[Texas Fossil]

Rural America is largely still somewhat sane.

The degree of self sufficiency is pretty small. Could that be overcome? It depends.

Pretty scary times.

I’m not yet paranoid about it.

[stormer]

Over 80% of Texans live in urban areas—a higher percentage than the national average.

[RegulatorCountry]

Even in rural America, the ability to survive on subsistence farming has largely disappeared. It was a hard life, and most were glad to leave it behind. People still garden and still put up canned goods, but it’s more of a hobby or nostalgia. I suspect even those remaining who know how to do all these things would be challenged if that was their only source of food.

[Vigilanteman]

I'm getting paranoid. The Amish would have no trouble reverting to a 19th century lifestyle because most of them have been there, done that. The Mormons with their emphasis on preparation and self-sufficiency would probably do almost as well. Ditto for some of your rural people with outdoor skills who grow their own food and cut their own fuel (which would include some of those down south with low fuel needs). The rest of us, not so sure.

I've heard any car made before about 1992 would be of limited use without the internet running because they are all connected to the computer grid. The older ones would be easier to modify than the new ones.

Chances are that rural America, at best, would struggle for a few months until we adapted. Urban America, OTOH, would be lucky to even survive.