Yup.
They know they'll have to kill you to get your 'stuff.' They'll arrive prepared to do just that.
When they arrive the dogs will bark, the snipers will take up their positions, and the “long pig” will end up getting fed to the “short” pigs. ;)
Thats exactly right. Im not sure those preparing have really come to ‘peace’ with that reality. If you have ‘stuff’ youll spend your days defending it. Most every day will be life & death. To me that seems a daunting task not to be embarked on lightly. Your best defense is secrecy but at some point itll become common knowledge then you’re really committed. Youll kill or be killed. Id rather not have to go that road.....
Small cities have a 20-25 mile danger zone. Medium size I'd say 50 miles. Big cities 100+ miles, but most big cities are surrounded themselves with medium and smaller cities.
Dangerous indeed will be all of San Francisco bay Eastward to Sacramento, Eastern Puget Sound, the Los Angeles basin and beyond, Southern Florida, anywhere from Boston to Richmond Virginia, Northeaster Illinois through Northwest Indiana; all victims. Throw in all the rest of the big cities not touching another and consider the whole lot Post-Apocolyptic Hell.