Why on earth would you want to survive a full-blown nuclear exchange? If things get to the point where the largest US cities are being targeted, the aftermath o

Why on earth would you want to survive a full-blown nuclear exchange? If things get to the point where the largest US cities are being targeted, the aftermath of the war will almost certainly be worse than immediate vaporization. I live in a comparatively rural area, having moved out of Boston just over two years ago. Maybe longer-term residents have a better network here, but I'm personally pretty reliant on food from afar. Setting aside any concerns about radiation sickness, a massive refugee crisis and literally every other short-term effect, I think it's safe to assume that there will be no fuels available to transport food, or anything else for that matter. In the event of nuclear winter, there will be few options to grow food, at least not what we're accustomed to growing in our current climate. Wild sources of food may fail, or quickly become exhausted. And I live in an area with fairly reliable perennial streams (for now. Let's set aside questions of how nuclear war might impact the water cycle). Imagine if you live in the desert Southwest, where your access to water is wholly dependent on electricity unless you have the excellent fortune to live near one of the few large rivers. No, my biggest fear of nuclear war is that I might survive it.