I recommend this account of someone who survived a year of lawlessness and breakdown of society during the war in former Joguslavia in the nineties: https://lu

I recommend this account of someone who survived a year of lawlessness and breakdown of society during the war in former Joguslavia in the nineties: https://lulz.com/surviving-a-year-of-shtf-in-90s-bosnia-war-selco-forum-thread/ https://lulz.com/surviving-a-year-of-shtf-in-90s-bosnia-war-... His biggest conclusion was IMO that, to survive, as long as you live in the city (or suburbs), you need to be a part of a group of people who support each other, and that group needs to be a family or VERY close friends [1]. If you don't have a group like that, then no matter how many guns and prepper gear you have, you're likely to die due to one of many possible threats. It might be somewhat different in rural areas, because of on the biggest sources of danger (other people) is much less present there - but, on the other hand, there's also much less people there to barter with, which makes suriving more dificult. [1] Looser ties don't count, because in life or death situations, they'll choose the life of their family or close friends over yours.