As I write this, there is a considerable concern about the dangers of urban life, triggered by the terrorist attacks on the USA. As some of you know, I have been a student of disaster preparations and a real estate consultant for those seeking “secluded and survival properties” for over thirty years. At one time, I had a several hundred item checklist for my “Survivalist” clients to read and check off for me so that I could guide them to what they considered to be the most Utopian place to live .