To not want to buy property for fear of WW3?

Sorry LovelyDaaling,didn't mean to quote you there!

OP,I recommend making yourself a nice cup of tea then sitting down and watching Threads,it's on Youtube. If that doesn't convince you to buy your house and live for the now nothing will.

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Depends where you live, some parts don’t have earthquakes at all.

TBF, I grew up during the cold war and had massive concerns about our house not having a cellar. I worked out if we moved really quick, we could make it to my friend's house which has a cellar during the four minutes warning.

I went off the idea after reading 'The Domain' in which one character's house collapsed leaving him unable to get out of his cellar after his food ran out so he died anyway (at the time the novel was written, the idea was there would be an all-clear after a period of time, can't remember how long). Of course, the other big problem for survivors in that novel was the mutant killer rats everywhere. Kind of puts a dampener on surviving.
Sorry, OP, I know it sounds like I am taking the piss, but at the time for me, it genuinely was a real fear, so I do understand your concern, but agree with others that it's not good to restrict your life because of a possible war that will be fought in the way you imagine, and your options if it does happen might not include being able to buy your way out with liquid assets.

Good point. I stand corrected.

As long as politicians are threatening to use nuclear weapons, you can be sure they won't.

The only times anyone used them on civilians, they didn't warn beforehand.

So by that measure this is possibly a v safe time, nuke-wise.

Regardless if it does happen, if you're in your own house you can take the doors off, prop them against the walls and live behind them. That's what they told us in the 80s anyway. If you did that in a rented house you'd lose your deposit, for certain.

Oh sure… when WWIII starts you want to run to America where all the guns are…typical 🤣

New Zealand has a lot of earthquakes...

the states that dont have those things are the ones closest to Russia........

Aus wont have anyone, so maybe New Zealand? Or South Asia as the aggressors are less likely attack those nearest to themselves (yes China, I am looking at you).

I remember reading a story from early 1982 about a Canadian couple who were very worried about the threat of all-out nuclear war. They did their research and found a spot that they calculated was the least likely to be either impacted directly or suffer from the subsequent fallout.

They and their children arrived in Port Stanley about two weeks before the Argentinians. 🤷‍♂️

You could just cut out the middle stages and buy a house in New Zealand - it’s where all the billionaires who are worried about WW3 are planning to bunker down.

Plus how do you know the computers or banks won't collapse in some ww3 apocalypse. Then where would your savings be?

...if you're going to really go for the slightly potentially irrational thinking...

You'd own the land if your house got bombed if it's freehold

Statistically its not.

I've always said to my kids not to do "what ifs". You think of 20 & I could think of 20 more. Just not worth it. Live your life & let things happen. You cant stop the world turning so why try.

Thinking about it my house has see 2 world wars, or the people who live here have.

You are nuts. Don't let fear rule your life.

I'm starting to worry about WW4.

Just search for properties with cellars, you'll be fine.

Thanks op, I really needed this laugh

Mate. Really? And Yellowstone could blow up...

If ww3 starts who says you’re even able to get to America? Or that they wouldn’t also be involved.

not buying a house on a fantasy ww3 situation is bonkers, if you have the opportunity to get out of renting don’t let this anxious thought stop you.

So where are you going to live DURING WWII?

I mean you are either going to die or still need somewhere to live.

Everyone else with a mortgage would have similar issues about how they pay. The banks aren't just going to kick everyone out. Who is going to enforce it? Squat for a few years.

You'll be destitute but have somewhere to live!

You've got two choices, convert your savings into gold or buy shares in arms manufacturing companies. The second one might be more reliable.

I have good enough survival skills to safely get myself water from nature, but everything would probably be so contaminated it would be beyond salvage. Any bottled supplies won't last long. If it came to a serious attack, it really doesn't matter what you do or don't have. We're all going to suffer. Might as well have enjoyed a nice house and garden while the going was good!

well that's a bit dim..how do you get food water and protection when it's in extremely short supply in a war situation? By spending money on it. A few thousand in the bank would be more useful in the immediate short term than a house that you can't sell