Seriously. Just play a few hours of DayZ and you learn that there is no such thing as a stronghold if the enemy has the same guns you do. In fact, being stuck

Seriously. Just play a few hours of DayZ and you learn that there is no such thing as a stronghold if the enemy has the same guns you do. In fact, being stuck in one place makes you extremely vulnerable. If a fight happens, people on both sides will die. And no matter how well you shoot, you'll run out of ammo, or just get shot by a guy you couldn't see. That is the problem I see with this kind of "prepping": its isolationism. The focus in such a situation should not be an every-man-or-family-for-itself attitude. The focus should be on getting all the people who aren't "zombies" together to begin rebuilding long-term living solutions. Besides, turning away starving people and keeping everything for yourself is just plain wrong. All that is not to say that there wouldn't be "bandits", and that it wouldn't be necessary to defend the "good guys." But the fundamental attitude seems wrong to me.