Something interesting just came to me the other day. Every Spring I do my ammo reloading. The boxes I use are 50 rounds. The cost to me is less than $20 per 50 round box. The retail cost is between $50 and $75 per 50 round box, depending on sales, etc. Imagine during SHTF what the cost per box might become after supplies, especially ammo, cease.
This dovetails with the city issue in that cities will no doubt experience supply issues right off the bat. If something like ammo can go from $50 a box to perhaps many times that due to being in short supply, imagine what all kind of things might cost once the supply chain is a trickle. Cities will be hit the worst as they simply try to feed themselves much less supply non life giving items like food.
“non life giving items like food.”
Should be, “non life giving items other than food.”