Mark my words,  late 2010,  of the city your in.

Point taken.  Take a look at:
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE65E5JT20100615
This will probably have far reaching consequences.  When people people have no money with which to make their lives comfortable, they might do whatever it takes to survive.

Additionally, there's this:
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Newhome-sales-plunge-33-pct-apf-1236863702.html?x=0
Double dip?

Also this:
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Global_Economy/LB18Dj02.html
Greece is like a coal mine canary.  Social unrest could happen here as well, as it did on the streets of Athens or other cities.  I say X00013 has a point.  But, I have nowhere to run to.  On the other hand, I live in a secure, front-door-locked  8th-floor  high-rise that's also one of the sturdiest buildings in San Francisco.  Freshly upgraded to strict earthquake codes.

However, if you can get to the country with food, water and a reliable gun/ammo combination, so much the better.  This whole scenario could get more than *unpleasant* when the money runs out.  That goes for just about everyone who lives in a metropolitan city or rural town.

--Lee

I would think that clorox would kill those germs in the water in 15 minutes but an hour is not bad if you can wait. My aluminum foil wires did not melt under the heat from a 20 watt soldering iron.I managed to buy four small solar panels for $7.99 each from "Harbour Freight".They are listed as 9 volt battery chargers.I am buying more canned goods too.Soups,and fish are on my main list now.If you are an apartment dweller you might buy a solar powered battery charger?I will buy some fruit in cans too. triffid

According to the Trump Social Security may last until 2030.Still not a lot of time.but more time than 2012.triffid

I would think that clorox would kill those germs in the water in 15 minutes but an hour is not bad if you can wait. ...

That's right.  The source from the Vietman War said wait at least an hour.  And shake the bottle well.  The water still tasted like cr@p, but it was safe to drink.

My aluminum foil wires did not melt under the heat from a 20 watt soldering iron. ...

Really?  Aluminum gets really weak at about 250 - 300 deg. F and also melts at a relatively low temperature.  Mach 3 fighters are made of steel and titanium for that reason.

... I managed to buy four small solar panels for $7.99 each from "Harbour Freight". ... If you are an apartment dweller you might buy a solar powered battery charger?  They are listed as 9 volt battery chargers. ...

That's a pretty good idea.  I'll have to look into that, but the rechargable batteries are fairly expensive, you know.

I am buying more canned goods too.Soups,and fish are on my main list now.I will buy some fruit in cans too. triffid

Very good idea.  I get paid tomorrow, but I also have some medical bills coming up in a month or two, so that'll be a concern.

--Lee

It turns out that the solar panels I bought for $7.99 each plus sales tax will charge up 12 volt batteries.I have one inside my car charging up 2 AA batteries.I live 30 miles from Dallas,Texas out in the country.Regular batteries can be charged up ten times before they start leaking.An old trick I learned in college many years before.I think I can avoid handling and shipping charges from buying on ebay If I buy from harbour frieght triffid

You can run your clorox treated water thur crushed charcoal to make it taste better just don't use charcoal thats been sprayed with lighter fluid to make it light quicker.Use only dry charcoal and I used a coffee filter from an old coffee pot.triffid

  I see an economic disaster for gamblers and swindlers.  Gamblers the stock market gamers.  Swindlers the debt salesman.  In the coming world if all you can do for others is rip them off then I dont believe you'll be of any value and being of little value discarded.  I dont forsee it as an economic disaster but more as an economic revolution.  An economy based on ripping people off and enslaving them is long overdue to be dead.  The trickle down theory is bullshit.
If you are living off the sweat of others then I'd be pretty worried at this point.  The trigger was the greed of the banking industry.  They have been playing the same game since time immortal.  Come into my den and sign this piece of paper.  It is a majical piece of paper that allows you property rights.  We are wealthy cant you see by the trappings of our room we now show you that we are wealthy.  Give us all the gold that you have.  We will give you this majical piece of paper.  You can touch it for a second.  You will be wealthy like us for a second.  Then you will work for 30years and give us more gold each and every month.  If you do not give us more gold each month we will have the police who we control throw you out of our  (oh excuse me) your house or place of business.  Now that you have touched the majical piece of paper please give it to this man who will take this majical piece of paper and deposit it into the former owners account.  He grew tired of giving us gold every month and preferred to touch the majic paper again.  So lets take the old bullshit money out of the equation.  Outlaw moneylending all together and forgive all debt.  The banking industry crashes and is reduced to living off of service fees on debit cards and cashing paychecks and administering trusts or whatever real service they provide.  Now if you have a better mouse trap and want to start a business who will you turn to for startup capitol.   You will have to sell stock in your company.  If you can not sell stock in your company then most likely your mouse trap sucks.  The systematic dismantling of companies that produced goods and services so that a moneylender could list the property as a tangible asset and in so doing perpectuate the debt industry destroyed the gnp of the United States.  Lots of empty high rise condos round here where the fishing industry use to be.  The fishing industry would have kept everybody employed in a meaningful task.  Instead we have a bunch of empty devalued apartments getting moldy and full of termites. Thankyou moneylenders for your wonderful service provided.  Take your majic paper and shove it where the sun dont shine.