Yep. If you don’t have a retreat to bug out to don’t do it.
Bugging out makes no sense unless you are currently in surroundings that would be threatening when the SHTF! And in that case, you need to have a well prepared destination. If not in such a threatening place, why bug out? Makes no sense unless absolutely necessary.
A whole lot depends on where you are & what the crisis is.
We live in a small town now, an hour from a good sized city. With the preparations we have made (and considering our ages) there are *very* few scenarios where leaving has any possible potential advantages.
The feral humans from the city will work their way here, but it may be hard going for them & I think we can make their arrival rather unpleasant.
Who knows how any disaster will play out? But realistically, she and I will live or die here. If it is the latter, I will send some of the scum to hell before I go.