If Montana's not your style then check out Joel Skousen's previous strategic relocation briefings which cover regions on the east and west coasts, as well as top rated retreat areas in between.

For those who know where they want to go, or simply want to explore some possibilities, check out the For Sale By Owner listings, features and tools at www.StrategicRelocation.com.

For answers to your questions about anything related to relocating, survival retreats and even financing options we urge you to speak with the industry's leading professionals at Survival Retreat Consulting.

This week we'll discuss another of the top rated areas in North America—Western Montana.  If it were a state by itself it would rate 5 stars in Strategic Relocation—just like neighboring Idaho and Utah.  But Montana is downgraded because of the Malstrom AFB (Great Falls) missile base, housing the largest number of Minuteman III missile silos in the US—a massive primary target which will someday absorb strikes from hundreds of nuclear warheads.