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If something bad happens this city will burn within 48 hours, all cities within a week. There will be a mass exodus into the suburbs and surrounding areas. Without having a hardened target with large security force staying in place will not be an option for long if you are even remotely close to a city.

As it stands my plan is to grab my go bag at the first sign of trouble and get out before panic sets in. I won't even bother trying to drive, I will go on foot. I will follow the train tracks from my city up to the mountains, this will keep me off roads and largely away from people. I will only move at night until I get out of population centers which I can do in 48 hours. I will be out of the city in 20 minutes of leaving. I will try to find an unoccupied secluded cabin or dwelling up in the mountains. There are a lot of such places and chances are the owners will never make it to them, if they arrived I would leave if they asked me to do so. There is a ski resort way up on the mountain with a large cabin at the very top, it would be very difficult to get to for most people. This is one place I have in mind.

This is just a starting plan to get me to a safe place away from immediate danger. I think the ultimate goal would be to join a group.

I meant to put this in ask

This is my very loose plan in the event of a societal collapse.

Have you thought about this? What will you do?

If something bad happens this city will burn within 48 hours, all cities within a week. There will be a mass exodus into the suburbs and surrounding areas. Without having a hardened target with large security force staying in place will not be an option for long if you are even remotely close to a city. As it stands my plan is to grab my go bag at the first sign of trouble and get out before panic sets in. I won't even bother trying to drive, I will go on foot. I will follow the train tracks from my city up to the mountains, this will keep me off roads and largely away from people. I will only move at night until I get out of population centers which I can do in 48 hours. I will be out of the city in 20 minutes of leaving. I will try to find an unoccupied secluded cabin or dwelling up in the mountains. There are a lot of such places and chances are the owners will never make it to them, if they arrived I would leave if they asked me to do so. There is a ski resort way up on the mountain with a large cabin at the very top, it would be very difficult to get to for most people. This is one place I have in mind. This is just a starting plan to get me to a safe place away from immediate danger. I think the ultimate goal would be to join a group. I meant to put this in ask This is my very loose plan in the event of a societal collapse. Have you thought about this? What will you do?

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History shows that many (most) of those who headed alone into seclusion ended up hunted and killed by roving gangs for their supplies. (Argentina, others.) When it's you against an armed mob, you lose unless you have a bunker or equivalent secured hard point. Just something to consider.

Also, you're assuming you're heading towards empty ground. If it gets bad enough there will already be people there who know the terrain better than you do. (Even if they don't belong there.) So, you're just a dude on the road with a backpack full of supplies they need. That would be my absolute last resort.

Stay home, unless you absolutely have to - and get to know your neighbors. There is safety in numbers, provided you can control who is in those numbers.

But, you know your situation best. I'll be the grey man with the house full of supplies - right up until the moment we have to run. If it comes to that, we have a place to go well out of the city.

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I live in the center of a bad city, staying in place will mean certain and fast death. When I say the cities will burn I mean that in the most literal sense. All cities will be burnt to the ground and it will happen fast. Neighborhoods will fall next and the chaos will expand outwards.

I am pretty familiar with the area I will head to. I have done a fair amount of backpacking and climbing in the area and already have topo maps. I am an expert at land navigation and a combat veteran. My weakness is I don't know anything about hunting so the fact that I have excellent survival skills will be hindered. I suspect I could feed myself off of the land to a point using common sense. The ultimate goal would be to find a group to join after I get far away from all nearby cities.

Chances are I will still die within 6 months.

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Ah - that's different then.

Have you considered a foraging course? Around me you can do weekend courses and they are fine-tuned to your environment. Not going to fill you up, but it will supplement what you can carry/scrounge. I'm not much of a hunter either. It's a skill I've been meaning to develop.

Finding a group is a good plan. And you obviously have skills that would be valuable.