Time to get out of dodge?

[Bill Bonner’s Diary]( Time to Get Out of Dodge? By Bill Bonner Friday, April 9, 2021 [Bill Bonner] YOUGHAL, IRELAND – A German movie, title long forgotten, showed a group of children whose parents were killed near the end of World War II. The four children were orphaned into chaos, ruins, and hunger. With no family nearby, no functioning government, no communications or social services available, and neither law nor order to protect them, what could they do? The children set off, making their way across Germany in 1945 – amid scenes of desperation, violence, and depravity. The redeeming thing was not only that the children were resourceful and intrepid, and succeeded in reaching their grandmother’s house… but that when they got there, they found it just as they remembered it – an oasis of tranquility… untouched by five years of brutal warfare. When things fall apart, in other words, is a good time to be where they don’t fall apart. 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And now… partly in response and partly in anticipation… Americans seem to be on the move, too. Some are fed up with politics… with their neighbors… or just with the weather. Others, like animals moving to higher ground before a tsunami, may be sensing danger. “[Zoom Towns]( are booming. And prices in some areas are soaring. Curiously, if masking up, closing down, and staying away help reduce death rates from COVID-19… …Americans must not fear death. Because last year, they moved from places with fairly strict control measures to places without them. This remark should not be confused with “the science.” It’s just an observation passed along by a French colleague, Simone Wapler. She reports that 16 million Americans packed up last year, and sent us the latest figures compiled by moving company, United Van Lines. They show, on the left, the states people abandoned… and on the right, where they went. States people left in 2020 States people moved to in 2020 New Jersey Idaho New York South Carolina Idaho Oregon Idaho South Dakota California Arizona Kansas North Carolina North Dakota Tennessee Massachusetts Alabama Ohio Florida Maryland Arkansas Source: [United Van Lines]( Writes Simone: People left the towns where local taxes were high, and states where people were locked down – such as California, New York, and Illinois. They found more moderate taxation and less confinement in states such as Florida, Idaho, and Tennessee. [Featured: This Revolutionary Tech IS the #1 Investment of the Century]( Getting Out Others seem to be moving out of the U.S. completely. Yesterday, we talked with a colleague, Ronan McMahon, an expert on real estate in the resort communities of Central America. “Most of the buyers used to be older people,” Ronan explained. “American retirees.” “I’m in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. Here in my building, it used to be very quiet, with a couple of common rooms for meetings and cocktail parties. Now, the place is full of families – some with young children. And the meeting rooms have been turned into digital workstations. “And over on the East Coast of Mexico, I’ve never seen so much activity. Restaurants are full. Beaches are crowded. Americans are buying places sight unseen. They seem almost desperate to get out of the U.S.” Recommended Link [Buy This Ticker Now: Projected To Jump 1,530%]( [ad_img]( With experts projecting gains as high as 1,530% by the end of this year… If you don’t buy this ticker, you’ll regret it later. Forbes has already confirmed that when all is said and done, “a new class of millionaires may emerge.” [Click here and get the ticker now… no strings attached.]( Trouble Ahead The U.S. is clearly headed for trouble. Deeply in debt already, it proposes to solve its problems – real and imagined – by borrowing (and printing) more money. Eventually, the whole money system will [blow up](. Most likely, the supermarket shelves will empty… and the headlines will fill up with reports of violence, corruption, and jackassery. [Featured: Shocking Prediction Made Two Years Ago in Motion Now.]( How bad will it get? We have no way of knowing. Maybe we will muddle through with only financial losses. Or maybe millions will die in a coming “Dark Age” of starvation and civil war. When will things get rough? We don’t know that, either. Typically, disasters take much longer to begin than you expect. Then, they happen faster than you expect. And finally, they get worse than you ever imagined. Whatever happens, some places are less likely to fall apart than others. Recommended Link [Expert: Prepare for the Stock Market’s “Final Panic”]( [ad_img]( Is it possible to know exactly when this bull market will end? Not only that, is it possible to use the inevitable crash to your advantage? The answer may surprise you. [Click for all the details here…]( Find Your Bolthole In the meantime, we are “locked down” in [our own little bolthole in Ireland]( waiting for the country to open up again… and for the birth of a grandchild. (Any day now!) But you don’t have to leave the U.S. to find relative safety. America’s small towns still provide some of the easiest and most agreeable living opportunities in the world. Colleague Dan Denning has prepared a “bolthole” report for our Bonner-Denning Letter subscribers. You may want to take a look at it. [Paid-up subscribers can download the report [here](. To subscribe, [click here]( Or you could sign up for colleague Tom Dyson’s Postcards From the Fringe free e-letter. Tom and his family are “hobos,” with no fixed home address. In his Postcards, he explores the places he visits – his current residence is in Driggs, Idaho – and describes the transient life he leads. [[Go here to sign up]( Until next week… Regards, [signature] Bill --------------------------------------------------------------- Like what you’re reading? Send your thoughts to [feedback@rogueeconomics.com](mailto:feedback@rogueeconomics.com?subject=Time to get out of dodge?). --------------------------------------------------------------- MAILBAG On dear readers’ minds today: Bill’s essays “[The Feds’ Dumbbell Monetary Experiment]( and “[The Joke’s On Us]( Many years ago, I would see Mainlanders come to Hong Kong with bags of cash (yes, bags) and head straight to shops that sold gold, such as my favorite jeweler, Chow Tai Fook. They dealt in jewelry, but it was gold that was being sold as the cost of craftsmanship was very negotiable. Cash for gold. Last year, my condominium in Malaysia was rented to… Mainlanders. Rent was paid in cash every month. No cheques, no bank transfers. It was cash. My agent would go to the bank with the renter’s representative, where it would be withdrawn and handed to my agent… in cash, whereupon my agent would then deposit the cash in my account. Same bank, same branch. No trust in banks, so we will see how the digital currency will be adopted. Perhaps better by the younger folk than the oldies… like myself. – Lyndon B. Bill has proven to be a refreshing and stimulating read. He puts a different face on so many of the ideas that course through his mind. His wry humor is evident in much of what he writes. Thank you, Bill, for the pleasure you give us. – Frederick S. It’s unfortunate that you do not see the potential in upgrading our infrastructure. By spending money, I believe the plan will put people to work and fix some of what’s crumbling. Sure, it’s not a tax cut for the rich (or a wall across the southern border), but if it does half of what it sets out to do, it will help everyday people, traveling down our highways every day. – Paula K. 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