“They stick a Q-tip up your nose so far, you can see it through your eye,” I thought, as a friend described what it was like to watch his daughter squirm in pain and holding her in place as the doctor performed a COVID-19 test. No thanks. But Rhode Island requires school children showing two signs of COVID-19, which we all have when we get a cold, must be sent home. They can return with either a doctor’s note saying in writing he doesn’t believe a test for COVID-19 is necessary, or take the traumatizing test and wait at home for the results. Both options stink, and are disruptive to say the … [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:
#1 Debate Review: Meet the Catalysts Stirring this Election
If you’re waking up this morning after the first presidential debate in your new country home—after having escaped a city that looked nothing like where you originally hoped to raise your family—you’re wondering how blue state politicians let it all go to pot. You’re not political, you’re a successful businessperson, and you never liked the combativeness of politics. Last night’s debate didn’t help—but you’re ignoring the noise and paying attention like never before—not because of the words politicians use—because you’re staring out your window with a cup of coffee in hand, looking at a … [Read more...]
Once Desolate Country Towns Now Overrun by People Trying to Escape the City
Small towns across America are dealing with something they haven't seen in a long time, population increases. For decades the United States have been urbanizing, as young people left their home towns in search of better opportunities in the nation's cities. Now, a mix of COVID-19 and riots and looting have driven them from the cities. They fled with their families to small country towns, seaside summer homes, and cabins in the mountains. In the Boston Globe, Vermont locals explain how they feel about the new influx of former city-dwellers who have turned up, filling their schools, roads, … [Read more...]
If the Global Elite Win in November, Say Goodbye to Your Guns
In The Wall Street Journal, Daniel Henninger details a Monmouth poll on Americans' feelings about the importance of law and order in their communities. He writes: A Monmouth poll out this week finds 65% of respondents say “maintaining law and order” is a big problem. The poll’s self-identified party affiliations are 28% Republican, 41% independent and 31% Democratic. Here’s the election’s ticking time-bomb: Among “non-Republican” blacks and other minorities, more than 60% agree that civil disorder has become a big issue, while just 46% of white non-Republicans see it as a problem. Looks like … [Read more...]
It’s Never a Bad Time to Downsize Your Home
Now, more than ever may be a good reminder that it's never a bad time to downsize your home. Americans are house rich and cash poor, not a great mix in times of economic turmoil. Wealth in cash is very liquid, you can spend it on what you need when you need it. Even stocks and bonds are relatively easy to sell to generate funds. But houses, they're a lot harder to sell quickly if you want to get all the value from them you deserve. In the Wall Street Journal, Ryan Dezember explains how many house-rich but cash-poor Americans are faring today, writing: Americans with mortgages have … [Read more...]
Who Wants to Live the Island Life? You Do: Part II
You read yesterday about how to live an "island life," whether that be on an actual island, or by simply protecting yourself from the dangers around you. One of the best parts of living on an actual island is access to the beach. But many islands with top beaches come along with a high cost of living. Thrillist has put together a list of the "World's Most Beautiful Beach Cities Where You Can Live for Dirt Cheap." There are some nearby places like Las Terrenas in the Dominican Republic, and some further afield like Canggu, Bali. The author writes: More than a few Americans fantasize … [Read more...]
When the Progressive Left Runs the State
What is it about California that creates natural disasters and blackouts? The earthquakes are a natural phenomenon, but the blackouts and the intense forest fires? Those have roots in the inept progressive government that runs the state. The San Francisco Chronicle notes that the wildfires in California have a lot to do with mismanagement by the state's government. Matier and Ross wrote for the SFC in November of 2018, "'A century of mismanaging Sierra Nevada forests has brought an unprecedented environmental catastrophe that impacts all Californians.' That’s not a tweet from President … [Read more...]
Going Up to the Country: Real Estate Heads out of Town
You have decided to escape the city, and now you're looking for what Laura Forman at The Wall Street Journal calls "location, location, isolation." She writes: Real-estate searches are looking a lot different lately. For years, home values have been greatly influenced not only by finished square footage and acreage, but also by walk scores and community. The pandemic is turning those factors on their head—at least for now. Airbnb, for example, is now touting its ability to enable users to work from anywhere, no matter how remote, after years of inviting its guests to “live like a … [Read more...]
Blue State Politicians Focus more on Ideology than Their States’ Economic Success
Blue State governors have gone wild, and they have driven their states to the highest unemployment rates in the nation. Look at the damage governors of blue states have caused, with unemployment in many of them in the mid-to-high-teens: Massachusetts (17.4%) New Jersey (16.6%) New York (15.7%) Nevada (15%) California (14.9%) Michigan (14.8%) Illinois (14.6%) Hawaii (13.9%) Pennsylvania (13%) Delaware (12.5%) Draconian shutdown measures and a refusal to do anything about the riots and looting that are tearing their constituents' cities apart have driven many … [Read more...]
Dog Days of Summer/Trump Parade/No Go Zones/Bannon Hit Job
Welcome to the dog days of summer, literally. Has there ever been a more rewarding time to have a dog? I can tell you how much we’re enjoying our walks with ours and just the happiness he brings to the family. They do become part of the family. A client told me they had to put their Shih Tzu down three weeks ago after 15+ years, outlasting her kennel mate by two. They now have an Aussie Doodle (a cross between a poodle and an Australian Shepherd). He told me he’s been on early morning watch and that he’d already been up for an hour! (It was early). Told me they had him delivered by air, … [Read more...]
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