Someplace rural, away from the city folk who cannot fend for themselves.
Why?
Everyone keeps saying that as if we're (rural folks) waiting with open arms. What the heck are you going to do when you get here? We all know each other...you'll just be a troublesome unknown outsider with zero supplies.
You may want to consider staying where there's people you know, eh? Get yourself stocked up while you're at it, you may get some unwanted visitors too.
If history is any indication of the future, rural areas are where you die.
If you look at eastern Europe, when they collapsed during and after ww2, the city folks headed to the rural areas. They went in groups, often they were ex-soldiers, and decimated those who were isolated.
Antagonists in Hungary, Romania, Germany, Poland, Czech etc, turned the city population towards those in farmlands who had food, and those in rural areas suffered greatly.
Now, I’m sure every survivalist here could probably take on 30-40 armed thugs, just ask them. Heck, they all have enough water, and they don’t need to sleep. How one gets to the barn, and takes care of crops is another thing, we wont’ worry about that.
Attrition and time is always on the side of those laying siege, which is what they found out in Europe. I know, because my father in law told me the stories. He fled Hungary during the revolution because of this, and came to America.
Also, those in rural areas were quick to turn on each other, pointing out who had the best stockpiles, snitching on who was armed, etc, all in the sake of protecting themselves against the socialist gangs.
Many rural folks abandoned their farmsteads, and headed to the city, where there was actually a standing army to keep some peace.
Either place was bloody as heck, but those in rural areas who think they are Charles Bronson are going to be in for a rude awakening.
If American history is any lesson, farmers do well while we are at war outside of our country. In WW2 and WW1 when there was rationing, farmers did pretty good, but many headed to rural areas via train, because motorized transportation was not as popular. Such is not the case anymore, as any rural area is probably within an hour of a metro area with modern transportation.
I am not prescribing either location as a safe location, the main thing I think you can do is have a good network of people. Isolationists in either the cities or rural areas will suffer the most. Those who already have a large contingent of folks to group together with, who are willing to fight, will survive.
Also, city folk as you call them, historically fend for themselves much greater than rural folk. There is much more cover and resources in cities. Having seen urban warfare, I can tell you, I would personally rather lay siege to a well fortified farm, than a block of apartment buildings.
But, if being on a farm brings you comfort and a feeling of security, that is important as well, to a point, because panic of any sort will get you killed fast. Being in native terrain is very important. A rural person would not do well in a city, and a city person would not do well in a rural environment.
Outsiders in either case will probably be recognized, and dealt with swiftly. One can always recognize those of their own ilk, and are very suspicious of those who don’t/can’t fit in.