So, basically, you are taking notes and planning on doing almost everything the opposite of how the people on TWD do it? At its core, it is a soap opera, with violence, automatic weapons and zombies as a back drop. Not complaining; I enjoy watching the show, just saying that it isn't anything less, or more.
TWD and FTWD are indeed soap operas, but it is refreshing to see a drama that isn’t based on (a) police, (b) a courtroom, (c) a hospital or (d) a shadowy gummint agency. Seems that modern screenwriters can’t find drama anywhere else. I enjoy the good acting and characters, plus the blessed lack of car chases.
The “realpolitik” dynamics in Walking Dead are interesting. The Framers knew that people invariably turn corrupt and try to dominate one another when given the chance and TWD/FTWD give us a glimpse into what evil men can do when nobody is around to stop them.
I’ve been thinking for some time now that “preppers” are a solitary lot, with little consideration given to organizing into larger communities. And I’ve never seen a community take the lead in organizing for disaster. Should the zombies ever start to roam (or whatever), I would feel a lot more secure in an “Alexandria” than I would in a tent in the woods somewhere.