[catnipman]

“I personally would find an island somewhere. I can’t really figure out why they stick around the area aside from it being familiar.”

Probably because it’s cheap to film the show in Georgia and because Georgia doesn’t have unions to interfere with the filming.

[cripplecreek]

More likely its due to tax breaks and tax credits. Michigan is a major destination of filmmakers these days.

[adorno]

Probably because it’s cheap to film the show in Georgia and because Georgia doesn’t have unions to interfere with the filming.

Cheap and tax breaks are good reasons to film at a certain location. But...

If they were going to use "brain dead" zombies, California would have been a much preferred location. They're everywhere out there, and they'd only need to get costumes.