but if it's THAT bad, then what use is it, if an armed gang is going to rob you?



Have a plan. You can't survive alone, you will need a community of people just like yourselves. Personally, I have quietly discovered 9 neighbors who are doing exactly what I am doing. We have a pact to work together and we have a list of people we will allow into our new community with very few exceptions. Everybody has to have a role, for example one neighborhood home is a home for two Doctors. They have agreed to stockpile and control medicines and medical supplies. Another neighbor has a well so he does the water. Several other are stocking up on food or arms etc... the point is you have to work together.