Actually rather than a pantry I’ve thought it might be a good idea to examine where you live. If it all falls apart I’d not want to be within 500 miles of a major metropolitan area. Your 1 year pantry does no good if the place you live is beset by looters. Do not fool yourself into thinking you can buy enough ammunition to keep them out either.
If I thought a huge economic upheaval was going to occur I’d buy some property in a fairly remote medium sized town, think Lubbock Texas or similar. You want to be far enough out that the inner-city looters can’t make the round trip in large numbers but where there is a fairly homogenous population that will help each other and where there is enough infrastructure to possibly carry on civilized life.
Just my thoughts. I’d not do the 1 year pantry and invest in a small house in a large town a long way from a major city then spend some time there so the people know you.
So? Does that mean that it's better not to bother then?
People have plenty of room to like their own living situation whether it is city or rural, or suburban.
It is easy to argue the security of living in the city, where authority and order will first assert itself and aid be distributed.
Living alone in the country isn’t exactly the end all in safety and security if law and order doesn’t exist, pioneers and settlers knew that, as many of them were simply erased from the pages of time in an instant without even waking a neighbor.
Depends on your situation and what you’re preparing for. I’ve got a piece of land that’s near-impossible to find. But I’ve also got a few days worth of instant meals stashed in my desk at work. The land is for long-term (my goal is to be a homesteader, not just a prepper), while the desk drawer is in case the weather gets bad enough it’s not safe to drive home.
(Ok, actually, it started out because I forgot my lunch one day and found out what they charge at the restaurant across the street. Never paying that again! But given the blizzards and ice storms we get here, I decided a bigger stash was a good idea.)
Good thinking, as far as it goes. Now go here, http://www.afailureofcivility.com/ buy the book and turn it into an operational plan.
If I thought a huge economic upheaval was going to occur I’d buy some property in a fairly remote medium sized town, think Lubbock Texas or similar.
It's not as easy as you think to be 500 miles from a major metropolitan area. Lubbock is within 500 miles of Dallas, Ft. Worth, San Antonio, Oklahoma City and Albuquerque.
Put enough skulls on poles around the property and you might discourage most.
Looters, cut in thin slices, make good long-pork jerky.