The Savage State
Posted on 07/09/2011 12:02:14 AM PDT by Lowell1775
The Country Mouse vs The City Mouse
I have seen several debates on various websites and blogs as of late, sometimes quite heated. The topic of these opinions and debates were what is better urban or rural from a survival standpoint. Some are adamant that no one can survive a TEOTWAWKI event if they are East of the big muddy and in particular if they are not on a very remote retreat.. others are of the opinion that remote rural retreats invite gangs of home invading thugs, and that resources are easier found in a urban situation given any situation short of zombie apocalypse.
I respect both of the after mentioned points of view as both have merit. However; I also recommend that you do your own evaluation before making a decision as life altering as making a move and selecting a home or retreat location based on “possible” scenarios. If you are currently in a third floor apartment and have the drive and ability to enhance your survivability by relocating, DO IT! A micro-farm or mini-homestead or even a suburban house with a sizeable garden space is better now than the dream retreat on 300 wooded acres in Alaska in twenty years.
Things you must consider (I suggest keeping a notebook for this process)..
(Excerpt) Read more at opensourcesurvival.com ...
Hope this works...I am a newbie at posting...though been a lurker for many years.
Read more at Open Source Survival http://www.opensourcesurvival.com/?p=613
Thanks for the post. Good info
We all roll the dice. Nothing is written.
The country and western song says....A country boy can survive...buy spam, twinkies and lots of ammo...spam and twinkies will survive a nuclear attack and ammo will be more precious than gold...toilet paper and bourbon will make life easier....:O)
“twinkies will survive a nuclear attack”
Twinkies do have a shelf life tho...
Thanks for the info. I just bought a tiny farm. Mainly because I rescue horses & I was tired of paying board on a barn. I decided to keep 3 & just buy a big old farm house. It is large enough to have all my adult kids move home with their kids if it comes to that. I have a huge garden which sadly I didn’t get planted this year. I have chickens & ducks. For NJ I got a deal. I am still near my ocean & can ride my horses to the bay. It is so peaceful here that I wish I had made the move years ago.
The shelf life is about 150 years. Its all chemicals..:O)
PING!
You need to join with like minded people with similar morals and values, and learn to develop an almost Amish/Mennonite mindset and respect for each other and the land. I’m not saying convert to their way of religious life per se, though faith in God will surely be needed.
One can possess enough “stuff” to last for a while but in the end, other “people resources” are sure to be needed just like others are sure to need some of the skills one has as well.
The Savage State
“The shelf life is about 150 years. Its all chemicals..:O)”
Not even hotdogs last as long as those chemical patties.
There is the moral of all human tales;
‘Tis but the same rehearsal of the past.
First freedom and then Glory - when that fails,
Wealth, vice, corruption - barbarism at last.
And History, with all her volumes vast,
Hath but one page...
Actually after 150 years a twinkie becomes explosive. Still edible.
Radiation improves a twinkies shelf life.
We are still on our 42 acres (30 field/ 10 woods/2 pond) up here in Aroostook County.
AV
I have been trying to teach vegetable gardening to people for the last 8 years and have finally given up. If you think when a disaster comes you can just throw some seeds into the ground and you will have enough vegetables to keep you alive.....then you need a reality check. It takes a lot more than that to feed even yourself for a full year....and most of the vegetables you will be eating won’t be the ones you like. Then there is the worry that if the worse happens and you have a garden you are going to have to defend it probably with your life.
I am fully resigned to the fact that in a worst case scenario, that I will live almost exclusively on zucchini and root vegetables. My wife IS a vegetable gardener. It is not in my blood.
Rabbit, quail, dove, and the occasional havolina and deer.
“Twinkies do have a shelf life tho...”
Measured in centuries.
thanks for brightening my morning! ha.
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