Beyond the Collapse: Quest for a Future FrameworkGeorge Ure and Gaye Levy, Contributors And so we begin our investigation, as an attempt to help us decide what to bet on in the future. As long-term readers of Georges UrbanSurvival.com site are aware, he bought a gold coin in September of 2001 and has been amazed at how it has increased in value. This past week, however, he admitted to his premium subscribers to www.peoplenomics.com, that while gold did not suffer a major decline during the mini-crash of 1987, and while it held relatively steady going into the 2008-2010 market declines, it has not done as well as many averages (and hot stocks like Apple) ever since. So what are the right questions to ask? A number of Gayes readers on Backdoor Survival site have raised concerns about our future, too, so it is not like we are alone in this quest. This is especially true of the over-50 crowd. Not that things are bad right now (well, maybe they are), but most assuredly things are primed to get worse over the next decade. The question at hand is this: What can we look forward to beyond the collapse? With that is mind, Gaye decided to turn the tables on George this week and put some questions to him for a change. Some might say our conversation is an exercise in futility. After all, we seem stuck and can not see far enough down the road to even fathom a recovery. The Boomer generation is doomed, economically speaking, and for the Xers and those that follow, the prospect of bust due to the student debt burden seems inevitable. Introducing Strategic-Living: a practical and useful online magazine providing inspiration and guidance as we make our way through the maze of changes that are coming our way. In collaboration with my friend and colleague, George Ure, Strategic-Living will offer a synthesis of Urban Survival and Backdoor Survival with much more detailed tips, tools and strategies for creating a vibrant and sustainable lifestyle wherever your path may take you. Think of Urban Survival and Backdoor Survival as your roadmap and Strategic-Living as your detailed guidebook. Here you will find articles and photos, diagrams and how-tos, and a healthy dose get-out-there and do it with kick-in-the-ass inspiration. 