Originally Posted by
remy
I was at ikea the other day.
Mind you, i live in Los Angeles.
I realized, watching people load their SUV's with different size boxes...that the best place would be right here. In the middle of 15 million or so morons and utterly inapt individuals at using their hands and minds. I sat their and watched them dance around over sized items, scratching their heads and even looking around for some assistance.
I did a little experiment and offered my services to a young couple trying to fit a mirror in a mazda 3...
They would provide me with everything i need...for ever.
I can hide, loose myself, reappear, take, share, trade, buy, scavenge...all under very little scrutiny. No need to make shelter, everything can be found, traded, bought, stolen...even skills.
Their is not enough anonymity in small towns for my taste. One little quarrel and everyone becomes involved...no where to hide. And the skills you carry do not weight much, since you will be among individuals that have the same skills as you do.
I understand the first instinct is to run away from people, and i can surely find some value to this approach. But my city, offers so much...if you know how to be within it, without being in it.
For many years i believed in the "going north" thing...the truth is, that the logistics are so complex, that my family would probably never make it pass the 405.
Many things can be done at a civilian level in a big city to melt in different neighborhood programs and be alerted, and even attached to fire fighter units and therefore be given radios for example.
Neighbor relations have to be a priority, and most of all, an intimate knowledge of the city and the neighborhood. Its resources, its weaknesses, its strength...doctors, specialists, cops, ex-military personal all live within, and all have skills and knowledge that can be utilized with greater capacities than a small town that will be cut off from supplies...harsh winters, and so on. Skilled individuals, would most likely band together for obvious reasons.
I don't need extra cloths or worry about the cold, most folks have no weapons, tools, food, water, clues, skills, and with the right pressure, plans and intimate psychological knowledge, strengths and resources are around the block.
The configuration and structures of a city makes for great evading, camouflaging, spying, hiding, waiting, sheltering, and overall provides us with unlimited supplies of anything imaginable.
We have also put in place a wide network of "friendlies", each with supplies which would make for mobility. Of course, all of this depends on the threat at play, but as a general rule, where i am is the place to be, regardless of it be a big city, a small town or the wild, they all have their advantages and inconveniences.
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