Inside the doomsday bunker ‘city’ where hundreds of families aim to survive World War Three

When the apocalypse comes – whether it’s in the form of a nuclear war, or an asteroid strike – hundreds of families have paid to avoid dying in the cities alongside the rest of us.

Instead, they’ll be in South Dakota – or at least 5,000 well-heeled survivors will be, in what’s billed as the largest private shelter community on Earth.

Vivos xPoint is a sprawling bunker complex spread over 18 square miles – 100 miles from the nearest military nuclear targets.

Robert K. Vicino, founder and CEO of Vivos, says, ‘Our buyers are aware – not paranoid – they’re highly intelligent, well educated, they read a lot.’

‘Some are concerned about North Korea, others are concerned about an economic collapse, others are concerned about World War III.

‘There’s threats from the sun, a mass ejection, threats of asteroids hitting the earth… There’s near misses every week now.’

‘The cost that we’re able to do this is nothing. It’s crazy not to – it’s nothing more than life assurance.

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‘This place is huge, the bunker we’re in is bigger than most houses. It’s going to be the largest survival community on the planet.”

A man stands in the doorway of a Vivos xPoint shelter in South Dakota.

It’s not cheap, though, with a bunker costing $25,000, plus $1,000 ground rent per year – plus the costs of actually furnishing the things.

Vivos showed off a concept of bunkers with video panels on the wall – showing an outdoor scene.

Vivos says, ‘The Black Hills Army Base was originally built by the Army Corps of Engineers as a fortress to store bombs and munitions, from 1942 to 1967, when the base was retired.