A shorter line at the food hand-out office? and other things like that?
I hide my preserving and all that I can from the neighbors. They see my greenhouse and garden and think I'm a dopey hippy-type who can't be growing much cause it's not in a plot in rows. And I've got plants that give me food that they aren't familiar with so they think I'm just growing lots of "pretties." LOL - I grow pretties that I like also, helps fool 'em and I like 'em. But, 99% of what I grow I get something out of.
Biggest thing I worry about is that they know we've got guns. They don't have a clue as to how many but to them, more than 1 is lots. ~sigh~ Wish that could have been avoided. OTOH - it was discovered when somebody popped up to an open window one night while I was up reading. I almost shot the neighbor woman. Now everyone in the neighborhood knows. gees.......
deadbeats can live really cheap in the country and small towns. but in a small town, everyone pretty much knows everyone.
In the city, one has no idea who the bad and desperate people are.