“My opinion? Unless there’s a real threat to you, leaving your safe, stocked, defensible home, where you know your neighbors, where you have a job and means to support yourself in a complicated economic time, lets say its not the smartest thing to do.”
Absolutely agree. That said, it’s not a bad idea to have a good friend out in the country with land, a well, crops, livestock, and good sight lines just in case. (I’m in Texas, so “guns and ammo” goes without saying in the country...)
It is not a good time to be a city dweller.
I’m one of those good friends out in the country who’s been preparing for a long time. I still have a good job too but I’m not depending on someone else’s hard work and planning to save me. I have a feeling I’m going to have way more family and friends than I can handle. Please don’t depend on someone else’s benevolence.
A good friend who does not mind you showing up with your hand out during what will be a very troubling time for them too...not likely.
Have you even talked to this friend about this possibility?
I agree as well.
I have one problem though. I have prepared for almost every contigency on the home defense front should TSHTF except for one; Fire.
An 'undesirable' who wishes to force me out could simply lob a Molotov cocktail at my abode and I would be powerless to address that. If I leave the house to extinguish the fire, I could be shot...or worse. I have yet to develop a viable defense against that other than eliminating all possible threats from long range...which is less than an ideal solution.
How far away “out in the country”?....we have access to a place (orchards) we could head to....2 hours away, though....and driving freeways....hhmmmm.....maybe “camping” down by the creek in the woods within a mile of our little suburb would be better? (albeit less comfortable)