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Seems to be a big jump in survivalist ideas in mainstream economy.
Doomsday preppers head underground as bunker economy enters mainstream society
By Elle Hardy
Updated about an hour ago
Photo: A view of Vivos xPoint in South Dakota, where Milton Torres has moved permanently. (Supplied: The Vivos Group)
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Milton Torres is worried about the state of the world — so worried that the 42-year-old biomedical engineer has packed up his life and moved to a remote, underground bunker in the Midwest of the United States.
Photo: Milton Torres, outside his bunker in South Dakota, says he "doesn't even know what's real anymore". (Supplied: The Vivos Group)
He's part of a growing number of Americans preparing for social, economic and environmental collapse.
"I don't even know what is real or not anymore," Mr Torres says.
"They have us so confused, but they don't want to panic the people about what's happening.
"You think the government is going to save you? If you think that, good luck."
Mr Torres is the first to move permanently into Vivos xPoint, a community of 575 bunkers designed to accommodate up to 5,000 people in a former army munitions site in South Dakota.
He paid $US25,000 for a 200-square-metre underground bunker, which can survive water, air, and gas penetration, as well as significant internal and external explosions.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-02...nderground-bunker-economy-mainstream/10815984
Doomsday preppers head underground as bunker economy enters mainstream society
By Elle Hardy
Updated about an hour ago
Related Story: Inside the hidden wartime bunkers built to protect Australians from attack
Related Story: City beneath Helsinki offers shelter from Russia's potential threat
Related Story: Where's your nearest public nuclear shelter? Sweden, probably
Milton Torres is worried about the state of the world — so worried that the 42-year-old biomedical engineer has packed up his life and moved to a remote, underground bunker in the Midwest of the United States.
He's part of a growing number of Americans preparing for social, economic and environmental collapse.
"I don't even know what is real or not anymore," Mr Torres says.
"They have us so confused, but they don't want to panic the people about what's happening.
"You think the government is going to save you? If you think that, good luck."
Mr Torres is the first to move permanently into Vivos xPoint, a community of 575 bunkers designed to accommodate up to 5,000 people in a former army munitions site in South Dakota.
He paid $US25,000 for a 200-square-metre underground bunker, which can survive water, air, and gas penetration, as well as significant internal and external explosions.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-02...nderground-bunker-economy-mainstream/10815984
