When I was in the middle of the Australian Dark Winter lockdowns, and my State's borders were closed and I was unable to leave, I decided that I would get out of here the moment that I had a chance.
So I purchased a property online, sight unseen beyond a facetime call from the realtor. It is 2000 miles North from where I now live (at the bottom of Australia), and it's a remote, tropical town on the beach, near the Great Barrier Reef. My new house is about 300 yards from the beach, and the temperature never drops below 80 degrees or goes above 100.
By the time I sell up my current home, and my cars and other assets, It will be March 2021 before I move. Due to the difference in house values, and money I had put away for a rainy day, I will have enough money to live for several years without the need to get a job.
But now that I'm committed to this purchase, I am suffering from buyer's remorse. Did I make the right decision? Starting to wonder if living under the iron fist of the Socialist Globalists is really that bad after all.
The humidity will often be 70-80% and in Summer it never gets below 90 degrees even at 3am. The nearest supermarket is 35 miles away, and I can forget about luxuries such as Uber eats, or even being able to drive to a nearby takeout food place.
Now that my State Government has graciously lifted our 3 miles from home limit, and dropped the 8.30 curfew, and allowed us to only wear facemasks inside shopping malls, I'm beginning to wonder if I should have just stuck it out where I am.
One part of me says that it's the right decision because the lockdowns will come around again next year, and that I should become more self-sufficient rather than living off Uber Eats. And a weekly journey to the supermarket is really not the end of the world in return for more freedom.
But another part of me is saying, "dude you are set for life where you are. Everything you could want is at your fingertips. Don't go to that hot hell hole just to escape the tyranny."
I'm really conflicted right now.
Even at my new location I could face some lockdown bullshit, but due to the hot weather and it's isolation from major cities, I think they will mostly leave me alone. But at what price do I pay for more freedom?
This is where I'm going.
So I purchased a property online, sight unseen beyond a facetime call from the realtor. It is 2000 miles North from where I now live (at the bottom of Australia), and it's a remote, tropical town on the beach, near the Great Barrier Reef. My new house is about 300 yards from the beach, and the temperature never drops below 80 degrees or goes above 100.
By the time I sell up my current home, and my cars and other assets, It will be March 2021 before I move. Due to the difference in house values, and money I had put away for a rainy day, I will have enough money to live for several years without the need to get a job.
But now that I'm committed to this purchase, I am suffering from buyer's remorse. Did I make the right decision? Starting to wonder if living under the iron fist of the Socialist Globalists is really that bad after all.
The humidity will often be 70-80% and in Summer it never gets below 90 degrees even at 3am. The nearest supermarket is 35 miles away, and I can forget about luxuries such as Uber eats, or even being able to drive to a nearby takeout food place.
Now that my State Government has graciously lifted our 3 miles from home limit, and dropped the 8.30 curfew, and allowed us to only wear facemasks inside shopping malls, I'm beginning to wonder if I should have just stuck it out where I am.
One part of me says that it's the right decision because the lockdowns will come around again next year, and that I should become more self-sufficient rather than living off Uber Eats. And a weekly journey to the supermarket is really not the end of the world in return for more freedom.
But another part of me is saying, "dude you are set for life where you are. Everything you could want is at your fingertips. Don't go to that hot hell hole just to escape the tyranny."
I'm really conflicted right now.
Even at my new location I could face some lockdown bullshit, but due to the hot weather and it's isolation from major cities, I think they will mostly leave me alone. But at what price do I pay for more freedom?
This is where I'm going.
