CONSIDER BELHAVEN NORTH CAROLINA AS YOUR SAFE AREA TO RIDE OUT THE STORM

About eight months ago I moved my family of six from metro Atlanta, my home for 18 years. I was going broke from the drought, me and my wife knew we were going to loose everything if we didn't sell off what few remaining assets we had and sell our home (which we had equity in) and start over from scratch . We settled our debts with the IRS and our creditors, leaving us with very little. After the realization we would have to start over again we decided why not change the back drop.
I did extensive online search's looking for a place that fit all my requirements.....including living near the water. after I nailed down the general area (Innner banks/Outer banks/eastern coastal North Carolina) I researched the area for three weeks living in my truck to save money. After driving thousands of miles down damn near every back road and off the beaten path to every little podunck town , I found Belhaven. If there ever was a place for Ron Paul Americans to move to as a safe haven from what's to come, this is it. Belhaven is an isolated little farming/crabbing/fishing community located on the Pungo river just west of the Pamlico sound and Ocracoke Island. It's political structure is in flux right now. Belhaven is surrounded by millions af acres of rich farm land, the worlds best fishing and crabbing, and hundreds of thousands of acres of wild game hunting areas. This town has before and could easily again have it's own self sustaining economy regardless of what's happening in the outside world. In fact the Englehard bank was the ONLY bank in the United States not to close during the onset of the great depression.
Belhaven features many attributes for a poor, small, isolated community. What I've mentioned above as well as the list that follows:

small hospital
one pharmacy
one lawyer- and she has the constitution hanging on her wall
very, very cheap and ample supply of homes and property both off and on the water.
grocery store
one bar
A very good hardware store
several locally owned restaurants
no military reservations nearby
two police officers
more than 35 miles to the nearest Mcdonalds
Is represented in congress by Walter B Jones, one of 6 house republicans to endorse Ron Paul.
breathtaking beauty and charm
BlackBeard the pirate used this area as his hide out
It's already a barter community (in fact I purchased my small home from a man in town through a direct mortgage from him..no banks )
World travel accesible to sail boats
water front estates as well as extremely affordable homes all within a few blocks odf each other

There are many more specific reasons I'll list later but let me just say since moving to this remote, rural outpost my kids are closer and happier than I've ever seen them...and I still haven't hooked up the Cable tv, I have to walk almost a block through a beautiful Mayberry-esque village that's trapped in time, to go fishing.

My family and friends all thought we were crazy...and to be honest me and my wife had our second thoughts at first but with what's happened lately I'm really feeling smart and ready for whatever is about to happen in the coming months and years, the upside is, if nothing happens or we only have mild to severe recession I'll still own property in a water front community.

How would I descibe Belhaven... it's like that charming, small, southern, waterfront town, trapped in time, like you see in the movies and if you're at the hardware store at the wrong time you'll get volunteered to film the next town council meeting. true story.

There are some photo's at my myspace page www.myspace.com/rustybuick

or google earth belhaven,nc

VIVA RON PAUL!!!!