User:The Lost Ways1
In the city you will have to deal The Lost Ways with roving gangs out to either kill you and then steal your food, or steal your food and leave you for dead. GET A WEAPON if you do not already have one. Most people will die in the first 30 days of starvation, this will leave the groups of people that banded together and planned or that raided others to get their food. If you Prep and stored food, enough for 30 days, try to lay as low as possible, or better yet get your stuff together and move out after dark to better locations, like out to the country side, BEYOND the suburbs.
Find a high vantage point and a pair of Bino's and search around the neighborhood during the day, and look for flash lights at night. Be Prepared to move around as you make your way out of the city, plan where you will go next as you make your way to the country side. Be mindful of the season, if it is End of winter, beginning of spring you will have some time to plan and gather food for the next winter. If it is summer, fall you may have to stay put and collect food for the winter in the city. Just keep in mind in winter you will need warm cloths and a source of heat to keep you warm during the cold days and nights.
Country Life: Lay low; if anyone comes to your door tell them to go away. Board up your home as much as possible on the lower levels. Barricade your doors on the inside and add in as much security as you can. Build yourself an underground bunker, Root cellar, and storage locations on your property. Houses can be burnt down, you need to make something underground to keep you and your loved ones safe. A great portion of people will be heading your way form the cities and you will want to be able to defend your home and supplies. Like in the Cities there will be roving gangs, not as many but just as tough and ruthless. DO NOT FALL FOR ANY SOB STORIES... they can get you killed. Band together with your surviving neighbors, you lived next door to them, so you know them, but don't trust them completely, and they have the same agenda, keep their families alive also. It comes down to surviving the first 30 days and planning ahead. Start now putting food aside for when you need it most, like when it is not available to buy and eat.