There are two types of real estate that I always wonder who the owners are. The first are castles all around Europe which some people have taken up residence and spent millions of dollars to renovate. The second are the cold war era missile silos and bunkers that the government tries to sell. No doubt if you were a serious doomsday prepper, a missile silo would be a cool thing to own, but in terms of practicality im not so sure the cost warrants the purchase.
So if this is news to you, the United States government basically created tons of missile silo locations during the cold war in fear of an invasion or possible nuclear war with Russia. Although these silos themselves cost close to a hundred million to make, the government now has little use for them and auctions them as is to the public at pennies on the dollar. This has prompted some people who fear a nuclear war might still occur, to buy up these silos, completely renovate them and stock them with anything they would need in case of emergency.
These silos are cheap to purchase, but the real price is in renovating them and actually making them livable. For the most part, the vast majority of them are rusted beyond belief and inhabited by god knows what kind of creatures. Even returning the silo to its former glory would cost hundreds of thousands and designing it to your specific taste would cost millions. The other problem is stocking it with food and other things that would make it comfortable, often means throwing a ton of things out that become expired, or cycling the food and eating an all can diet in your regular time.
The biggest problem with owning these silos though is that they are usually in the middle of nowhere, so keeping them maintained and up to date would be almost a full time job if you lived somewhere else. Also if there were a nuclear bomb dropped in your area, you usually wouldnt have enough time to reach it and get underground. If you were underground I couldnt imagine the time being spent there being very fun.
Im the type of person who, if a nuclear war broke out and destroyed half the world, wouldnt really want to live in the first place. If living is pain and misery, I just dont see the point of prolonging it at that point. However, I do definitely realize there are people who are survivalist types and a nuclear war breaking out or zombie apocalypse is their version of a wet dream come true. I hope the world never needs a use for any of these missile silos and the people who own them, but at the same time I think they are a cool wacky remnant of a bygone era.
If you want to check out some silos for sale I will put some links below:
http://www.missilebases.com/properties
http://www.hardenedstructures.com/bunkers-for-Sale.php
http://www.siloworld.net/SITES%20FOR%20SALE/SitesForSale.htm
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