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To not want to buy property for fear of WW3?

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Vizella · 07/08/2024 22:06

Hi all,

I’m finally getting to a stage where I’ve saved enough for a house deposit, earn well in a remote finance job and am willing to leave London to go to South Yorkshire and buy a house.

Then a niggling thought in my mind says, if your house is destroyed in WW3, all your savings will go down the drain and you will be left destitute.

I appreciate that it’s a crazy thought to have but Iran and Israel are at each other’s throats and Russia has no intention of backing out of Ukraine. When people had their cities bombed in the past, how did they survive?

Tell me if I’m being unreasonable? If so, why?

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Vizella · 07/08/2024 22:40

Sheri99 · 07/08/2024 22:39

Good choice but it is getting rather over crowded here! 😂

Do you mean America or Yorkshire?

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Vintagevixen · 07/08/2024 22:40

Um...if WW3 starts we're all dead. Just buy the house!

HappyLittleNarwhal · 07/08/2024 22:39

For goodness sake 😂

Sheri99 · 07/08/2024 22:39

Good choice but it is getting rather over crowded here! 😂

Ghosttofu99 · 07/08/2024 22:38

Drogdab · 07/08/2024 22:08

Your house may survive WW3 for one

Yes, the city I live in was bombed to high heaven but our current house has stood since 1900.

HotPotato123 · 07/08/2024 22:38

Vizella · 07/08/2024 22:19

America- somewhere remote and with a good enough climate- no tornadoes, hurricanes or earthquakes.

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Good luck with that!

twentysevendresses · 07/08/2024 22:37

America???? 😵‍💫

I can tell that you've REALLY thought this through OP 👌🏻

weathervane1 · 07/08/2024 22:36

And imagine if WW3 doesn't happen and you've wasted the chance to buy the house of your dreams ... and then the moment passes. You really can't live by "what ifs".

TinyTornado · 07/08/2024 22:36

If you are worried about ww3, I think Yorkshire would be one of the better places to be. I’d also consider Wales and Scotland.
Get somewhere a fair way from the major cities, and you have a lot of mountain between you and any blast.
if you can get some where with a bit of land you can start doing some prepping- lack of food and water will kill more than any bombs do. Find somewhere with access to water and learn some animal husbandry and simple farming practices for self sufficiency.
Australia or NZ are widely considered to be among the best places to survive an apocalypse.

  • caveat - any info given here comes from reading too much dystopian fiction. :)
brightyellowflower · 07/08/2024 22:36

Build a bunker. That's your only hope. But in fairness, needs to be pretty big. Quite a logistical undertaking.

Honestly, unless you're a billionaire, you've got no hope anyway so no point worrying!

PerfectTravelTote · 07/08/2024 22:36

This is the family gathering I'm picturing

To not want to buy property for fear of WW3?
Mumsgirls · 07/08/2024 22:34

Banks have more than one copy of data. There re very sophisticated back up schemes, so no your bank balance cannot be wiped by an attack

Daisybuttercup12345 · 07/08/2024 22:34

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This. You won't be here to need your savings.

Starlingexpress · 07/08/2024 22:32

Vizella · 07/08/2024 22:28

For once, I feel great about someone telling me I’m nuts to think the way I do. It’s great to hear from some rational and sane person.

The truth is, my siblings keep mentioning this at family gatherings and it terrifies me. I tell them to stop, but they keep going on about it, even having fantasies of what role they would play in the war effort… now THAT is bonkers 😮

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Do you think maybe there’s a teeny weeny chance that your siblings are winding you up?

LostTheMarble · 07/08/2024 22:32

America? You’ve not thought this through. Nuclear war means heading as far north or south as you can. Extremely remote - maybe Greenland. Makes me worry for your zombie apocalypse plan op, not very prepared at at…

PerfectTravelTote · 07/08/2024 22:31

How is America immune from WW3? Do you have a visa for America? Billionaires might have enough money to go wherever they want in the event of a large war but your house deposit isn't going to do the trick, especially if Stirling falls or there's a run on the bank.

At any given point in time there are wars going on somewhere in the world. Now is no different.

Itisjustmyopinion · 07/08/2024 22:30

Vizella · 07/08/2024 22:10

Not necessarily. If my savings are liquid, then I can pay to escape somewhere safer. If they’re locked in a mortgage then I’m no better off than a poor person.

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Yes if it’s nuclear war you are going to have it slum it with all those “poor people” and that will be the worst thing that will be happening to you 🙄

PoopedAndScooped · 07/08/2024 22:29

Vizella · 07/08/2024 22:19

America- somewhere remote and with a good enough climate- no tornadoes, hurricanes or earthquakes.

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And you think planes will be running like normal 😱😂
AND if we go to War, America is right there too?!?!?!

Greenbike · 07/08/2024 22:29

ChickenNuggetDreamland · 07/08/2024 22:16

Well, the house I live in survived WW1 and WW2...so you'll probably be alright.

The problem with this logic is that, if your house hadn’t survived the war, you obviously wouldn’t be living in it. If you live in an old house, then by definition it survived WW2. It doesn’t tell you anything about the probably of any given house being destroyed.

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Vizella · 07/08/2024 22:28

blackcherryconserve · 07/08/2024 22:20

This is just nuts.

For once, I feel great about someone telling me I’m nuts to think the way I do. It’s great to hear from some rational and sane person.

The truth is, my siblings keep mentioning this at family gatherings and it terrifies me. I tell them to stop, but they keep going on about it, even having fantasies of what role they would play in the war effort… now THAT is bonkers 😮

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Ted27 · 07/08/2024 22:28

I live in Coventry, both houses I have owned were damaged in the Blitz. They are still standing over 70 years later and will probably outlast me

Starlingexpress · 07/08/2024 22:28

Singleaftermarriage · 07/08/2024 22:09

Ww3 will be nuclear. You won't be here so won't need a house!

This is the logic I use with DH when he starts wittering about stock piling and growing our own food.

If WW3 kicks off ain’t nobody got no time for that. 1 poof and we’re all gone.

HowIrresponsible · 07/08/2024 22:27

Love51 · 07/08/2024 22:23

What? Really?
Clearly I've not been worrying enough and I'd better up my game.

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If war breaks out in a country, it could cause a catastrophic amount of damage that would likely bankrupt the insurance company if it were on the hook to cover such damages.

Also the damage from war or related activities can be so vast and unpredictable that even high premiums might not be enough to cover the damage that insurance companies are liable for.

NeighbourTrouble63 · 07/08/2024 22:27

You need to consider getting help for your anxiety OP. This is overthinking to an alarming and illogical extent.

Thedogscollar · 07/08/2024 22:26

Well on this logic I can sack off cutting the grass tomorrow.