rules of marketing for a tag line, it is too long, it is clunky and most who try to repeat it don’t get it right.  Coke’s marketing department with there slick, “It’s the Real Thing” would laugh at me as would the guys at Hertz that sum it up with “We’re #1″ and the Saatchi Brothers who sum up an entire brand with one “love word” would scoff to no end.

Yet it works, it embodies the show spirit and the community spirit.  Why?

1. I broke the rules, I had to the entire show is about breaking the fake rules we are told we have to follow in life.
2. It’s true, it is real, it is genuine and it makes sense to people.  Hording a ton of crap is pointless but building a life that is both reward and prepared makes sense.

So once in a while like today, I have to spend some time talking about how you get “the life you want” in the first place.  The life style we teach here will lead you there, properly followed there is no where else you can end up, but how about changing the slogan just for today to….

“Helping you live the life you want NOW, if times get tough, or even if they don’t”

So that is what we are going to do today, focus on the proper mind set so what ever it is you want that life to be you can get there, perhaps not NOW as in this second but some time soon, not down the road in the realm of commercials by Investment Advisers, when you are old and gray or perhaps dead.

Join me today as we discuss…

• First you have to know what you want
• You must accept that it is possible for you personally
• You must unite dreams with reality
• You must take responsibility for your own education
• You must embrace failure
• You must understand the power of adapt, improvise and overcome
• You must take action
• You must track your progress
• You must be prepared to be surrounded by people who are wrong
• Your vision must be yours if you are a couple it must be yours collectively
• Understand you are guaranteed success but not specific success

Resources for Today’s Show

• Members Support Brigade
• TSP Gear Shop
• Join Our Forum
• Sawtooth Tactical – (sponsor of the day)
• Knife Kits – (sponsor of the day)

Remember to comment, chime in and tell us your thoughts, this podcast is one man’s opinion, not a lecture or sermon. Also please enter our listener appreciation contest and help spread the word about our show. Also remember you can call in your questions and comments to 866-65-THINK and you might hear yourself on the air.