“But anyone that stays living in the city are gambling with their lives. All one has to do is read the histories of the fates of the city versus the country for survival in times of war...starting with the immediate needs for water, food, shelter (heat, etc.
If you are caught in the city - you STAY in the city - all routes will be either shut down by the gov’t or blocked with panicked mobs - You odds of survival are more than cut in half right out of the gate.”
That’s why we made the big move, and escaped Mexifornia. I don’t want to be caught where there are all the entitlement-grabbing illegals when the freebies quit.
We picked a nice, rural area where the people are poor in cash but have faith in God. They unashamedly carry weapons and grow their own food and animals and know how to do things from the days of their great-grandparents. And have welcomed us with open arms - since I’ve made it clear that I 1) escaped Mexifornia and liberalism and have no desire to bring that crap here and 2) want THEIR way of life and want to learn from them. They’ve seen plenty of the other kinds of outsiders - some call them Yankees still ;)
The old ways die hard here, and I’m glad of it. They are still a rebellious lot. We have a flag pole in our yard, and a new friend asked which flag I’ll put on it. Thinking she was referring to all the Mexican flags in mexifornia, I said a US one, of course. Then she informed me I should also put a ‘southern one’ on there, under the US flag. I didn’t know if she meant a Tennessee flag or is there is indeed a new ‘southern’ logo I knew nothing about. Nope, she meant a confederate flag. They are still mad about how the federal government treated them over 100 years ago. I think that will work out well when the feds try it again. IMO, this will be the place CWII begins.
Come down here when you tire of the snow, LOL!
ahahah -
That snow keeps - most of the flat-landers away. I came back 'home' 35 years ago - after 10 years in Calif...saw the writing on the wall then -
I grew up in up in northern part of the state - on my grandparents farm - There was no electricity in the area. WE lived quite a bit like people had "forever." Simple , self-sufficient and with everything we needed.
Most people today think that living without electricity is next to a death sentence.
My grampa was a Maine Guide - between raising food and hunting/fishing, we always had plenty of food. (During the '100-year Ice Storm of 1998, I was without power for 3 weeks. No problem. I had my wood stove, kerosene lamps, plenty of food/water, etc.
If TSHTF, I could live the way I grew up and enjoy it - although I'd miss my 'puter and hot water spigit ;)