To not want to buy property for fear of WW3?

If WW3 starts you're much better off in south yorkshire than in London.

And if you own a place, even with a mortgage, you are much more secure in having somewhere to retreat to.

WW3 will either have battlefields far away from us and our main troubles will be shortages, protests and economic turmoil but mostly physically safe, or there will be nukes and it will be over very very quickly and your savings will be no use to you anyway. So really it's best to do whatever you would do if this wasn't a concern.

I don’t recommend anyone watching this. I watched it in my teens and spent ten years in fear.

I have struggled with anxiety throughout my life and I feel like it would latch on to something in the news and be triggered.

I’m wondering if OP has anxiety?

I have done a lot of reading over the years to keep myself in ‘the present moment’ and suggest OP reminds herself that while she’s worrying she’s failing to notice that she’s living her best life now.

I watched it in the 80,s it gave me nightmares for years .

Yes I'm sure if WW3 breaks out it will be easy to just book a one-way flight with Thomas Cook from South Yorkshire to America (the safe part though).

I can just imagine it, bombs dropping everywhere, cities being destroyed, people being killed in their thousands, and OP is sat in the airport lounge with a nice glass of fizz waiting for her flight 😂

If WW3 starts i doubt most of us will survive ?.

Oh yes America. A lot safer than South Yorkshire 😂

This cannot be real.

Must be a wind up.

Can’t believe anyone thinks America is the place to go if WWIII breaks out.

Avoid big cities or places with important infrastructure. Also consider building some kind of refuge. Not much else you can do, unless you want to go the full prepper's route...

EVERYWHERE got nuked in Threads - it just focused the drama on Sheffield.

I wonder if the OP has the right to live in America? They're not terribly generous with their visas.

I don’t think there would be another WW3 land war like we have had in the past. Sadly it would go nuclear quite quickly. Mortgages will be the last thing in our minds. Let’s hope this never happens!

Can just imagine the Supreme Leader of Iran gathering his generals in the war room and shouting "this, this is where we strike!" as he points to Mexborough on a map of the world.

OP in the movies all the alien invaders decide to invade in remote parts of America. So that’s a consideration.

What’s your job, OP?

Instead of feeling helpless you could change career to work in a field that is involved in mitigating the chances of World War III. Government, intelligence services, United Nations, NATO, defence, development agencies, even many top corporates have teams working to advise and influence States on international relations. All of these organisations offer a range of jobs to a range of skillsets, from HR to PR, cleaners, comms, researchers, to ops, policy makers and IT. Many UK based roles available even for international orgs. May help you feel a bit more pragmatic about the relatively low risk of armageddon, and like you’re doing something positive? Plus, buy the house and ignore your siblings!

Aw OP you really haven't thought this through.

In the very very unlikely event of WW3 you'd have about 30 seconds to get to an airport, buy a ticket, board and take off. One of the first things that'll happen is closure of all airspace and cancelling all flights anywhere.

All banking transactions will also be shut down so no monies will be going anywhere.

Roads (those not destroyed in bombing) will be closed and troops will be ordered to shoot anyone trying to go anywhere.

You won't be going to the next town never mind overseas!

If you are really that worried either move to this mythical "safe" US state now so you're in situ when it all goes tits up, or buy a place here in the country where you can build a shelter and stock it ready.

In either scenario don't forget that hundreds (or thousands) of survivors will also want your shelter and supplies and they will kill you in a heartbeat to get it, so you need guns and ammo.

All in all your best bet is buy a house and get some therapy for your anxiety.

I have seem some insane stuff on here this up there

This

Bloody hell. What a thread. Thanks for that morbid thought. But, if it does happen, my input is very little and I'm of the belief that worrying doesn't help. I'm sensing you are a very anxious person generally OP.

If WW3 starts then we’re all dead anyway so it’s a moot point.

You can’t forecast the future, buy your house and live in the now.

Unless you have your savings in cash under your bed, do you also think you'll be the only one trying to empty your savings account in the event of an imminent attack? How do you think that will play out?

This is crazy.

Why do you do ANYTHING when WW3 could start tomorrow?

Also, if WW3 has made it to South Yorkshire, it is absolutely too late to be fleeing to America

So in this scenario the war has reached sleepy Yorkshire, presumably millions of brits are homeless and displaced, the NHS is completely overwhelmed, presumably water and power are also heavily affected at this point, but BA flight 237 to New York is scheduled and on time and your sat in the airport lounge eating your fry up? 😅 sounds like a plan

LOL to thinking America is a safe country! Honestly, I'd let the nuke get me rather than move to 'middle of nowhere' America!

But if you really think it is, why don't you move there now? It will be a lot easier now than when WW3 has broken out.

But they all may end up with Trump or whoever succeeds him

The point I suggest of a house is that whatever else happens you can still live in it - assuming that hoards of Londoners who previously would never have gone 'sarf of the river dont try and take it off you after whatever disaster has ocurred