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My guess is that in a total collapse, most zombies would be gone in a week, if they even made it as far as my town, and they would not want to try my neighbors.

I don’t have any place to run to, nor do I think I’d be safer in a car with no fuel than in my home with neighbors for support.

Well, first of all, if you're in the position of the VAST majority of Americans your neighbors will BECOME the zombies.

Another fallacy is that the "bugout event" is going to be so spontaneous that you'll get caught out on the road without fuel. In reality, we may have been living through a bugout event for the past three years, and certainly a bugout event can transpire over weeks or months.

And, many people *do* have a possible destination. Parents' homes, etc.

Another question nobody ever seems to ask about bugging out is, are they "bugging out to escape disaster", or are they getting to higher ground to "make a stand"? One could end up much safer becoming part of a community and being mentally prepared to make a stand.

We should all be aware of the psychological phenomena of "cognative dissonance" - which is the tendency of people to ignore possible danger if that danger could take us out of our comfort zone (e.g. the ostrich sticking his head in the sand). Preparing for disaster should be considered as simply being "due diligence".

Anyhow, with all that said I must say that I personally have no bugout destination, and in a worst case scenario I'm going to be surrounded by zombies. I would prefer to avoid that, but all the evidence I see around me suggests that it's a good idea to do a bit of prepping.