Think WWII ,No bridges make a good defense.
I still kick myself every time I think about the property I did not purchase as a younger person, which was the last house before a several hour trip in the woods to the other side, and the only one past the last bridge. My thought at the time (early Clinton days) was “that bridge does not have to stay there in a bad situation.”
Just wasn’t ready to settle down, had no idea that property was going to bubble up by the time I was. Young and dumb.
That may be pii, but I share it to bump the idea for thought for others.