I think it’s already been established that you don’t want to be there during a collapse.
I think he avoids the immediate area around NOLA because of population, but he does seem to recommend swampland in the middle of Florida.
Er, good luck with that.
Here's a website that talks a lot about where to go post-collapse.
http://www.survivalblog.com/retreatareas.html
His top 10 states:
1 Idaho
2 Montana
3 Oregon
4 Washington
5 Wyoming
6 Utah
7 South Dakota
8 North Dakota
9 Arizona
10 Colorado
It’s easier to survive bone-chilling winter cold than it is to survive malaria.
And the least hardy will migrate south at the first hard winter, freeing up northern resources.
I’d MUCH rather be in the North Woods, than the disease-ridden swamps of the south, especially after the mass migration.
What do you think about staying on a boat off the Jersey coast. That would give you the flexibility to move around off shore. Stock it with fresh water, and dried meats.
I don’t make any claim to be a survival expert but if someone wanted to disappear from society, the deep forests of western Oregon and Washington would fit the bill.
One problem though, would be clearing enough land to grow food on without being noticed. But if you’re far enough removed from roads I believe it could be done.
I think it would also be possible to live as a hunter-gatherer, at least initially, but then you’d have to cover alot of territory and would run a high risk of encountering someone.
To illustrate how easy it is to disappear into the woods: a guy and his daughter lived in forest park for something like 2 years without anyone noticing. This is basically an island of forest inside the city of Portland, with trails going all through it and people biking and jogging it every day. Nobody knew they were there until they came out on their own.