Gardening and forage skills are good to have. In the first great depression, everyone had them, and many moved out to the country to survive.
Many have suggested it, but I think one of the greatest skills to cultivate is having good relations with your neighbors. An individual family is simply too vulnerable. Americans will self organize into militias to keep law and order, but it is a good idea to know your neighbors as a way to start them up.
Thank you for doing this necessary work. Writing takes time and effort.
I strongly agree. I and my neighbors get along great. However, there is one jerk and his jerk family, who no one likes. If the SHTF, what are the recommendations on dealing with a family like that? Do we:
A) Chase them out of their home and the neighborhood,
B) Hang them,
C) Restrict their movements and starve them,
D) Make slaves out of them.
Other alternatives welcomed.
Agreed!