[expat2]

Re your auto comment: Urban areas (where you don’t NEED a car) are also the areas most dangerous if the SHTF.

[grania]

urban areas where you don't need a car are also some of the most dangerous if the SHTF

In general, that's true, but there are places. For safety, a lot of small towns can keep the big-city problems out, as long as there's some physical separation from the chaos. Some of those have everything you need nearby.

[Buckeye McFrog]

I once lived in a town of 600 people which had everything
I needed within walking distance (supermarket, post office, pharmacy, library, etc.)