The “burbs” are a death trap.
“The “burbs” are a death trap.”
Concur. Only slightly less a death trap than the city. Goblins from the city know where the suburbs are and will make haste there. Plus any thuggish neighbors who are already living nearby. Once they believe that you have something they want, it’s pretty much all over.
If your defense strategy is based upon fighting a continuous gun battle from within your ‘castle’ you’re going to be unpleasantly surprised. Two words - Molotov cocktail - spring to mind.
A place in the country with room to expand, or a place in a small town, someplace to go to when the shtf is the best. Anything amongst neighbors in the ‘burbs is only good for every-day security and the hiccups leading up to shtf. Then, it’s time to unass the AO.
I’m I prepared? No. But when shtf happens, I’m going to have a great list of things I wish I’d done.
>>The “burbs” are a death trap.<<
Agree, however, we are having a mild disagreement in my family - only those who are predisposed to prepping are included - whether to a)defend the castle or b)GTFOOD.
A little background - suburban area 7 miles from the city, upper middle class neighborhood, wooded subdivision, house at end of a “T”, my house on the downside of a hill, etc. The one thing I’m having difficulty in convincing the others is what circumstance(s) would have to occur when the best thing to do is GTFOOD. Right now, there are 8 people (only one child, aged 5)in the extended group.