damn ! Apartment situations ?

[blacklabel]

Are you telling me the zombies are not coming!??!

Sorry bro. It's rough but we can't totally lose hope.

[Dr_Fwd]

This is basically what I want to do, but I think I'm a little greener behind the ears and all that. A young couple with the high likelyhood of kids in the near future don't have a lot of money, but I was looking at some land out by Fairplay.. Maybe 10-20 acres that could also be used as a hunting cabin, relaxing getaway, prepping stash, etc. The only problem with that, is if the SHTF quickly (we're talking overnight chaos), we wouldn't be able to make it out in time and it would all be a loss...

ETA: Somewhere someone mentioned the idea of a prepping gated community... I love this idea, but it would take a lot of work to make it happen.

My plan is to stay home as long as possible.

Gated community = a lot of people in limited territory. Lots of people = lots of different opinions. Lots of different opinions = a lot of troubles...

[HoneyBadger]

My plan is to stay home as long as possible.

Gated community = a lot of people in limited territory. Lots of people = lots of different opinions. Lots of different opinions = a lot of troubles...

Well, the idea would be to get a lot of people with the same basic opinions, and the same PRINCIPLES about liberty, and they should be able to play nice. It would be a bunch of preppers who want to survive and rebuild. There would of course have to be some sort of local government, even if it is just bylaws or something. And who said anything about limited territory? Each plot could be 1 acre, 5 acres, or whatever you want. I wasn't thinking of a modern "gated community" so much as a mutual survival community. Maybe 20-50 people?

[Dr_Fwd]

I don't know man, usually it's small things that causing big problems.
I just don't see this idea working, unless that said community has some kinda military hierarchy...

[ChunkyMonkey]

Well, the idea would be to get a lot of people with the same basic opinions, and the same PRINCIPLES about liberty, and they should be able to play nice. It would be a bunch of preppers who want to survive and rebuild. There would of course have to be some sort of local government, even if it is just bylaws or something. And who said anything about limited territory? Each plot could be 1 acre, 5 acres, or whatever you want. I wasn't thinking of a modern "gated community" so much as a mutual survival community. Maybe 20-50 people?

Heck no... noone sharing my bunker and 2000 gl underground water storage and well....

[HoneyBadger]

Wow MB888, I'm super jelly! Someday I'll show you pictures of mine and we can have a dick measuring contest.

In all seriousness, that's great.

Dr_Fwd, maybe that sort of hierarchy would be appropriate, idk... Just think of it like an expensive home owner's association with defensible lookout posts and a work requirement like a lot of private membership ranges have. Everyone would be responsible for themselves, their own food, and their own shelter etc, but everyone would have to take turns with security (border patrol) once in a while.

[Omicron]

Dr_Fwd, maybe that sort of hierarchy would be appropriate, idk... Just think of it like an expensive home owner's association with defensible lookout posts and a work requirement like a lot of private membership ranges have. Everyone would be responsible for themselves, their own food, and their own shelter etc, but everyone would have to take turns with security (border patrol) once in a while.

I started or contributed to a thread about this a while back, it's an intriguing concept to me that I think could be made to work with careful planning. I think that if the SHTF communities would band together, much like in Lights Out.. and some prior planning, organization, and stockpiling as a community could make a huge difference. I think there are enough people serious enough about this that if there were such a community homes in it would sell.

But anyway, BACK to the topic at hand... it occurs to me that an APARTMENT complex, especially if well designed, or at least full of like-minded people, could make a pretty good SHTF location. Any thoughts on this?

[cofi]

Im in the grab my shit and head for the hills/plains kinda mindset now ?
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please dont come out to the plains unless you have someone to stay with....its not going to be super friendly out here shtf

[HoneyBadger]

I started or contributed to a thread about this a while back, it's an intriguing concept to me that I think could be made to work with careful planning. I think that if the SHTF communities would band together, much like in Lights Out.. and some prior planning, organization, and stockpiling as a community could make a huge difference. I think there are enough people serious enough about this that if there were such a community homes in it would sell.

I think each house in the neighborhood would have it's own underground bunker and everyone would take care of themselves. The only point of having a community is to share knowlege, skills, and protection. A lot of this is applicable now as well. I would love to live in a neighborhood where I knew everyone was armed all the time. Crime rate of 0% would be a good advertising point...

[ChunkyMonkey]

To build a community, even a small one, it takes a lot of money, effort and most of all a tight core group. We tried... we got the money and effort part done..but it took us months each time to come up with a group decision. After a year or so, everyone scattered.

So now NOONE shares my bunker!!