But in recent years survivalism has expanded to more affluent quarters, taking root in Silicon Valley and New York City, among technology executives, hedge-fund managers, and others in their economic cohort. Survivalism, the practice of preparing for a crackup of civilization, tends to evoke a certain picture: the woodsman in the tinfoil hat, the hysteric with the hoard of beans, the religious doomsayer. I figure that, with that, I can hole up in my house for some amount of time.” He is less focussed on a specific threat-a quake on the San Andreas, a pandemic, a dirty bomb-than he is on the aftermath, “the temporary collapse of our government and structures,” as he puts it. Huffman, who lives in San Francisco, has large blue eyes, thick, sandy hair, and an air of restless curiosity at the University of Virginia, he was a competitive ballroom dancer, who hacked his roommate’s Web site as a prank. “If the world ends-and not even if the world ends, but if we have trouble-getting contacts or glasses is going to be a huge pain in the ass,” he told me recently. He underwent the procedure not for the sake of convenience or appearance but, rather, for a reason he doesn’t usually talk much about: he hopes that it will improve his odds of surviving a disaster, whether natural or man-made. of Reddit, which is valued at six hundred million dollars, was nearsighted until November, 2015, when he arranged to have laser eye surgery. The two-bedroom home’s bomb shelter has been converted into a subterranean bar.Steve Huffman, the thirty-three-year-old co-founder and C.E.O. The fallout: The most affordable home with a bomb shelter on our list, this 1958 home in rural upstate New York is located less than an hour from the Canadian border. 898 State Highway 420, Brasher Falls, NY Unlike more rudimentary bomb shelters, this one includes independent electrical and air systems. The fallout: Built in 1962, at the start of the space race, this four-bedroom home retains much of its original charm, including double wooden doors, an in-ground pool, and an underground bomb shelter in the farthest corner of the backyard.
The listing agent says the shelter could double as a wine cellar. Less than a mile from that gargantuan glockenspiel is a 1962-built, six-bedroom home that includes a bomb shelter. The town loves Oktoberfest so much it ponied up the cash in 2006 to build America’s biggest glockenspiel. The fallout: Located about an hour south of Portland, Mount Angel is best known for its Oktoberfest, which routinely attracts 300,000 visitors to a town of a little over 3,000.
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