Running to the hills
Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2018 8:19 am
Bit of a prepper staple , running to the hills , escaping the city , bugging out , call it what you like and if one is living in a city or large town and a serious local event occurs then it makes perfect sense.
There is of course a however.
I've said before that I lean more towards the slow collapse type of thing and in that case escaping to the country must become a different beast altogether . There have been several reports on tv recently about increasing crime in rural areas , farmers losing machinery , livestock and so on. In one report farmers were shown surround their land with mounds and ditches to deter opportunist thieves at least. There is also the feeling that the police have been cutback , have less presence and rural crime is seen as a lesser crime than urban crime and so convictions are lower. With increased crime will no doubt come higher insurances.
Services are being cutback too and that affects rural areas more than urban. Post offices close , buses don't run and increasing fuel prices don't help. A fuel shortage could easily see one without mobility or severely reduced mobility owing to have to cover longer distances than urban residents. There is some talk of electrical supplies being affected first rural areas as population centres are given priority. I'm on the edges of a small town and we've lost our local hospital some time ago and I. gather that's not an isolated case.
Given the potential problems or shortfalls of moving to a more rural location makes me wonder if there is a logical reason to make that move in a slow crash situation . Don't get me wrong , I much prefer the countryside and being outdoors and would hate to be living in a city but does it make sense to relocate to somewhere less well served , probably more expensive to live in , with a potential higher crime rate and prospects of only getting worse. There's no doubt life in a city will deteriorate as well but after the rural life has deteriorated. There are precendets in history too . Generally people have migrated to the city either over time or in the case of droughts or economic downturns in a relatively short period of time.
I'd hate to think we've all got it wrong and we should all head for the nearest metropolis come SHTF ( I don't really belive that of course but food for though and all that).
There is of course a however.
I've said before that I lean more towards the slow collapse type of thing and in that case escaping to the country must become a different beast altogether . There have been several reports on tv recently about increasing crime in rural areas , farmers losing machinery , livestock and so on. In one report farmers were shown surround their land with mounds and ditches to deter opportunist thieves at least. There is also the feeling that the police have been cutback , have less presence and rural crime is seen as a lesser crime than urban crime and so convictions are lower. With increased crime will no doubt come higher insurances.
Services are being cutback too and that affects rural areas more than urban. Post offices close , buses don't run and increasing fuel prices don't help. A fuel shortage could easily see one without mobility or severely reduced mobility owing to have to cover longer distances than urban residents. There is some talk of electrical supplies being affected first rural areas as population centres are given priority. I'm on the edges of a small town and we've lost our local hospital some time ago and I. gather that's not an isolated case.
Given the potential problems or shortfalls of moving to a more rural location makes me wonder if there is a logical reason to make that move in a slow crash situation . Don't get me wrong , I much prefer the countryside and being outdoors and would hate to be living in a city but does it make sense to relocate to somewhere less well served , probably more expensive to live in , with a potential higher crime rate and prospects of only getting worse. There's no doubt life in a city will deteriorate as well but after the rural life has deteriorated. There are precendets in history too . Generally people have migrated to the city either over time or in the case of droughts or economic downturns in a relatively short period of time.
I'd hate to think we've all got it wrong and we should all head for the nearest metropolis come SHTF ( I don't really belive that of course but food for though and all that).