It's something that I think about, myself. I'm single, no kids, and pretty much the end of the line when it comes to my family. Sadly, I could see myself doing something in my old age, like falling down the basement stairs, drowning in the pool, or just dropping dead from old age, and nobody would even know, for awhile.
I dunno...eventually, would the postal service notify someone? The mail man would notice, eventually, that nobody was picking up the mail. And if it's in the warmer months, eventually someone would notice the grass wasn't getting cut.
I'm on a well and septic, so there's no water/sewer to cut off if the bill doesn't get paid. If the electric bill goes too far into arrears, they'll probably just shut it off, but would they notify anyone?
Mortgage would most likely be paid off by then, so there wouldn't be foreclosure to worry about. But, eventually, I guess the state of Maryland would catch up to me, once the property taxes didn't get paid, and fell too far into arrears?
I'm also out in the boonies, and don't really know any of the neighbors. Everyone kind of keeps to themselves. I guess the people across the street might notice something's out of kilter, and call the police for a welfare check, or something?
Still, not a pretty thought.
