🌑 Where do you go when the lights go out? (Bug-out property reality check)
🏡 This Canadian Prepper breakdown is a solid reminder that a “good-looking” property on paper can still be a bad bug-out choice once you zoom out.
✅ What he’s looking at (the smart checklist):
🕵️♂️ Crime patterns + nearby population
💧 Water on-site (pond/creek/wells)
🌲 Forest type + wildfire risk
🌱 Soil + growing potential
📡 Cell/satellite coverage
🏭 Nearby industry/mining/pollution risks
🛣️ Access (good for normal life… bad for SHTF)
🧭 Who’s already using the area (schools, rec centers, tubing routes, Airbnbs)
⚠️ Big takeaway:
🚫 Low crime doesn’t matter if the property sits beside a place where people congregate (school, rec facility) or a route people already know (river tubing, rentals). In a real emergency, those become magnets.
🔥 If you’re property hunting for resilience:
📍 Don’t just fall in love with the land—run the maps, check the neighbors, and ask:
👀 “How many people already know this place exists… and how easy is it to reach?”
💬 Question for you:
🧭 Would you rather have remote + hard access, or close enough to town to live normally but risk foot traffic later?