People need people to survive and those places that have preserved a sense of community have the best chances. The next step after being able to take care of yourself will be to become valuable to a community. Many have forgotten how to do this and will find themselves alone at the worst time.

Thanks for leaving a comment, it got me thinking again and I almost started another article in this comment area.

The worst prepared I think are people living in the US and northern European countries. In a few European countries, at least those bordering the Mediterranean, there are still people that live off the land and own family homes that have been passed down through generations and that pay little or NO property taxes, a privilege we don’t enjoy in the US. I know small villages where people just walk to a mountain spring to get their water and have plenty of fruit trees and small gardens. In addition, people in their 70s and older still remember the horrors of WWII and still talk talk about it. This is one probably one reason why the average European is more frugal than the average American. God help us all.