It is math.
The more people there are who live near you the more likely one or more of them will be bad people.
I will take my chances with moose and bear.
I don’t lock my house when I go to town.
100% bull sh*t.
It’s safer until a truckload of illegals with guns come down the driveway. Then it’s war, and they’ve got the element of surprise to their advantage.
Unless you know how to farm and can defend your land, it won’t be safer.
Out here in the sticks where the blacktop ended 4 mi before my home our sheriff’s department is fully staffed our neighbors are fully armed are forests are full of deer.
No way in hell am I safer in the cities. Between the neighbors dogs and my dog we will know you’re here before you know you’re here
I’ve lived in both environments. Living in major population centers nowadays can be very hazardous in many different ways.
I inherited 18 acres of scrub woods for deer hunting in an adjacent rural county. Turns out it’s the county with the most meth labs in the state.
Perimeter detection, long range movement detection, cameras...
Know your neighbors and their strengths and weaknesses.
Recon drones, have ready-made roadblock material, the list goes on and on.
A lot of variables involved, but I think we're going to fare much better than city folk.
When evil takes over no places are going to be safe.
Some Rural and small town areas have terrible drug problems nowadays.
Some rural and small town areas law enforcement have their hands full,,battling against big city street gangs which are invading their areas.
In case of societal breakdown, we all would have to be ready to take care of ourselves , regardless of where we live
We are seeing family cul-de-sacs with both basically no barriers only families with homes on the cul-de-sac.
My wife has siblings back in the midwest, and one branch of the family is a cul-de-sac only with electronic gates to get into the Cul de sac.
It would be very easy to disrupt/eliminate a city’s food supply.
One advantage to the country is that if you successfully defend yourself, and the perp dies in the process, you are more likely to get away w/the shovel and shut up part.
That means you are at far less risk of the government locking you up for defending yourself.
Cliff notes: When people in major population centers run out of food, they are going to go to where the food comes from.
bkmk
Look for a small town in a rural area with a good medical facility. Homogenous. There are hundreds of examples, Houlton Maine being a good one. Expect not to have city amenities.
EVERY THING has pros and cons. There are other factors to consider.
Place your bets.
Total crap.
I’ll take my chances in the country, thank you.
Rural living is arguably worse when things go bad. Especially without mutual support.
Defend what you have and you send a message far and wide that you have something worth defending.