The Circle Approach to surviving

[Troublco]

I agree that the whole roughing it in the Mtn's thing would get old very fast, BUT..

In a long term situation, staying in the cities would becoming more dangerous. As the resources evaporated, people will become more and more desparate. Also consider that without water, heating and refrigeration, hygeine will degrade to unhealthy levels and people, in desperation, will consume food that will make them sick, and diseases WILL seemingly pop up out of nowhere and spread like wildfire.

If you physically remove yourself from the masses, you give yourself a bit of a barrier from some of those risks. You increase your chances for survival.

Just something to think about.

I agree with this; no matter how well prepared you are once some of the less fortunates figure out that you have supplies, they and more of their ilk will come. And even if you have plenty of ammo, you have to sleep sometime. As we proved with the Sherman tank in WWII, quantity has a quality all its own. If enough unfortunates are trying for you, eventually they'll get you.

What do you guys think of just creating space where ever you are? If you shoot at people who come within 500 yards of where you are, how long will it take for people to just stay away? In that kind of situation, do you think people would be more likely to try and fight you or just go some where else?

Same as what I said above. If you shoot anyone that comes within 500 yards, you're advertising that you have something worth protecting and they'll come. And you have to sleep sometime. I'd rather use distance and stealth than trying to whack every nutjob that came trying for me.