You're moving to Antarctica?
Because there is no place in the USA that is 800 miles from any city
Common sense? I agree.
In a SHTF scenario, I don’t believe the urban thugs will leave the cities until gasoline is gone. They won’t think of things worth stealing and people worth robbing being between cities, so they won’t consider coming out until they have no choice. They will be on foot, and there will be almost no food left in the city before they even start walking. Getting ten miles out of the city will be a challenge for predators, particularly since the suburbs will also be in crisis.
I am far more concerned with a partial collapse than with complete collapse. Hillary’s uniformed minions would be exceptionally dangerous, and they know who actually has food and weapons. They also have the power to try to take what we have - at a cost that Hillary is willing to watch others pay.
800 miles is exactly what I came up with:)
That rule of thumb has been around a long time. When big cities were less common and fuel economy worse. Take that into account.
I believe the “rule of thumb” is actually 1/2 tank of gas+ from the nearest large population center. It will definitely work for major disasters as most people who would exit a major metropolitan area will get caught with their pants down and not have a full tank and limited access to refueling.
The worst scenario is a steadily rising bad situation where some of the more enterprising urbanites band together and “bug out” as a group in search of an already provisioned haven that they’ve “heard of”.
Riots wise, the worst most cities will see is spillage into nicer neighborhoods. Even then I’m betting those neighborhoods, even in super libtard areas, are going to sprout a lot of firepower if the milk is going into the churn...