Your Survival Guy began writing about escaping the city back in 2020, and Americans have been doing just that ever since. Residents can't leave big cities fast enough. They're looking for less crime, better affordability, fewer regulations, more fresh air, and an overall better standard of living. At Real Clear Politics, Bill King details Americans' escape from the big city to smaller ones as seen through Census data. He writes: There are 124 cities with a population over 200,000 in the U.S. According to the U.S. Census Bureau’s population estimates for last year, over 90% of the U.S. … [Read more...]
Looking for a Better America
After decades of urbanization, Americans are rebelling against the “bigger is better” mentality of city-living. Seeking a smaller, more affordable, sustainable, and secure lifestyle, some are venturing out from the mega-cities in search of a different life.
A number of techniques have become popular in an effort to save, especially scaling down the size of one’s home. Living small and saving big is even better when it’s coupled with living in a state that treats you more like a human than an ATM it can withdraw money from.
Look for a better America today. Start by reading what I have written to help you below:
Your Retirement Life: A Grizzly Yellowstone Trip
UPDATE 5.9.24: Since 2020, when I first posted the letter below, Yellowstone and Wyoming have gotten a lot more attention. The increasing popularity of the television show Yellowstone and the increasing desirability of living further away from the big blue blob cities have combined to make Wyoming a prime destination for tourists and movers alike. In this year's annual ranking of America's best states by U.S. News and World Report, Wyoming won the honor of most improved, rising fourteen spots to 12th best in the nation from 26th last year. Of course, Wyoming has scored in the Top 10 every year … [Read more...]
Remington Finds a Better America
In the last decade, the nation's politics have become more fractured, and people have been looking to move to find a better America. But it's not just people, it's businesses too that are moving from their homes to find places where they can live in freedom, and for less money. After New York passed a law in 2021 making firearms manufacturers liable for the actions of psychopaths, it was only a matter of time before one of America's oldest gun makers, Remington, moved on from the state it has called home for over 200 years. In Fox News, Emma Colton details Remington's move from Ilion, NY, to … [Read more...]
Which Are the 5 Best and Worst States for Sales Taxes?
Chances are, if you're living in one of America's worst states for sales taxes, you already know because you feel it every time you shop. The Tax Foundation recently released its ranking of sales taxes in America for 2024, and the states with the five highest sales tax rates were: California: 7.25% Tennesee: 7.00% Rhode Island: 7.00% Mississippi: 7.00% Indiana: 7.00% The five states with the lowest rates all have no state sales tax. Those include (in alphabetical order): Alaska Delaware Montana New Hampshire Oregon But what may surprise some readers is … [Read more...]
Something Big Is about to Happen in South Carolina
Something big is about to happen in South Carolina, and no, it's not the GOP primary where President Donald Trump is expected to blow the state's former governor, Nikki Haley, out of the water, and possibly out of the race altogether. Instead, the big news in South Carolina is that the state is very near to enacting a permitless carry bill that would protect every adult citizen's right to bear arms. Alexander Thompson of the Post and Courier reports: The S.C. Senate passed a controversial House bill that would allow any adult without a felony to carry a concealed handgun in public without a … [Read more...]
Your Life on Main Street will Never be the Same
With DeSantis dropping out, Florida is the big winner in retaining America’s #1 governor with a huge future. Let Trump roll. He’s best positioned to fight for Main Street USA. It's important to focus on what Main Street Americans want. As I wrote to you back On June 18, 2020: Your Survival Guy’s thoughts on the eve of Juneteenth. How long will Main Street be told how to live our lives and what we need to care about? Leadership has no clue how you live your life on Main Street. Former national security adviser John Bolton never saw a war he wouldn’t have someone else’s children … [Read more...]
California’s Plan to Drive Its Last Wealthy Residents Away
Your Survival Guy has been sounding the alarm on wealth taxes, but California seems hell-bent on driving away its remaining wealthy residents. To that end, California's Assembly will hear a bill on implementing a massive wealth tax on its affluent residents (including part-time residents and even those who have recently moved out of the state). The editorial board of The Wall Street Journal discusses the wealth tax, writing: Progressive ideas that originate in California have a habit of spreading. So it’s worth paying attention to legislation moving in Sacramento to establish a wealth tax … [Read more...]
Another Newsom Failure as a Massive Business Leaves California
Another massive business has decided that California's burdensome regulations are simply too much to shoulder. Chevron is leaving the state and heading to Texas, like so many other California businesses. The Wall Street Journal editorial board explains: Congratulations to California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who is succeeding at his goal of driving away fossil fuel investment and jobs, even while failing to reduce global CO2 emissions. See Chevron’s announcement Tuesday that it is writing down its upstream assets in the Golden State owing to “continuing regulatory challenges.” Chevron’s … [Read more...]
Listen to What They Say about YOUR Money
You recently read about how the Supreme Court could stop a wealth tax before it even starts. That's scaring some politicians because they already consider that wealth to be theirs. Just look at this headline from USA Today: "This couple is fighting $15,000 in taxes. Their case could cost Washington trillions." Cost Washington trillions? The money was never Washington's to begin with. Greg Stohr writes at Bloomberg: Democratic dreams of imposing a wealth tax on the richest Americans risk being snuffed out by the US Supreme Court in a dispute over a $14,729 bill. Calls to tax assets in … [Read more...]
Small Government Just Works
You have read a lot on Your Survival Guy about how states that treat residents like customers rather than like piggy banks to withdraw funds from are winning. Your Survival Guy's 2023 Super States features a group of states that put residents ahead of politicians' personal agendas by focusing on lower taxes, and smaller government. Now, William Ruger and Jason Sorens explain the results of the ongoing "competition between the states." They write: Between $1.9 trillion in pandemic relief, an extra half trillion in the infrastructure bill, and just under a trillion in the Inflation … [Read more...]
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