The Best Places in America to Be in The Event of a Collapse

Ask a Prepper ^ | April 2016 | Mrs Davis

[C. Nelson]

First, you want to pick a place that allows you to maintain a normal, mainstream life before life as we know it comes crashing down. A lot of us are of the mindset that something catastrophic is inevitable. I am becoming increasingly convinced that this is a sooner rather than a later probability, however it could conceivably still be years away. So in the meantime, you want to have reasonably convenient access to things like employment, education, cultural and extracurricular activities for your kids, modern medical facilities, shopping, and all the trappings of modern life.

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Another consideration is proximity to nuclear power plants, proximity to military installations, distance from potential targets in a nuclear attack, and things of this nature. As to military installations, the concern is always martial law, confiscations, conscriptions and so on, all the FEMA camp nightmares we have envisioned and theorized about. I am not particularly concerned about nuclear war in the classic sense, and feel that EMP type weapons are a far more likely and devastating possibility, but terrorism is always a consideration and those guys are nuckin’ futs and very hard to anticipate, so being too close to potential targets detracts from an areas desirability.

So, where are the best places to be?

1. One of my favorite places is the Ozarks region of Missouri, Arkansas, and Oklahoma

This region provides many areas that are about the right distance from cities, have a good water supply, strong rural and conservative traditions, agricultural activity in the form of farming and ranching, and a history of subsistence farming.

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What would be your first 5 options?

[C. Nelson]

I know some of you think nothing will ever happen, but let's just say it will some day, and leaving the country will not be an option or something that you want to do. Where would you go?

[pleasenotcalifornia]

I’m surprised Las Vegas didn’t make the cut. Ha!

[C19fan]

Isn’t the fundamental problem getting there?

[chrisser]

We moved to WV for many of the same reasons.

But it’s awful here. It’s so bad, I wouldn’t even suggest visiting. ;)

[C19fan]

The Native Americans experienced a collapse with European colonization. Only two tribes managed to maintain their presence in the Eastern Half of the US the Cherokee hiding out in the Smokies and the Seminoles.

[PMAS]

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[CondorFlight]

Of course, that’s right on the Madrid fault line...

[longfellow]

I figure if the commies or liberals attack they will nuke the Reagan library first.

[DuncanWaring]

Ping.

[Seruzawa]

I’m glad he didn’t mention areas in Utah or Wyoming or Montana or Idaho. Probably because those are the places he’d really go.

[DCBryan1]

NO NO NO NO NO! Arkansas is FULL of rednecks, inbreds cottonmouths, chiggers, rattlesnakes, ticks, poison ivy, poison sumac, poison oak, coral snakes, and in Pine Bluff, feral humans. Go somewhere else! We are full....and the Kudzu will swallow your house up!

[Farmer Dean]

My farm.I’ve made certain preparations in case of collapse.

[alternatives?]

I believe heaven is a good place.

[Dr. Sivana]

Of course, that’s right on the Madrid fault line...

Yup, and in the middle of tornado alley!

[JimSEA]

I’d venture a guess that the best locations have “rural” in their descriptions.

[tet68]

So in the meantime, you want to have reasonably convenient access to things like employment, education, cultural and extracurricular activities for your kids, modern medical facilities, shopping, and all the trappings of modern life.

I would think that if you have those expectations you are
going to be shockingly disappointed.

[DCBryan1]

Trashcan Man: "Bumpty Bump!" "My life for you"!

[C. Nelson]

hahaha

[SelmaLee]

Not to mention rampaging wild animals, nat gas fracking, and wild hogs galore. Plus, lots of dry counties, meaning you have to drive 1/2-hour or so to buy a beer.

No, you should definitely stay away from AR :)

[DCBryan1]

right distance from cities, have a good water supply, strong rural and conservative traditions, agricultural activity in the form of farming and ranching, and a history of subsistence farming

I vote for Central FL. No state income tax, the property taxes aren't as high as on the ocean, and they have a very good water supply, lots of critters (that are a good deterrent for wan'drin city folk), VERY conservative traditions, multiple agri farming and ranching, etc. Those towns I would live in would be Arcadia, FL, Wauchula, FL, Sebring, FL, Lake Wales, FL, Avon Park, Bowling Green, FL, Lakeland, FL, Zolfo Springs, FL. THAT is a great area with great people. They NJ, NY, MI, and OH retirees don't even go near those places. Lots of God, guns, and guts in those cities.